Prepping car i've restored,idiot proof high build primer???

[rumpelstiltskin]

Hi,got car sitting here,new bonnet and wings,doors flattened,various bits of filler to be covered on doors,slight bare bits of metal etc to be covered.What is the best idiot proof product,as far as high build primer goes,to use all over the varying surfaces of my car so i can just flatten it all and give me an all over good,uniform surface to work with?Taking into consideration the is the first car i have painted with correct tools(compressor etc)I want to use 2K stuff and i have taken all the precautions as far as health issues are concerned!Anyone recommend any good primer?Thanks!

[.. al]

If its a steel body, simple. Etchweld by Bilt Hamber.

http://www.bilthamber.com/etchweld.html

[rumpelstiltskin]

Will this adhere to filler though at the parts of certain panels i've repaired?

[.. al]

This from the site..

"Etchweld can be used on some non-metallic substrates but tests should be conducted before use. Etchweld can be used as an adhesion promoter for 2 pack fillers, putties and stoppers. Unlike other etch primers, Etchweld also provides a weld-through function. Etchweld will also provide high levels of adhesion for coatings applied to non-ferrous substrates such as aluminium and zinc treated surfaces.

It looks like thats a yes then, but a call would probably be the best thing.. 01277 658899.

[Anatol]

rumpelstiltskin said:

I want to use 2K stuff

bilthamber website said:

Etchweld is a single pack...

Tol

ETA: You say you want a high build, 2K product, that you will then sand, presumably to sort any minor remaining profile irregularities, before topcoating. It will need to provide good anticorrosion properties, adhere to bare metal and filler too, from what you say, and if you manage to rub through when flatting, serve as an easy rub-through primer too. It would presumably be handy if it was the appropriate tone for your basecoat, to save you having to apply a groundcoat primer too. There are a few products that meet those criteria that I can think of. Have a look at Max Meyer's Multigrey HP filler. It comes in intermixable light and dark, so you can create the correct tone, can be sprayed without thinning as an extremely high build filler, or thinned down (up to about 30%) as a surfacer, rub-through primer, or non-sand primer. HTH Tol

Edited by Anatol on Wednesday 5th December 20:33

[.. al]

Apologies to Rumpel for not paying attention and thanks for pointing out my error constructively, and educating me too Anatol.

[106 gti]

I always use an etching called Primecoat, which has its own activator, then as a primer i use Dupont 1020R, easy to use and brilliant to flat back..