could someone tell me the best paint and underseal to use on my sierra shells. both will be in bare metal by tomorrow night inside, underneath and outside. they are being sand / soda blated tomorrow so need to get protection on asap. some areas will need repair so primer will be put on just for the protection. any advice would be very welcome as i'm sure there will be a few on here who have done this. i want to try and do everything myself as far as possible. top coat will be 2k diamond white.

 

Normal primer is porous and will offer little protection.

I used epoxy primer from here when I bare metaled mine.

http://www.rust.co.uk/products/categ...y-body-primer/

 

Epoxy primer
Primer normal or high build
some kind of stone chip 3M is best but its costly ive used upol gravitex and painted over the top and had good results.

 

If you are going to bare metal it don't forget to etch it first.

You should also seam seal everywhere if you want it to last then stonechip the lot. I quite like Upol Gravitex, it's over paintable if you want to paint the underside and does come up great.

 

I work in the restoration game and our painters use epoxy primer on bare steel. It states on the epoxy we use you can leave the part outside for upto 3 months with no effect. And believe me is sticks like shit to a blanket and is really difficult to sand off.

I find etch is good for small areas, repairs etc.

All depends on what you want really. remember Gravitex is porous and will require painting after.

 

thanks for advice. i will get it right now hopefully as i certainly wouldn't want it rusting in a few years and go through this again.

 

Do it right do it once Tony all the best.

Regards

Paul

 

thanks, basicaly the same as most answers on this. seems to be the way to go so that is what i will do. nice to get it from a professional. thankyou to all of you it is realy appreciated. any other tips on full respray welcome as i am far from experienced and only used to spraying industrial eqpt.

 

Im using

Bilt Hamber Electrox to cover the bare metal

Then stone chip over that

 

Never used this stuff but have heard good things about it.

 

glasurit epoxy 2k, wet on wet with glasurit 2k primer, then 3M spray sealer, finished of by glasurit 22line paint=perfect finish,

 

I didn't use any stone chip.

I used Epoxy primer.

Then Epoxy mastic chassis paint.

3M polyeurothane seam sealer

Sanded it all down and more epoxy primer.

Wet flatted it and the some 2 pack rozen white



Mines only ever going to be a 'Sunday best' car...

 

That's basically the best you can get

Done a DB4 at work using glas turned out really nice not cheap tho.