sperkins

As some of you may know, I am getting close to being in the paint booth. I have run into a snag I need a little advise on.

Car: 1968 Corvette convertible.

Status: All body work is done. Car is disassembled (hood off, deck lid off, doors off).

Problem: I covered the car (disassembled body) with 3 good coats of 2K primer. Unfortunately, I ran out of 2K before I could even put on one coat on the doors, hood and decklid (they are still red).

Question: If I prime the doors etc. with regular laquer based primer, will the red basecoat have a different tint than the main body? The 2k has a yellowish/olive color to it where as the regular primer is bright grey. Or should I reassemble the car and spray the whole thing with the laquer primer to have an even base all the way around?

The last thing I want to do is take a chance here. I've been working on this thing for 8 months!









Thanks!
SP

vettfixr

The obvious answer would be to get some more 2K primer and finish the job with the same materials. As far as putting lacquer primer on the doors go, I wouldn't recommend it. I just finished going through hell repairing the hood of my 74. I used all lacquer products since that's what I originally painted the car with years ago. The hell part of it was the shrinkage that occurs using lacquer products. I don't know if it's because they been reformulated or if it's because I don't remember the initial paint job. But the shrinkage I experienced was horrible. I ended up reworking one repair 3 times and I'm still getting shrinkage. The beauty of catalyzed paint is that it dries chemically and once it dries it stops moving. Lacquer dries for over a year! Get the right product and play it safe. Good luck.

73383

Get some more 2k Primer. Lacquer primer is an inferior product. I have used a lot of it back in the day. Have you stripped the car to fiberglass? If you have not you run the risk of adverse chemical reaction between the laquer primer and old paint on the car.
2k Urethane Primer is far superior to laquer as far as filling, shrinkage, and chemical reaction with other products.
The only time I would use lacquer primer now days is if I was painting lacquer paint.

You are correct as far as wanting the same color surface to start painting on. If you have different color primers you can spray a coat of sealer over the car prior to applying the base

Dennis

big_G

sperkins

Thanks guys. That's what I thought because it sounds like common sense to me, but I wanted to be sure. Good news is the 2K kit is on sale now at Keystone for only $79. Looks like I'll be heading that way after work today.
Thanks again!
SP

ajstr1265

use a catylized primer. If you cannot get the same color just seal the entire car before painting to give a uniform surface