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| | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 23 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 23 | My trucks hood and cab have been epoxy primered, the fenders and doors have been shot with regular primer, My next step is to fill prime the whole truck, Should i epoxy prime the doors and fenders? Or is the regular primer on them OK? :confused:
1972 Chevy Cheyyenne, 1959 Chevy Apache
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 | The epoxy primer can be painted, so unless there is sime surfacing needed, you don't need any more primer. What is the "regular" primer that is on the other panels? If you wanted to have a paintable surface, you could epoxy prime those "regular" primered panels and paint the whole thing. If the primer is lacquer, then you WILL want to epoxy prime them or remove the lacquer and epoxy prime. If you look at the tech sheet on the epoxy primer you are using it may say whether you can shoot it over the lacquer or not. Is there some reason you want to shoot the "fill prime" on the entire truck?
1948 Chevy Pickup
Chopped and sectioned
owned since 1974 when I was 15.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 23 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 23 | Well the truck was sandblasted so there are pits on alot of the surfaces, so i though i would just fill prime the whole truck. Are you saying that i should just fill prime the areas that need to be filled? I thought that the whole truck should be coated in the same type and color primer.
1972 Chevy Cheyyenne, 1959 Chevy Apache
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 | Well, the totally correct way would be to prime the entire truck with a urethane primer. This would give you a good base to paint on. You could sand out this pitting with 180 or 220, and then guide coat and sand out those scratches with 320 or 400 and paint. The grit would be determaned by what you plan on painting it with. But if you didn't have a need to surface EVERY panel, you could urethane prime what is needed, and then use a sealer (be it urehtane or epoxy) and get that uniform color you are refering to.
1948 Chevy Pickup
Chopped and sectioned
owned since 1974 when I was 15.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 23 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 23 | I will be using a base c. clear c. for paint, The local paint supply carries Dupont chromabase so i will use that, I assume Dupont carries a Urethane primer, and a sealer, Thanks for your help and have a great Christmas.......... 
1972 Chevy Cheyyenne, 1959 Chevy Apache
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 804 | They sure do.
Merry Christmas to you too!
1948 Chevy Pickup
Chopped and sectioned
owned since 1974 when I was 15.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 23 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 23 | One more question, I have a fiberglass bed cover for the truck, Would the Urethane primer work for that or do i need to use something different? Do i need to use a flex agent?
1972 Chevy Cheyyenne, 1959 Chevy Apache
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