REFLECTOR: priming "how to"?

Steve Goldman steve at fatcatair.com
Mon Jan 7 17:40:50 CST 2008


Al Gietzen wrote:
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> 
> These primers are ‘sandable’, and you will need to sand to about a 400 
> grit finish before putting on a top coat.  However; it is good to leave 
> unsanded until you are ready for final paint because once you sand off 
> the gloss surface it is more likely to absorb contaminants (like oil and 
> finger prints) that are diffictult to clean up.  You are likely to find 
> that for a first coat over fiberglass you may want to first use a ‘high 
> build’ primer to fill pinholes and surface imperfections.  You can use 
> either a good urethane or expoxy primer for this coat. Most of this will 
> get sanded off before applying the final coat of expoxy primer.

So I'm curious what high build primers people have used other than 
Smooth Prime. I'm thinking based on what I've read that I don't want 
to try and use Smooth Prime here in a high humidity state.

-- 
Steve Goldman
'77 Tiger N28531
Velocity XL5-RG (T-2880hrs)
Pittsboro, NC (9NC8)
http://fatcatair.com


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