Best primer for orange?

1. ThrushMotorsport Established Member Joined: Jan 2011 Aberdeen Posts: 1092 Turbo Saxo vtr, 2010 Octavia VRS TSI, mk3 Ibiza cu

   #1 30th January 2011, 18:43

   Really unsure what primer we should be using to paint a set of wheels we have, im going for ST Orange, with a matt black shell, but unsure what colour of primer we should use to get the best shine of colour lol
   
   
   Help!
2. gavmc88 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Aberdeen Posts: 835 Wee Saxo 1.1

   #2 30th January 2011, 18:46

   white ?
3. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

   #3 30th January 2011, 19:11

   Focus ST orange is a 3 stage paint anyway's so you need the orange primer the orange base and the orange pearl over the top. so unless you buy the cheap Halford's spray paint you get the primer in the package.
   
   If your going the Halford's way it looks nothing like ST Orange by the way and all there base coats are made to go over there standard grey primer paint apart from white's and red's.
4. VJOFurio Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 641

   #4 30th January 2011, 19:30

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by bedford126 Focus ST orange is a 3 stage paint anyway's so you need the orange primer the orange base and the orange pearl over the top. so unless you buy the cheap Halford's spray paint you get the primer in the package. If your going the Halford's way it looks nothing like ST Orange by the way and all there base coats are made to go over there standard grey primer paint apart from white's and red's.

   That is a sound bit of advice, if you simply want to go primer to orange I would go with either a light grey or decent white primer.
5. vtrowland Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2010 glossop, derbyshire Posts: 293 51 plate icelandic vtr, :)

   #5 30th January 2011, 21:38

   i did a set of wheels last year in orange for a mate... i ended up having fiat punto orange, close to lambo or st orange but with no special primer... and a light grey is best, we tryed white but wasnt perfect...
   tom
6. user_40189 Established Member Joined: Dec 2009 Hampshire Posts: 2152 Furi0

   #6 30th January 2011, 21:46

   I just used Grey primer, come out really good
7. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

   #7 30th January 2011, 22:06

   White.....light top coat, light primer else it will be harder to cover (more layers)