primer

1. saxoclarke Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 740 suzuki ignis sport

   #1 5th June 2011, 18:58

   gona b spraying the alloys white soon and was wondering if its possible to use the primer my nans got hanging around her house , she used it when painting the wallls or should i get rattle can primer. and how many tins do u think it would need ?
2. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #2 5th June 2011, 19:00

   rattle can primer, maybe 3 cans for 4 wheels
3. LEWIS1234 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 guisborough Posts: 120 saxo vtr mk2 black

   #3 5th June 2011, 19:01

   are you preping your wheels mate? or just spraying over them if youre only spraying over them you dont neeed to use primer just red scotch them off
4. saxoclarke Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 740 suzuki ignis sport

   #4 5th June 2011, 19:23

   i was going to sand all of them down but only one has problems , the paint has sort of flaked away revealing the metal and what u mean red scotch them off , mask them ?
5. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #5 5th June 2011, 19:31

   if the wheels do not need a full refurb, just "key" the surface using scotchbrite pads or similar, so that the new paint has something to stick to. If the wheel does need a full refurb then youll ideally need to remove all outstanding paint - either by rubbing it down or by using something like nitromors - and starting from scratch. Theres a full guide on doing it on here!
6. cam93 Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2011 bedfordshire Posts: 191 Saxo Furio - VTR bodykit

   #6 5th June 2011, 19:32

   depends how you want to do it, i'd personaly re do them all, and make them a whole diffrent colour - makes a big diffrence to the car, just sand them down, primer, sand, primer (probaly use about 3 cans of primer for all 4) then spray your paint on..
   
   however, im not sure if you're supposed to laqur alloys, somone more experienced should be able to tell you that
7. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #7 5th June 2011, 19:34

   depends what paint is used-no harm in protecting the paint by laquering tho
8. saxoclarke Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 740 suzuki ignis sport

   #8 5th June 2011, 19:51

   thanks for that might give it a try im not gona do a full refurb though just spray
9. VillicusVTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2010 Oldbury Posts: 1556 Citroen Saxo VTR 1998

   #9 5th June 2011, 19:57

   ok, just scratch the surface a bit, spray very thin even coats at a time - make sure you dont rush it and put too much paint on, give at least 15mins between coats. If you want it to look good then please make sure you take your time and only spray very thin coats each time - someone told me to do this when I did mine, i never listened and it make a HUGE difference to the finished piece.
   
   If you start on one wheel while your waiting for it to dry you can do the others