Re: Paint primer questions....

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Tue, 29 May 2001 22:29:57 -0700 (PDT) chris gonzalez
<chris24g@yahoo.com> writes:
>> So, what's etching primer do??
>all i know (which is not much) is that etching primer will make a
>chemical bond (as opposed to a mechanical bond) with bare metal.
>"Regular" primer depends on a mechanical bond (i.e. sanding scratches)
>to stick. FWIW.



Cool, good to know. Now I know why he's pushing it so hard. 



>oh, and the best thing to get a jump on the rust is to prime as each
>part is blasted. kind of a hassle, yes, but as you know, oxidation
>starts as soon as the metal is exposed. 


ive been lucky and been able to keep it under wraps so far. There is some
light rust comming back (its been 2 months since I stopped work.) but its
easily removable. Ill probably do the light body filling first, then
start the final removal of rust and do like you say, prime as I go. 



>i also just bought the harbor freight special (the 40 lb. pot). what
>sand did you use from home depot? i think the finest that have is like
>60 mesh? 


I cant remember. Its been a while since I bought some of it. ill look
tomorrow at work and see what the bag sez. Its decent stuff, doesn't clog
and hurts like a MO-FO when it gets in your eyes. Good shit man. 


>and um, where did 2000 lbs. of sand go? is your yard a sandlot now? 
>:^P


Heh, all my neighbors have cats now. Well, they didn't before I started
sandblasting, I just bought a bunch of cats and gave them to all my
neighbors! Now i have a place to put the sand. :)
Actually, I've been dumping some of it in a dumpster at work (which is
where im doing the work BTW. ) and ive been spreading it here and there.
Most of it I just load up the car on a trailer and take it for a 80mph
drive on the freeway. Clears out ALOT of the sand in a big hurry. 
I do know one thing, those big ass industrial shop vac's cant handle more
than about 1500 lbs. 


>got pics?
>chrisg


Not yet but SOON. I keep telling myself that I need to take pics. Ill
drag out my camera and snap a few. I love how this car is going to
transform from an empty shell to a (hopefully) competitive racer! 


Shawn Méze
86' Jetta GLi 8V       84' Scirocco 8V           88' Corvette -SS 30-
82' Scirocco GTi -FSP 54-     79' "Project FSP Scirocco"
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and best looking Scirocco in all of San
Diego!
http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm

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