Painting project

[smquandt]

Don



Great job, I have to do the same with mine some day, same place. I'll be
full of questions then.



Steve Quandt

1993 PT-40

Iron Mountain, MI



-----Original Message-----
From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Don Bradner
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 7:20 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Painting project



I did my best not to go down to the zinc, and was successful to a great part
- up on that blue in many cases the original coats went
blue/gold/red/gold/silver/primer! Where I did go through I used a
self-etching primer, and all surfaces, painted or otherwise were prepped
with Nason Silicone Wax Remover.

On 7/16/2007 at 11:40 PM Gardner Yeaw wrote:

>What did you do to prep the galvanized surface to insure the primer
>got a good hold?
>
>Gardner
>78fc33
>
>--- In WanderlodgeForum@
yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
> wrote:
>>
>> Nason calls for 2 coats with metallic, but I find that it is color-
>specific dependent on the amount of pigment in the paint. The gold
>has to go on very thin or it will run - less solids, so it takes 5
>coats. The red takes 2, and the blue and silver take 3. Nason could
>probably be considered "econo Imron" and it is not easy to tell how
>they differ, since Imron has a couple of non-clearcoat products
>(3500 and 400) as well.





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