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which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #148951

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Hi all i have a wing/ door mirror i need to respray what color primer should i use , the color of the mirror is amaranth (purple).

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which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #148953

What colour was it before?

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which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #148959

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its the same purple

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which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #148961

By using a white primer, the paint colours used will tend to be bright and stand out. The paint will also take on a deeper colour as more layers of the same colour are used.

Most cars have grey primer underneath the coats of paint. Using grey does mute or subdue the paint color to some degree.

Using a primer that is close to the color of your choice (in this case red) will allow for some mistakes -such as poorly coated areas- because the primer will "cover up" and mask the areas. This does not mean, however, that the finished color will necessarily be nicer. At times it may also create more mistakes and missed areas because the primer color is so close to the paint color.

Personally, i would go with a slightly darker grey primer to get as close of a match to the original as possible.

Dont forget to use cellulose primer if you will be painting in cellulose. I made the mistake of using celulose primer for 2k paint. failed spectacularly
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which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #148970

id guess mg would have used white.
Use a zinc based primer will help prevent rust.

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which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #148974

id guess mg would have used white.
Use a zinc based primer will help prevent rust.


Im just going by my old Rover 75 - which definitely had grey primer from factory

(though saying that, it was built at cowley)

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Re:which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #148984

U can use 2k over 1k no problem

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Re:which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #149024

Definitely grey from the factory, I know I was there :-)

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Re:which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #149037

I would have just assumed that the factory would have used a lighter cokour primer on brighter coloured top coat from a bodyshop prespective at least , didnt really take in to account mass production . .

Id still use a zinc grey primer to help prevent rust.

And ive used celulose primer and paint and sealed it with 2k clear coat with no issues what so ever . . .

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Re:which primer ? 9 years 7 months ago #149065

MG Rover used light grey primer for all af the Fs & TFs and it was water based as was the base colour coat. I would personally rub it down, use a grey plastic primer, rub that down and then respray with your KMN colour and then clear coat

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