[Amps] spray painting metal

[Edward Swynar]

Hi Alton,

Go the distance & pre-spray the project with aluminum/galvanized metal
primer that's specifically designed for that sorta stuff...

I never did that on a major project that I built here years ago, & I've
regretted it ever since: I applied some peel-and-stick accent striping on
the front surface of the thing, and when I removed a section of it because
it was crooked, off came the striping alright, but with both topcoat and
primer attached...!

The front panel now sports an accent "stripe" of bare aluminum...! A
continuous reminder to me of the importance of proper prep work...Hi Hi.

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>; "Alton McConnell" <amcconnell3 at hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] spray painting metal


>
> Although aluminum "requires" a "special" primer, I have had very good
results just using the "el cheapo" ($1.12 per can) ColorPlace #20010 gray
primer that I get at Walmart.
>
> Glen, K9STH
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> Website:  http://k9sth.com
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> --- On Fri, 7/31/09, Alton McConnell <amcconnell3 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Any advice on good primers for aluminum?
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