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Opinions/Editorials Title: Anyone ever prime a car with Rustoleum "Paint and Primer in One" spray cans? OK,my 51 coupe sat in a barn for over 25 years before I bought it,and at one time the barn roof obviously leaked where it was parked. Adding to the woe is at least 3 different colors of that old hard Ford enamel. In places,it had been sanded to the bare metal and then painted with no primer. Not to mention the top coat was a latex that had been put on with a roller. Rust is a-poppin out all over! Can't get it in my shop right now because I have both doors blocked with cars up on jackstands,so I have been using a random orbital sander to bring it down to the bare metal to see what I have once the paint and plastic is removed,to get rid of the rust at the surface level,and to prime and paint it to preserve it until I get it in my shop this spring to blow apart and do the body work and paint for real. Right now I am just interested in stopping the rust and preserving it. BTW,when I do paint it "for real" I will also be using a roller and spray cans,but it will be a Dupont self-etching primer and their 2 part epoxy sealer,and I won't be painting it in temps below 60 degrees with a 15-20 mph wind blowing. Poster Comment: Anyone ever use this stuff and have any tips or comments on it? Sounds too good to be true,but if it does work it is a lot cheaper than buying two cans and it saves a lot of time,too.Subscribe to *Gear Heads* Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 9. It works. Prep is everything. Get the paint can trigger. Save your fingers. Should easily last a year and when I did my truck back around 1980 it looked really nice. I use this stuff from time to time. Used it on my gate many years ago and it still in good shape.
#2. To: Justified (#1) Should easily last a year and when I did my truck back around 1980 it looked really nice. I think we are talking about different stuff. IIRC,this paint has only been out a year or two,and it comes with a trigger in a can you can even spray at any angle.
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#3. To: sneakypete (#2) I used it on my gate. I was just explaining how prep work using paint cans does work. Not as good as car paint but will get you many years until you can deal with it properly. I had a rod iron gate made and like an idiot I did not clean it and then prime it right away. I had to sand it down and I used the paint/primer spray cans with good luck. I think its been 4 years now since I did it and it still looks good. A little flatter look but im pleased.
#4. To: Justified (#3) Ok,some sort of misunderstanding is going on here,because earlier you wrote "when I did my truck back around 1980 it looked really nice. " 1980 was a lot more than 4 years ago.
#9. To: sneakypete (#4) I used that paint on my gate 4 years ago. The part about my truck is just to tell you using a can paint on a car if prepped right works real well and it's hard to tell you used can paint.
Replies to Comment # 9. I used that paint on my gate 4 years ago. The part about my truck is just to tell you using a can paint on a car if prepped right works real well and it's hard to tell you used can paint. Thanks. I am a worrier that hates rust,so I will be taking it back down to the bare meatal while doing bodywork,and use a rust converter to neutralize the rust pits before I hit it with the self-etching primer and the top coat.
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