Corsa E-Tec
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I'm in the middle of painting me center console and have ran out of plastic primer.
everything is shut now so can i continue with zinc primer as all the plastic has been covered in plastic primer?
cheers
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Kris TD
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you only really need one coating of that clear plastic primer, then use the hibuild stuff (coloured, usually grey or white or yellow) over the top.
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1600power
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if everythings been coated in plastic primer then ur set to paint m8, if it was a coloured plastic primer then u wont need to paint anymore primer as this in itself is the primer!
get painting 
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Icy
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i wanted to post about primer too
why does mine crack?
it reactin with the paint underneathe?
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romeo t
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yea at a guess is it metalic underneath? if so its prob got crap single pac laquer and new primer jus wont lay on it, it will craze.
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Corsa E-Tec
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i neded to spray more primer to cover the orange peel affect on my center console,mfd etc etc.
i decided to get filler primer and have used that to fill in the O Peel affect and is now quite smooth.
thanks for your replys. i'll post pics once the bits have been sprayed.
[Edited on 31-05-2004 by Corsa E-Tec]
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Icy
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quote:
Originally posted by romeo t
yea at a guess is it metalic underneath? if so its prob got crap single pac laquer and new primer jus wont lay on it, it will craze.
yeh prob why
got rid of most of it tho
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Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by romeo t
yea at a guess is it metalic underneath? if so its prob got crap single pac laquer and new primer jus wont lay on it, it will craze.
no, cos the rattle cans he will be using are single pac too so it wont react.
most probably cos you havent cleaned it properly or flatted it off well enough.
finger prints can fuck it all up.
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Kris TD
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oh, icy, if its already painted then you dont need to prime it, scotch brite off the surface so it goes dull then spray straight over the top.
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Icy
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yeh but i gotta get rid of the cracks first coz theyre bumpy.
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1600power
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sounds to me like u have a silicone contaminant on the plastic, probebly caused by spraying polish or a similer product on to the plastic to make it shine.
silicone is evil and u must makesure it is all gone before spraying.......just sand till ya hands bleed then spray ya primer shud b fine then 
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Icy
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painted it before but always had lil dents etc i fileld with filler primer
my own fault for rushin it hence had paintn lacque underneath
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