Anyone got a primer recommendation ?
I’ve used a plastic etch primer but it’s not really adhered very well.
TIA.
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Re: Canopy paint
Hi Ell,
I just use rattle-can acrylic spray (primer, then topcoat). For me, the key to good paint adhesion is to mask the area then lightly abrade it with 400 wet and dry before squirting primer. Just enough to get a matt finish. I also degrease with a little washing up liquid.
Hope this helps.
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I just use rattle-can acrylic spray (primer, then topcoat). For me, the key to good paint adhesion is to mask the area then lightly abrade it with 400 wet and dry before squirting primer. Just enough to get a matt finish. I also degrease with a little washing up liquid.
Hope this helps.
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Re: Canopy paint
" I also degrease with a little washing up liquid."
I use shower gel personally Rog, but what do you put on the canopy?
Brian S.
I use shower gel personally Rog, but what do you put on the canopy?
Brian S.
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They have shower gel that far North?
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Re: Canopy paint
Thanks Rog,
I was assuming the etching primer would do the hard work itself! I have scuffed them up in the past, it just seems a little daft after you've taken such trouble to mask accurately.
Having some success with plasticote on gelcoat fuz's...
Ell.
I was assuming the etching primer would do the hard work itself! I have scuffed them up in the past, it just seems a little daft after you've taken such trouble to mask accurately.
Having some success with plasticote on gelcoat fuz's...
Ell.
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Re: Canopy paint
Vim and a loofer
They are tough in Scotland you know.