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Thanks Tim interesting

FB ute driver, EK van project

Numbers don’t bother me too much on this car, either way she is getting a rough once over!

Can anyone tell me if this paint is a bad idea to use on bare steel... considering I may need to paint over the top of it later on?

I’m thinking of other paint will stick properly on top of it.

With epoxy enamel it will need sanding or scuffing entirely for other paints to stick over it.

What do you want to cover ?

Greg

I used that Rustguard paint often. It goes on well over bare steel - I normally use the primer first, but appears to go OK on its own too. I used it to protect Grace's ute's bare tub before it was painted.

My only drama with it is that it is very soft. Even after 4 years of curing, the black bits in my wagon engine bay (primer + 3 top coats) will scratch off pretty readily. Nowhere near as hard as 2-pack or acrylic.

Cheers,
Harv

Slightly off-topic, about painted or bright metal surrounds -

Our family's HR Special wagon was always prone to having the paint peel off the rear side window surrounds. It wasn't until the mid '80s that I worked out what was going on: It had Premier surrounds (stainless) fitted, which were overpainted white at the factory.

Rob

I doubt acrylic would stick to it well. Enamel on the other hand will stick to most things.

FB ute driver, EK van project

Well hello hello again fine people!

Clay your echoing in my ear…. get back on the forum Drew

Well I haven’t stopped working on the rig and she is making some slow progress, I’ll look back through my thread and see where I am up to and play a bit of catch up to get this back up to speed!

So back much earlier in the year I picked up this ratty wreck for the princely sum of 1 carton of beer, it’s amazing the bits that you can still scavenge!
Got to meet a good new mate named Jeff too while I was at it.
This wreck is now in more pieces and has been transferred to the back yard lol

Got the chassis sub frames a fabricated up and finished and managed to get some new floor pans in.
Geez you quickly forget the a out of work you do to get these jobs done.
Seemed like it took weeks inbetween life and my job!

I met a good bloke you did some trim work for me from his shed.

At last. Rust repairs and trim looks great drew


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

good progress mate , must be getting pretty close to paint underneath and assembly by the looks ???

That red trim looks awesome!

Cheers,
Harv

Errol62 wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:43 pm At last. Rust repairs and trim looks great drew


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Thanks for the nudge Clay!

Blacky wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:19 pm good progress mate , must be getting pretty close to paint underneath and assembly by the looks ???

Gday Geoff, yeah mate all the rust is done and yes I’m starting to seal the underbody up.
I am about to cover it underneath with body deadner but I’m getting last minute nerves.
If I ever need to do any work on it underneath again it will be a mess to get off…
Not sure if I should do it or not.