So I have to leave home for work and I'll be gone for a few months and have to leave my bare metal roadster in a shop until I get back. I just invested a ton of time into getting it straight and really want to stop any rust that might come. Unfortunately I don't have any sort of air setup right now to spray anything. What would you guys suggest I seal it with that will protect it and make it easy to work with when I get back? I was going to do Eastwood epoxy primer and just roll it on with a small foam roller. What are your thoughts? It's in New Mexico so the air is dry but the storage is a barn type building with open ends.
HF has a cheap turbine HVLP setup. I have used it for shooting primer and it works well. Think it cost me $80 or so.
Are you going to remove it later,or is it going to stay? If it is going to stay, don't use anything other than a good epoxy primer. No reason you can't brush it.
You have any rental places? You could buy a cheap $30 gun and rent a compressor for the day and prob not have $100 in it.
I'll more than likely strip it when I get back anyway. Dont really want to, but I leave in a few days and dont really have the extra time to go buying the tools or renting stuff. If I can protect it for a few months it's worth the work later on to take it off right? I'd rather spray, but as far as I know there are no quality epoxies available in rattle cans.
Well, if you are going to strip it, you may as well use rattlecans. The rattlecan stuff will wash off with laquer thinner when you get back, but it will protect it for a few months.
You can roll primer on, shops do it in order to comply with not spraying coatings on the shop floor. PPG has a killer direct to metal epoxy in their industrial coatings division that is it table and sands like butter. Any auto paint jobber that sells PPG should be able to get it and it' very reasonably priced
you could wipe it down with metal prep or a oshpho type product. As long as you don't touch it bare handed or it gets rained on it will last a long time before it rusts. I know you said building is open but your humidity is low ? right? Otherwise try PPG SX1060
yep,wipe it down with a metal prep.will seal it for a while from rust and convert any starting rust.home depot sells jasco product.I use it alot and it works great.
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Hmmmm ..... so how much a gallon is the stuff? And can it go on over other primers and not turn it into a bubbled mess? What about after this has been on a while .... what will go on over it and not have problems also?? IF it can be on any surface and allow resurfacing with most anything later .. it almost seems too good, and that would be great!! Regards, Tinwizard
Any automotive paint supply store will have rollers that won't come apart. I have used them on several occasions with DP epoxies on small areas.
If the car is indoors wipe the bare metal with oil and it will keep for weeks or months. Grease even longer. You will have to wash it off with gas and Prepsol before you primer and paint.
Zinc Chromate - used it with the cheap low nap 3" rollers. Transfer the paint to a squeeze bottle, squeeze out some paint and roll it out.
Napa has some spray on green etch primer. Sorta high.....Second thought PeP boys was cheaper. Don't remember the brand.
u http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?R=MSR7220_0006419503 About ten bucks a can but spending 40 bucks for four cans that will cover most cars and being able to spray it and seal the metal might be worth it.
There are still are a few quality old time auto finish brush painters out there. Look in the Restorers sites. Some still advertise. This is a sample of that work. Normbc9
Just use rattle can zinc chromate, goes on thin almost transparent. You don't need to put a heavy coat on or spray bomb metal etch. Metal etch is pricey thou.