Painting season
 

Well since we got no snow whatsoever like you lucky guys out east,
I decided to do some shopping at the local IH dealer.
Gal of white and yellow but I couldn't decide what primer to use so
Any advice is gladly accepted :beerchug:
Also got their reducer and hardener. I have no clue how to use hardner

Disregard the instructions and mix it as follows.

8 parts paint
1 part hardener
1/2 part reducer

The instructions will tell you 1 part reducer but it make the paint to thin and the coverage sucks, it will also run easier.

As for primer you should be fine with any 2 component primer, I use ppg myself but there are less expensive options out there. If you can look for a primer that's DTM ( direct to metal ), this will save you from having to buy a separate epoxy primer. I also recommend getting light gray or white primer as the white and yellow paint take forever to cover the darker grays.

Thanks Tim. How long do you have once you mix the primer?

Pot life depends on the product you buy, whatever you buy make sure you get a p sheet as it will give you all the info for the primer that you need like pot life and dry times as well as mix ratios.

Do they still make lacquer primer for amateurs like me? I always had good results with it on working equipment. Of course I haven't painted anything with a spray gun in 10 years.

I honestly don't know.

When I left the parts store in June lacquer primer was still available in gallons thru PPG. But the two part stuff is light yrs ahead.

So, what exactly is 2 part primer? Is it real expensive, easy to sand, can you fill in light imperfections with it? The stuff I used to use was pretty simple, could start sanding about an hour later in the summer. When I had my Mustang painted about 20 years ago the guy used epoxy primer I think. It literally had a shine to it. He said it was so hard you practically could not hand sand it. Even back then the lacquer thinner seemed to be out of favor with pro painters.

Lacquer air dries, whereas the two part primers cure. Epoxy is simply a base primer, seals the metal. There are other primers that are much more sandable.

lacquer air dries and is reversible meaning that even after its sprayed and dries you can wipe it right off with a rag and some thinner, 2 part primer has a hardener and dries from a chemical reaction much like body filler and is not reversible. epoxy primer is just used to get adhesion to metal and has no sanding properties, thats where high build primer comes in. high build primer does exactly what it sounds like it would do, it goes on heavier and leaves more film build so it can be sanded smooth for painting. dtm primer is great because its basically an epoxy and high build primer all in one which eliminates the need to buy 2 products.