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HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:14 am
by mikeonb4c
Just doing a small local tidy up and respray. I'm not sure if I should use grey primer or white primer underneath the silent silver topcoat. Does anyone happen to know? The Bongo shop seems to sell one primer (doesn't seem to say if its grey) for all topcoats except Chaste White (which uses white primer). I guess the implication is that its grey primer?

Re: HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:25 am
by dobby
could you try it out on a sample first? Reckon Grey would give it more body?

Re: HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:26 am
by cabte
Defo grey mike,

Re: HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:36 am
by mikeonb4c
Thanks+++ guys - really appreciate that. Well, better kit up and go and do it :?

Have a good day at Pennington cabte - I'll be thinking of you while I wield my paint can 8)

Re: HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:40 am
by dobby
'ere Mike, don't get carried away and give it a full makeover like this bloke :lol:

http://www.kelsey-forums.co.uk/cgi-bin/ ... 67548072/0

Re: HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:57 am
by cabte
ermm that paint looks too shiny to prime i hope he flat it down first,,, :|
Otherwise the paint will flake of, 8)

Re: HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:59 am
by dobby
Probably flake off the neighbours cars as well :D

Re: HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:04 am
by mikeonb4c
cabte wrote:ermm that paint looks too shiny to prime i hope he flat it down first,,, :|
Otherwise the paint will flake of, 8)
I think the house bricks are nicely keyed ready to take the primer though - he'd better make sure he masks it off. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Suggest he starts with the security camera, so the wife can't see what he's up to :lol: :lol: :lol:

But, in fact I'd love to try doing a respray like that on a vehicle where you've nothing to lose. I wonder how good a job you could do just by masking off and without having to remove too many bits.

Re: HELP: Grey or white primer for silent silver?

Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:16 am
by helen&tony
Hi
That worries me a lot....I now realise I should have sprayed my tyres to match, when I did the bumper....do you think anyone will notice that I didn't?????....
Cheers
Helen