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General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: Superully on August 28, 2009, 11:18:17 PM

Title: what kind of primer (type / color) are you using?
Post by: Superully on August 28, 2009, 11:18:17 PM

i've also asked this on the klov forum, but perhaps someone from you nice guys can jump in here, someone who's done a lot of cab painting perhaps  :)

i'm getting ready to repaint my joust 2 cab, but before i start with the BLACK base color, i'd like to put some wood primer underneath. the cab had some serious water damage and i had to use a lot of wood filler to restore it, so i don't want those spots / areas to shine through the base color.

for my previous projects i have always used white wood primer, but now i've read somewhere (don't remember where though) that you shouldn't be putting white primer underneath a black base color. is that correct?

over here in germany we only have two types of wood primer, transparent wood impregnation and the white wood primer.

my questions:
- what type of wood primer are you using before painting your cab (if any at all)?
- is it ok to use white wood primer underneath the black color?
- my wood primer is water-based, the colors are oil-based - could that cause any problems?

looking forward to your answers, this is my first complete paint job (cab is stripped down) and i don't want to take any chances.

Title: Re: what kind of primer (type / color) are you using?
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on August 29, 2009, 08:02:19 AM

i'm not sure , but i read somewhere that you cannot use oilbased over waterbased paint

so as far as i can help you i think you need a oilbase primer instead of a waterbased

Title: Re: what kind of primer (type / color) are you using?
Post by: Superully on August 29, 2009, 08:11:27 AM

Quote from: Etienne [NL] on August 29, 2009, 08:02:19 AM

i'm not sure , but i read somewhere that you cannot use oilbased over waterbased paint

 :o ooops, i did that on my WoW cab! wonder why it shouldn't be good. the primer was dry to the bone and the paint stuck well and dried up nicely. hopefully it doesn't fall off some day ...  :'(

Title: Re: what kind of primer (type / color) are you using?
Post by: Muerto on August 29, 2009, 09:00:03 AM

regarding the places where you have used woodfiller, and sanded it down... no matter how thick a layer of woodprimer you put on, thise spots will shine, because the surface is much smoother..

Title: Re: what kind of primer (type / color) are you using?
Post by: Superully on August 29, 2009, 09:10:58 AM

just contacted my "paint guy": he said it's possible that water- and oil-based colors don't go together well, but this would show immediately while painting by bubbles in the oil-based paint. if those bubbles don't show, there shouldn't be any problems later on. puh, i'm relieved! still, i'm going to the home depot now to see if i can find an oil-based wood primer just to be on the safe side of town. don't want to ruin my joust 2 paint job (and the stencils in the process).