Hi all I'm just at the point of fitting a new front panel and inner screen panel.. the question is how much of the black transit primer do I need to remove. I've cleaned the edges that meet the air box and areas i'm likely to plug weld and i've given them a light dusting of weld through primer. But will rubbing the rest of the panel with a scotch pad be good enough to prime and top coat before fitting.... or do I need to remove all the black primer. any help/advice would be much appreciated
It depends on what the black primer is. Some panels are e coated which is usually good enough to paint over after scuffing up. If it’s transit primer you should really take it back to bare metal. If you can rub it off with paint thinners or scratch easily with a coin it should come off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
All of it if I was you.....I painted a repair panel in a zinc primer at it all reacted. I cleaned it all off back to metal... To be honest it depends on the panel and how it's coated. Try sanding it down for a key and prime it before it's fitted if it react buff the whole lot off and breeze some etch primer to protect it..
Thank fellas I've sanded the edges and it seem thicker on the inner screen panel with almost a satin finish.. The stuff on the front panel does look thinner and seems to rub of easily. It's the areas you won't get to once the panel fixed in place so I think I'll strip it back to bare metal. Thanks again
I bought a very expensive WW front panel for a split, after welding it on I noticed a slight patch of discolouration, I rubbed it down and found that under the paint it was completely covered in surface rust, I saw representatives from WW at the Schofields stand at Busfest, I mentioned it and it was clear they couldnt care less despite all the extra work involved.
I bought a very expensive WW front panel for a split, after welding it on I noticed a slight patch of discolouration, I rubbed it down and found that under the paint it was completely covered in surface rust, I saw representatives from WW at the Schofields stand at Busfest, I mentioned it and it was clear they couldnt care less despite all the extra work involved removing the rust.
Even if the paint seems solid, it is not necessarily keyed well onto the shiny metal. I have had complete stacks of filler and paint peel off back to strangely wet, clean, shiny bare metal when picking at a tiny rusty crack in paintwork.. Sand it so its keyed to the bare metal...
