Painting rocker cover. Primer?
Painting rocker cover. Primer?
Hello all, I'm going to paint my rocker cover next week I have high heat enamel paint but I have heard mixed ideas about using primer or not. What do u think?
Re: Painting rocker cover. Primer?
Don't bother with paint, get it powdercoated.
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Re: Painting rocker cover. Primer?
I have painted 2.0 and 3.0 rocker covers with normal primer and paint. Not had a problem yet.
Powdercoating will give a tougher finish though and look ace.
Powdercoating will give a tougher finish though and look ace.
Re: Painting rocker cover. Primer?
Cheers for ur help. Ghia15 did u paint one with just paint and just primer 1 or do u mean u prime red and then painted? Someone has told me u can just paint it without primer?
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Re: Painting rocker cover. Primer?
I painted both by stripping the old paint off as much as possible, cleaning with pre paint/degreaser, prime and then paint in colour of choice.
Always use primer as it helps the paint stick properly and allows it to last longer while still looking good.
Always use primer as it helps the paint stick properly and allows it to last longer while still looking good.
Re: Painting rocker cover. Primer?
Hi Martin ive had my pinto rocker cover painted and some and got inside the cover and inside oil filler neck ? Is this a problem ?
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Re: Painting rocker cover. Primer?
Are you supposed to use primer with high temperature paint, as the primer isn't high temp obviously so that will be the weak point?