Oh yeah.. blame it on the hippies.. ;)

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:49 AM, dylan <insyncro@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here is my test Syncro.
> http://syncrospecialist.com/blacksyncro.aspx
> It had a horrible hippie paintjob until I sprayed it with flat black primer in the rattlers.
> Everytime we go for a spin, when I return I touch up any dings from offroading.
> Never sanded a thing, just keep on coating it.
> Not what most would do, but I am surprised as to how well the primer has stayed put.
> It was the 88cent per can flat black from WalMart.
> I spent way more on beer.

 Yes, it holds ok.. for a while. I have never visited WalMart but the
local equivalent shop has similar products of similar price level
which I used to use on my previous project. But they also had
semi-glossy topcoats which I used. It really makes a difference after
a while, but does not cost any more actually. I always cleaned the
spot,sprayed a very thin layer of primer and after that the topcoat.
With the same amount of paint & work You can get more lasting result.
You just change the can You are using after first few puffs. I just
saw my previous project while ago and it had developed several new
rust spots. Mostly in completely new places, not the ones I painted.
On the otherhand my brothers project that has been sitting in similar
place had enormous pieces of paint chipping away. That car was painted
with porous primer only. Some 95% of surfaces still ok, mostly places
that have original paint under them.