primer on plastic??

[dude]

hi i have painted a metal bumper and i need to know

if it is bare plastic what primer do i use?

also when i painted the metal panel i used glasurit 2k primer filler. could i use this on plastic?



thank you

 

[fingers99]

You use a -- wait for it -- plastics primer. Just tell the man what you're doing and he'll sort you out.

Compatability might be an issue with the 2K, but I doubt it, test it on top of the plastic primer.

But you must use the plastics primer or -- especially on flexi plastic as in bumpers, etc. it'll craze like mad and fall off.

 

[dude]

i am asking you could i use the glasurit 2k primer filler on the plastic bumper as a 1st coat?


or do i have to use high build primer?

 

[fingers99]

You have to use a plastics primer first. On GRP you might just get away with it, on modern plastic bumpers, no chance: the stuff they're made of is so slippy I'd almost be prepared to take a mold off them in GRP without using any release agent!

 

[malcolm]

Definitely a plastics primer. 2K primer will flake off. If you can find out the material talk to your local auto paint shop and ask what they would recommend.

Putting your location into your profile can be useful. "ffggfgffg" suggests either you too lazy to do so or that you don't know. Neither is a good sign.

 

[English Steve]

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That's somewhere in the Welsh valleys isn't it.

 

[TurboShed]

That's somewhere in the Welsh valleys isn't it.

Just what I thought for a moment, had to take a second look

 

[jaykay]

what sort of plastic? theres loads of differant sort.
most paint manufacturers have web sites that will tell you whats,what.
grp fibre glas must be self etched first then most normal primers are ok to use.
you can get self etch in spray cans. do not try to put to much on,just enough to cover.
does'nt matter if it's a bit see through.