Ok, I had my car re-sprayed 2 years ago and she was looking pretty clean, you know swap, fresh paint, wheels, a few JDM goodies, i was happy with the ride so far. The to add on to my awsome day today,(almost got killed at work when I had an unfamiler car with unfamiler lift points almost fall off my lift and smash me like a bug) i backed my baby into a big ford truck, never hit another car in my life. So this inspired me to do all my body work that didnt get done the first time. My question is if i do my body work and prime, will any weather effect the primer, im asking cause my teg is a daily driver.
ill post my 2 cts firsst i guess… dont take in if u dont want
i hav heard that primer is not waterproof…altho i hav just done my quarter panel and it has been sitting in the rain and cold wether for the last month since i did it…jsut had back surgury,…been off work
it has held up fine so far and im proud of my work
my cousin also had done alot on his integra and been riding his lazy ass around for i dont know how long with primer on it…besides the spots where he did a shitty bondo job…everything is fine still…
i guess do wat u gotta do and when u get the money to spray it…then thats that
it probably wont be to bad on the primer. i had a friend that drove around like that for awhole summer. i just finished the body work and paint on my teg. cleared it today and hopefully i’ll drive it home tomorrow. i miss her lol
if u did that, it is not going to seal like a paint would.
and when u paint over that, its not guna last as long.
primer isnt made to be in the weather.
all you would have to do is maybe re primer a few spots and then seal it and you’d be fine
What about plain Bondo and the stuff with fibreglass strands? I have some stuff left over from the summer/fall project that weren’t primered since the weather caught up with me, and conditions now are not good for laying down primer (not to mention the color/top coat). Don’t those (Bondo) materials absorb moisture (the cured product looks porous)?
If you are really worried about the primer do this:
Spray your car at your shop, garage, or what ever, let the paint settle and dry a bit then bring it back to where you parket it(must be indoors) and get a space heater. Set it about 4 or 5 feet away from the area that has wet paint and run it overnight. Should look fine.
Thanks for all your suggestions. I have decided to wait and see if my buddy that does paintless dent removal can take out my dings and newly aquired dents, get my quarter cut out and reweld in a new peice ect. plus I just got some thin side moldings and jdm rain guards (yay more JDM goodies:rockon: I need all the Jdm parts I can aquire) that i will apply after my exterior is redone. I cant wait, my car will feel like it just came off the showroom floor.
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think this might work…tryin to post pics for the first time…little winter body work