Kurust.

[PaulMcElhinney]

Folks,

I have just bought a new door skin in bare metal.I asked the manufacturer not to paint it in grey primer because I wanted to paint in in superior rust protection primers.

Having picked it up there were tiny surface rust areas, possibly present before the panel was pressed. As a result I have painted both inside and outside surfaces (and flanges) with Hammerite Kurust.

My plan now is to paint the inside surfaces with Unidox zinc rich primer (made by Witham). I bought this after it came top in a Practical Classics test. I'm then going to paint the outside surafces in U Pol zinc primer. It's actually a weld thru primer, green aerosol.

Does anyone foresee any problems with this approach? I'm not a paint man at all.

Thanks,


Paul.

 

[steveo3002]

the zinc primer is pointless over kurust...needs to be on the metal to do its job

id roar off the kurust and make an effort to make sure all the rust has gone ,then prime it with something decent

weld thru primer is just that ...its a little help for hidden flanges , not a proper primer

 

[ajlelectronics]

Agreed. Stay clear of Hammerite stuff, it is nothing like it used to be and there are far superior products designed for the job. Strip the Kurust back to bright metal, then use a quality primer. Remember that painting is 95% preparation and 5% actually topcoating.