Normspeed Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 Anyone have experience or info about obtaining color tinted primer? I'm considering getting some for the tractor I bought. Thinking of epoxy primer tinted a light orange. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 nothing like a touch of home latex spreading over into the auto hobby,, Quote
Bingster Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 I paint for a living and have my primer tinted almost always to help the topcoat cover better. I'm not sure what the advantage would be for automotive paints that usually cover pretty well. That said, orange is one of those colors like yellow that takes a thicker film build to cover the primer. But covering a light gray auto primer or even a white primer would seem to be no problem. I also feel that the shade of primer underneath these more transluscent colors affects the brilliance or hue of the topcoat. Your orange might be a truer orange with a white primer than with a dark gray. Quote
pflaming Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 Bingster, do you think the rat rodderand original patina finishes are colored primer to 'match' the old color or at least make the primer less noticable? Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 Anyone have experience or info about obtaining color tinted primer? I'm considering getting some for the tractor I bought. Thinking of epoxy primer tinted a light orange. Some Epoxy primers and some 2 k urethane primer s are definately tintable. Contact your local Autobody Jobber. Quote
Bingster Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 I don't paint cars for a living so I cannot say about the Rat rods and such. I have painted trucks and even rail cars but don't do it enough to know the materials well. Quote
Normspeed Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Posted January 4, 2009 Thanks for the info Bingster and Fred. I'm thinking of it as a final coat, at least for a few years. There are three or four coats of paint on it, at least two were brushed on. I'd like to clean up and repair each piece as I work on it, and shoot some primer on. Primer would be a bit more forgiving than a fancy gloss coat. I could consider it a training experience prior to tackling the Plymouth paint and body. Do the tints usually result in a pale pastel color? Here's what it should sorta look like, before & after:rolleyes: Quote
Allan Faust Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 I know that with me, since I'll be using a house of kolor system, I'll be using a primer, then the primer sealer which is white. This primer sealer I'll be tinting using a cobalt kandy concentrate they have to give it a blue tint since the top coat I'll be using is majik blue pearl, which is a more "transparent" color. Tinting the sealer will actually give it a bluer base to go with the majik. I was actually told to do this by a HOK painter.... Allan Quote
Frank Elder Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 HOK painter...help, don't know that saying. Quote
Normspeed Posted January 4, 2009 Author Report Posted January 4, 2009 HOK would be House of Kolor. I've heard a lot of good comments about their products. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 like the comments...try their prices... Quote
moparjack44 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Posted January 4, 2009 Tim, I did. Not a pretty conversation, so no HOK paint on the DeSoto. The prices "blue" my mind. No paint could be worth those prices, IMO. Jack Quote
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