[sdiy] DIY Aluminum panel painting

[Christian Kremer]

i used a dedicated primer/filler from a company called Auto-K. i bought 
it at a local hardware shop here in germany.
i´d guess that you should be able to buy a can of a similar product at 
any store that sells spraycans for automotive repair.
keep in mind that there are several formulas for paint - acrylic vs 
enamel and so on - they dont mix very well. pick the right clearcoat 
too, or you´ll end up with a FUBAR finish!
Auto-K  has "3-component paint systems" - primer, color and clearcoat 
are a perfect match.

christian



Altitude wrote:

>That was my plan. What did u use as primer? 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christian Kremer [mailto:creekree at gmx.de] 
>Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:03 PM
>To: Altitude
>Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] DIY Aluminum panel painting
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>dont know how professional you want to do it, but i´ve had good results with
>fine-sanding the aluminum, priming it, spraypainting it twice in a color of
>my choice, adding legends with waterslide decals and then applying several
>layers of clearcoat.
>it might be advisable to finesand between layers to get a really smooth
>finish.
>it worked very well for me.
>the primer makes the paint stick very well. you might consider baking the
>panels in an oven too...
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>christian
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>>I'm looking for a good process to finish some raw aluminum panels.  I 
>>am aware of alodine but was wondering if there are more DIY friendly 
>>methods for getting paint to bond well with aluminum.
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>>Cheers,
>>Raph
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