[sdiy] Painting anodised aluminium - etching primer?

[Dave Kendall]

I use Hammerite special metals primer. (£3.95 from the hardware store) It's
rusty red, and when dry, regular car paint can be sprayed on top. This works
well - only thing I don't like about it is that it's quite thick and needs
sanding down before the top coat is sprayed on. Someone somewhere probably
makes a spray version but possibly not in smaller quantities - I guess
automotive guys would use a regular spray gun which is cleaned after use,
and I don't need *that* much of it....

cheers,

Dave






on 21/11/06 11:19, Julian at julian at 22host24.com wrote:

> Im wanting to paint some anodised aluminium.  Am I right in thinking I just
> use normal metal primer, and shouldn't use etching primer?
> 
> Or would I do better sanding off the anodised layer, and using an etching
> primer?
> 
> Julian
>