primer

[john2189]

HI,

What is the proper color of primer for the red and the yellow and white cubs ? I plan to paint them both this winter.

[Bus Driver]

I hesitate to answer since others here have painted several Cubs. but I have done some auto painting. A red primer would be ideal for the red Cubs. Yellow does not hide well, so I would choose the light gray primer for white or yellow. Seems that I saw some light yellow epoxy primer on one car- that should be ideal. If others disagree, I will not argue.

[Davesaver]

Bus Driver has it right.

Use the color or shade of color that your top coat will cover the easiest. You can use gray primer under everything to save money on materials. it just when your red paint chips if you have red primer under it it will show less. Epoxy primers come the color they are and thats what you use. Sometimes people will use a filler primer over the epoxy primer and will use the desired shade at that point.

In the old days red primer was red oxide primer and had properties that went to the level of protection rather than color. I beleive it had a lot of lead in it. But it was pretty much phased out when I got into the business. The name Red Oxide is mostly from the material/minerals used to make the color red.They carried over the name but other than the color it is no different in properties than Light gray or dark gray primer.

[john2189]

I just thought that different color primers could have an affect on the shade of the top coat. just wondering

[Buzzard Wing]

I have used a few different rattle can primers and am really fond of duplicolor red oxide. Not a filler primer, but real easy to use.


Also used white Rustoleum brush on, it does make it harder to get a decent coverage of red and has a nasty habit of showing brush strokes.

[Davesaver]

John,

It has a lot to do with the color and the pigments that make up that color. Hence why you would want to use a light primer under white and other lighter colors. Red is a dense heavy pigment as is black and most other medium to dark colors. All of this is in reference to solid base paints.

When you start getting into custom colors candies, pearls etc. the whole game changes. That's when you start laying down a base coat very similar or different to your custom color to get the effect you want.

By the time you get a couple of coats of paint on your tractor or implements be it white, yellow, blue or red it should cover red, dk gray or lt gray primer with out effecting the color of your topcoat. The economy of having one primer (go with light gray) or the concern of what shows through when the topcoat chips is really the two governing factors.

An easy way to test for desired results would be to spray and or brush out some samples to see

DaveL