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Date:         Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:23:05 -0700
Reply-To:     John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         John Anderson <wvukidsdoc@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: is primer/sealer weathertight?
Comments: To: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <dad0e8a40910141432l368469f4jc30009bbf67de3d7@mail.gmail.com>
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Depends on the brand and type of product.  I painted as a "pro" in high school.  My favorite paint is PPG, the PPG epoxies are certainly weatherproof, I use DP90 as my flat black of choice on wheels, and have some in service for 15 years.  Similarly their then acrylic primer sealer something like DAS or DP 1980, I forget, and forget the replacement product was weatherproof.  Most primers alone soak up water though and are not.   John

--- On Wed, 10/14/09, Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM> Subject: is primer/sealer weathertight? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 5:32 PM

A few weeks ago I did my seams and surrounding three inches, at the typical rust spot where the camper stuff is welded in on the drivers side. I ran out of time after applying primer/sealer and thought thats ok to wait a while at this stage....... now we had two days of solid rain, and I have micro bubbles under the primer about an inch away from the seam, and worse, something slightly rustcolored at a few seam spots. Obviously I have to redo a few things, but I was wondering whether my assumption that primer sealer is weathertight was wrong, or if I did the whole thing wrong......

thanks florian


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