Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:34:40 -0700
Reply-To: dylan <insyncro@YAHOO.COM>
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From: dylan <insyncro@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: is primer/sealer weathertight?
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Sorry, but 91 Syncros are a rare bird and my favorite ride of all the years made.
I couldn't drive it around with it painted to look like a cloud and with dolphines jumping over a rainbow.
Just didn't work for me.
Not blaming hippies, just scratching my head at the paintjob.
It is my Syncro now and is "battle" black for offroad fun.
I have a video of it clearing my motocross tabletop jump at 45 mph.
I will get it on uTube at some point.
Don't think it would look as impressive with the dolphines.
df
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From: Janne Ruohomäki <janne.ruohomaki@gmail.com>
To: dylan <insyncro@yahoo.com>
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 11:15:26 AM
Subject: Re: is primer/sealer weathertight?
Oh yeah.. blame it on the hippies.. ;)
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:49 AM, dylan <insyncro@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here is my test Syncro.
> http://syncrospecialist.com/blacksyncro.aspx
> It had a horrible hippie paintjob until I sprayed it with flat black primer in the rattlers.
> Everytime we go for a spin, when I return I touch up any dings from offroading.
> Never sanded a thing, just keep on coating it.
> Not what most would do, but I am surprised as to how well the primer has stayed put.
> It was the 88cent per can flat black from WalMart.
> I spent way more on beer.
Yes, it holds ok.. for a while. I have never visited WalMart but the
local equivalent shop has similar products of similar price level
which I used to use on my previous project. But they also had
semi-glossy topcoats which I used. It really makes a difference after
a while, but does not cost any more actually. I always cleaned the
spot,sprayed a very thin layer of primer and after that the topcoat.
With the same amount of paint & work You can get more lasting result.
You just change the can You are using after first few puffs. I just
saw my previous project while ago and it had developed several new
rust spots. Mostly in completely new places, not the ones I painted.
On the otherhand my brothers project that has been sitting in similar
place had enormous pieces of paint chipping away. That car was painted
with porous primer only. Some 95% of surfaces still ok, mostly places
that have original paint under them.
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