5 replies to this topic

[strettman]

hello,

basically right now i am wire brushing/grinding the floor of my mini ready for a coat of red oxide. i am wondering how long it will take for the red oxide primer too dry before i can weld in an area near where it has been painted without a chance of it setting on fire and lighting the whole of my mini's floor up

thanks for any help

Edited by strettman, 17 August 2011 - 06:00 PM.

[JmayfairJ]

weld first then red oxide?

red oxide dries really quickly, under an hour easily

[strettman]

hi, thanks for the reply

i'm afraid i can't weld first, it's going to be at least another 2 weeks till i get a MIG welder probably.

right now i'm just trying to shorten my list of things to do before then, and red oxiding is one of them, i just don't want the floor of my mini to burst into flames when i start the welding, haha

thanks

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

when i was welding the door frame, i left about an inch gap between where the area to be welded was and the red oxide, never caught fire and when everything had cooled it was just a quick wire brush to get rid of any splatter and the paint was fine and i just need to put another layer on the welded bit and il probably overlap it anyway, hope this helps

and i was using the brush on red oxide from a local paint supplier and it took about an hour to fully dry but it wasnt the warmest that morning though

Edited by Mini Mad Drakeley, 17 August 2011 - 09:45 PM.

[JonnyBMX]

erm... even if the paints dry... its gunna mess it up when u weld near it.. but most red oxides dry really quick in my expirience if u havnt cleaned the paint off far enough away from where u are welding you are going to get a bit of flame anyway which isnt always good for the old lungs :/

[new_zealand _minis]

just get a few cans of weld thru primer .. thicker coats where you arnt welding and thiner coat where you are welding .. then you can red oxide over top