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[Big_Adam]

Morning,....ish.

I primed my car today and bar any monster problems I need to start on my logo and clear coats next.

I want to paint a logo in hammerite (and a wee brush!) on my bootlid. I did a bit of serching and there be some nasty things said about hammerite but that doesn't bother me.

My question is with primer should I scotch bright it 1st. The paints ... well primer so it's not exactly smooth to start with.

Also what can I use for marking out on paint work thats not going to screw up the clear coat? I sorta need to drawn on the primer to mark out my logo. So what should I use? Or do I have to freehand it.

Finaly, 1k Acrylic clear, will it do bad things with hammerite?

Ta folks.

[insamoufonyx]

make a stencil of your logo then paint using that.... and if your using hammer right i would mix it with thinners as its pretty damn thick....

[Big_Adam]

Any more for any more?

I would like to get on or do I go with my regular "sod it and see" method.

Also, I feeling a bit ill. I wore a mask while spraying but bar that just stock gear of trousers and a T-shirt. have I broken something?

[Retro_10s]

just in case this helps with any chemical wizadry regarding reactions etc, Hammerite is silicone based.....

And laquer wont stick to hammerite unless it's been flatted down, gloss on gloss remember. which brings me back to chemical reactions.... what doesn't like sticking to silicone... paint... and what's silicone based.... hammerite.

I would thin down enamel humbrol modelling paints. You'll be able to buy much less too.

Edited by Retro_10s, 18 December 2007 - 06:22 PM.

[Big_Adam]

Well, hammerite is terribly sticky stuff. Can I do hammerite on clear?

No...that won't work either will it.

Model paint route it is.

Damn, I already bought the hammerite too.

[jack_marshall]

I dont understand what stage your at or what you have used so far, but be warned that 2k paint or laquer does not go down well with silicone.

'Silicone' or any similiar airborne subject is hated by bodyshops and its ruins paintjobs, and seems to come from nowhere.

So I would say hammerite is a bad idea.

Im guessing you've used some sort of basecoat, likely to be 2k.

Yes the area will need scotching for the paint to stick..

I'd use the same type or paint your painting and laquering the car with.

[Southy]

As has already been said Hammerite is Silicone based paint and uses a different thinners to that you will use for 2K paints, this will cause blistering in the paint if the too different substances mix together and totally ruin your paintwork (i know this from experience had to buy another half litre of paint because my front wing blistered bcause it had been prepped in hammerite to stop it rusting)