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This coming up week, ill be waiting for parts/not getting much done to the car. Anyone just tell me what chemical is used to thin rustoleum primer?

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Hey Rollerheads,
I'm contemplating an attempt in either black or white on a 72 Charger. Can anyone post pics of their results with black? I know black is the hardest paint to make look great, but that's only because it shows failures in bodywork and prep more than any other. Still, not being a pro I don't want to set myself up for failure either. Does black respond to polishing and buffing well? I'm a USA buyer, so I guess it's rustoleum for me. thanks fellas.

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Regarding the foam rollers, my wife found the very same roller in a 3 pack at the local dollar store. They seem to work as well as the ones from Can. Tire, and they have the one straight edge, not rounded on both. I found a big difference in roller lines with the straight, doesn't leave as much on overlap.

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i saw those at the dollar rama too, they look like good rollers, but the only thing i can complain about them is that it looks like there is these tiny peices that are almost ready to come off, so i never used them, but they have awesome shammys at the dollar store (dollar rama) that are the same ones that you see being sold at car shows, ect... the big orange ones, and they're a $1!!! i buy 15 at a time they're so cheap.

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This coming up week, ill be waiting for parts/not getting much done to the car. Anyone just tell me what chemical is used to thin rustoleum primer?

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Mineral spirits. Even the professional rustoleum (safety red) I got that said thin with acetone only worked fine with mineral spirits.

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Thanks exit. the rustoleum primer at my lowes goes by latex. the regular paint is oil based. so i figured there would be a difference in thinning method. thanks

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Well its not really that im 'insecure' over the paint. It is just that i don't actually want to paint a color red/blue/green/etc at the moment, and i dont want to worry about polishing the finish and such. I want the car one color. I'd rather not worry about peel, wetsanding, or polishing. If i can thin the primer, roll it on and not have a care for orange peel or polishing? thats what i'm looking for at the moment.

So how is it thinned?

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i can't tell you how to thin the primer, because i've never used it, if you just want to cover the body work until you get around to paint, just buy white, or black and do 1-2 coats, good practice too, you would'nt have to buff/polish at all. you could buy like 1 quart and do the whole car. i would not use the primer.

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Well its not really that im 'insecure' over the paint. It is just that i don't actually want to paint a color red/blue/green/etc at the moment, and i dont want to worry about polishing the finish and such. I want the car one color. I'd rather not worry about peel, wetsanding, or polishing. If i can thin the primer, roll it on and not have a care for orange peel or polishing? thats what i'm looking for at the moment.

So how is it thinned?

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i can't tell you how to thin the primer, because i've never used it, if you just want to cover the body work until you get around to paint, just buy white, or black and do 1-2 coats, good practice too, you would'nt have to buff/polish at all. you could buy like 1 quart and do the whole car. i would not use the primer.

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hey guys, i posted some pix couple pages back.
i havent got to finish the car yet cause i was so swamped with work, and its been raining on and off for about 2 weeks now.

on my finished and fully polished parts, the paint has water stains thats really hard to clean off, and alot of other stains (dirt, mud) feels like its attached and trapped to the paint and takes more effort than wetsanding to take them off. i did the final wetsand and polish about 2 weeks after the last coating, so im sure the paint had plenty of time to cure.

how do i go about solving this?

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did you wax it? it really needs waxed right after the wetsand and polish, and then needs at least 1 week sitting in the sun with NO rain, after that rain is fine. or if it does rain shammy it off right after the rain, rain drops are like little magnifying glasses in the sun and can leave marks in fresh paint, and leave mineral deposits on paint that can be hard to get off any fresh paint. wax it good and try to keep it out of the elements for a week or so.

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Thanks, always a consideration..i havent decided quite yet. paint would also be better as far as protecting things, correct?

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for sure, i would never use the primer, for this method and paint, it's just adding work, and layers, the beauty of this paint is that it is so tough, the thicker the layers the worst mechanical adhesion there will be, that's why we want THIN layers, all said and done this method if done properlly yeilds a super thin layer(s) of paint totalling probabally 1/4 the thickness of a traditional single stage acrylic enamel auto paint job, that's why it lasts, and after the 3-4 month mark becomes bullit proof, when you add primer to the layers, it becomes much thicker, and the paint will not stick as well to the primer as it would to just the un-primered surface. the only real reason you use primer to paint the rustoleum/tremclad is on galvinized metal, ect....where the paint won't adhere to the surface, in that case, and that case only i WOULD use primer. otherwise, your actually going to have worse adhesion using primer, and thicker layers that won't resist stone chips as well, there is NO advantage to using primer on a car with THIS paint, only dis-advantages.

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I watched the video and I understand it doesn't need to be thinned and that after it is rolled following it with a clean roller to smooth it out was effective. My question is how much paint do you load on the initial roller.

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Also, Planing on doing Door Jambs, Trunk & Hood with Rustolium Spray Bombs (I'm painting the car gloss white) Any problems with that?

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Hey is Ricklandia of Project Beer Fridge still out there? I have a question concerning the stripes you painted on the fridge. After taping off and painting your stripes, when did you pull the tape? Did you wait for the paint to completely dry or what? Anyone else have an opinion on when to pull tape when painting stripes/graphics? I'll be putting on the final base coat of my "test project" tonight and need to start planing how I'm going to do the stripes. Thanks,

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This coming up week, ill be waiting for parts/not getting much done to the car. Anyone just tell me what chemical is used to thin rustoleum primer?

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Mineral spirits. Even the professional rustoleum (safety red) I got that said thin with acetone only worked fine with mineral spirits.

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Thanks exit. the rustoleum primer at my lowes goes by latex. the regular paint is oil based. so i figured there would be a difference in thinning method. thanks

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This coming up week, ill be waiting for parts/not getting much done to the car. Anyone just tell me what chemical is used to thin rustoleum primer?

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Mineral spirits. Even the professional rustoleum (safety red) I got that said thin with acetone only worked fine with mineral spirits.

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Thanks exit. the rustoleum primer at my lowes goes by latex. the regular paint is oil based. so i figured there would be a difference in thinning method. thanks

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Oh! I didn't know it was latex, I thought it would be some kind of oil based enamel. I take it back, dunno what it would be thinned with.

I like charger's idea to just put some rustoleum on it. If you want it primer color just get "smoke gray" which looks exactly like primer despite the label.

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Thats what i ended up going with, i had about a 1/2 quart already and i bought another. poured them into a 1gallon metal can and I will mix the mineral spirits so its the right consistancy...well, ill be guesstimating...

is it better to have it too thick or too thin? What are the side effects of each? Meaning if the first coat i put on i can always thin out the next coat some. I know thicker will cover better, but maybe not lay down as well. But maybe it wont run either. Would i be safer running it a little thick? I really want the car one color, but theres a chance i might get motivated enough to polish it/wetsand it some day. Smoke gray also comes in cans for jambs and such I'll give rolling a shot sometime this week.

I have to figure out how to wipe/wash the car down from the dust while its immobile in the garage.

So i'll be rolling Smoke Gray sometime this week, I'm doing some sanding/prep as of now. Keep ya posted.

Thanks