Another epoxy as sealer question

RosharonRooster

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Good evening,

I'm working on a rotisserie restoration. I've sprayed the red oxide epoxy on the floor pans mixed 1:1 and it worked great. It worked so great that i ordered another gallon plus the proper reducer to use as a sealer before basecoat. Basecoat and clear is about a week away. All panels are in 400 grit. I am going to be using the grey epoxy to sealer the deal and will be spraying a shop line basecoat, (silver blue, metallic) and then the SPI universal high solid clear. (Good stuff). My question is this. Will the epoxy cover the break through in this fender. Or does the fender need another round of 2k primer? (4th time) the fender feels flat but has some slight break through. Judging by the way the unreduced epoxy coated my floor pans I'm guessing yes. But this is my first time spraying reduced epoxy as a sealer. And first time spraying any form of sealer for that matter. This is the 3rd full frame off paint job I am attempting. Thank you for your time and response.
 

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Welcome I may be wrong but are theses high spots? If so you have to repair those first. But yes the epoxy mixed 1:1:1 sprayed as a normal coat will cover,reduced more and a light coat may not cover. Love to see more Pics
 
Toro, thanks

I don't feel them as high spots. I have another set of eyes coming over this afternoon to assess. This fender is really starting to be a pain. But if it takes more 2k then that's just what it takes.
 
Either way I would spot the bare metal with epoxy, from looking at the fender i would guess you than need 3 more coats of 2k primer to clock again just to be safe.
 
If it was going to be a black paint job I would say yes. Being the light blue you'll be fine. Spray the epoxy as a sealer. Give it the overnight like SPI says and go to town.
 
Whoops. Didn't see the pic. What Barry said is what you need to do. That's not a "slight" break thur.
 
The pattern of sand-throughs indicates that it's not yet straight, unfortunately. But looks can be deceiving sometimes. You could wipe solvent based wax and grease remover on it, this can briefly make it shiny enough to catch any waves with the eye.
 
I'm pretty much just a gun hand these days. Oh. And she stills let's me cut and buff. Ain't she nice. In all seriousness. She is a bad mofo. She does a majority of the work on the cars I have posted here. When she is done. It's straight.
 

Good morning,

Hopefully the attached YouTube link works. I ended up tapping the bare metal spots and spreading some filler. It was about 50 degrees and I spent about 4 hours in this fender yesterday. This afternoon I will guide coat and block it down with 400 grit. I will update after that.its supposed to be in the 30s next couple days and then 75 degrees on Sunday (5 days away) that is gulf coast Texas weather for you. If all goes well block this today. And spend the next 3 evening cleaning up and spray base/clear in the jams and underside of pabei. At least that is my anticipated schedule. Thanks for all the responses.
 
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