epoxy

Hey guys! Not being Picasso with a welder and grinder - and really sucking as a painter but trying to get better - after welding the pinch seam that runs down the length of a 65 C10 bedside (red arrow in photo), what material/ filler stack is recommended to get everything smooth for paint? I've...

Well before I joined, I have been searching final grits before I go on to the next step. Not being a professional or very experienced I would like to work up a cheat sheet because I tend to forget things overtime. I ask what the coarsest grits would be acceptable for a quality restoration? I...

Hello all! I’m pretty green when it comes to body work and telling you that up front & learning as I go. Rebuilding a VW rabbit pickup, I have already replaced all the body panels that were rusty on the truck and have most of it sanded down to 80 grit so I can epoxy primer it. I’m starting on...

I have an old 1982 Dodge xplorer camper van and have removed all the old fiberglass that was on the metal bed frame so that I could remove a ton of rust that was underneath. My plan was to clean the metal then spray epoxy primer to serve as a final coat and to protect metal from rusting while I...

Hey guys Awhile ago I sprayed 3 coats of SPI epoxy primer on the underside, inside and trunk of my 67 chevelle. I need to seam seal everything still and have a few questions. - Does the seam sealer need to be top coated with paint after? I wasnt going to topcoat the epoxy since it isn't needed...

Before I get flamed (LOL), I'm kinda up against the gun here time wise. Just want to shoot my hood scoop and rear steelies with my SPI epoxy. I reduced 10% (with SPI med reducer) but still too glossy. Can I reduced 25 or 30% for a noticeable difference? Yes, flat black is in my future...just...

For some reason whenever I spray epoxy primer (not just SPI, I also use Summit Racing's epoxy) more often than not I'll get tiny pebbles of primer in my paint job, so I have to sand with 400 grit before proceeding to the next stage. It's annoying. It's not everywhere in the spray job like...

Barry, please explain in some detail the advantages of using epoxy over etch primers. For some unknown reason many seem to believe epoxy is old school, and no longer used, and they seem to think etch is the way to go on everything that is bare metal. I would love to see you post a write up on...

If I sprayed a few coats of epoxy on a bumper cover and let it sit in the sun for the majority of a 65+ degree day, how does this effect the recoat window? I'm assuming it's much shorter, but if so..how do you determine when that window is still open?

Hey everyone, I just finished block sanding the 2k high build primer on my truck at 120 grit. I sanded through to bare metal in a few spots. It could probably use another round of 2k high build and blocking but I think its satisfactorily straight. So what I am wondering is what I should do to...

Great forum, and I'm hoping SPI epoxy primer is as great as I read it is. ***Disclaimer*** I am not a body man and this is arguably my first paint job. Here is the question, I have a 89 bronco down to bare metal, but I still need to plow driveway this winter with it. I will only plow maybe 8...