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Title: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: cняis on 06 June 2007, 19:05
anybody know whether i need to prime my crappy old alloys before i spray hammerite on them?

I have just bought 3 rattle cans of smooth black hammerite for cheap. I appreciate i'll have to key the surface of the wheel up to remove old lacquer etc but will i need special aluminium primer?
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: topher on 06 June 2007, 19:07
nope.. hammerite sticks to pretty much anything.
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: cняis on 06 June 2007, 19:11
Ace, thanks for that!!

Gotta love this site...  :cool:
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: Uruk Hai on 06 June 2007, 21:42
You could use etch primer but as said with Hammerite why bother  :smiley:
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 07 June 2007, 19:26
been tempted to do my steels this way rather than the expensive wheel sivler stuff, almsot tempted to get a pot of it and do it with the anti brush stroke shyte to.. i wonder ey!  :wink:
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: sharpie on 07 June 2007, 20:13
Quote from: mattneck on 07 June 2007, 19:26
been tempted to do my steels this way rather than the expensive wheel sivler stuff, almsot tempted to get a pot of it and do it with the anti brush stroke shyte to.. i wonder ey!  :wink:

you cannae see the brushmarks wi hammerite anyway lad  :wink: (much  :tongue:)
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: cняis on 14 June 2007, 21:41
haha well after seeing the *smoothness* of your wheels on sunday, im glad i bought rattle cans  :cool:
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 14 June 2007, 22:41
Quote from: Crevice on 14 June 2007, 21:41
haha well after seeing the *smoothness* of your wheels on sunday, im glad i bought rattle cans  :cool:

 :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: sharpie on 14 June 2007, 23:16
Quote from: mattneck on 14 June 2007, 22:41
Quote from: Crevice on 14 June 2007, 21:41
haha well after seeing the *smoothness* of your wheels on sunday, im glad i bought rattle cans  :cool:

 :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

 :embarassed: :cry:
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: mattneck(Beavis) on 14 June 2007, 23:26
awww, sharpie  :cry:

to be honest, theyre a lot better than the steels came up!! and do look pretty good, but its so much fun to take the mick, jsut like when you came out of asda striding across the car park like Man on Fire  :grin:
Title: Re: To Prime or not to Prime?
Post by: sharpie on 16 June 2007, 01:31
Quote from: mattneck on 14 June 2007, 23:26
awww, sharpie  :cry:

to be honest, theyre a lot better than the steels came up!! and do look pretty good, but its so much fun to take the mick, jsut like when you came out of asda striding across the car park like Man on Fire  :grin:

lol - man on fire - had to be there  :tongue:

steelies are fine tae ya titbag  :laugh: haha