Nason acrylic primer

chopolds

chopolds

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Got a customer who bought a 56 Ford, with most of the bodywork completed. Car was stripped to bare, and primered with, what the owner said, Nason acrylic enamel primer. I never use Nason, not even sure what acrylic enamel primer is. Question is "do I have to strip it all off to put some custom HOK paint on the car", Can I feather out and reshoot with HOK epoxy? I am doing some custom work (56 Olds headlights, different tail lights) and will need to bodywork and primer those areas, as well as do a couple guide coats and blockings on the car before paint. Will HOK urethane go over it without any reaction? I hate doing paint over someone elses work!
 
TAZ

TAZ

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Assuming they did a quality job at stripping and priming (rust had not started before they primed it), you should be fine.
As long as it's a primer with hardener, you can put anything over it including other primers. Of course you'll need to sand it first.
 
chopolds

chopolds

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The Nason website is not very helpful. They have several primers called "acrylic" that seem to only use a reducer/thinner as a second component. The primers specifically called "urethane" do use a hardener. They also have epoxy.
So I'm guessing that this stuff is the acrylic, but not necessarily an enamel, no hardener. Tech sheets say that it can be topcoated with all Nason topcoats. Seems like a lacquer more than an enamel, but I don't think that topcoating lacquer primer with BC/CC or SS urethane is a great idea!
Well, if it's lacquer, I'll try wiping it down with thinner to see if it comes off.
Thanks guys!
 
TAZ

TAZ

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As I was reading your post, I was going to suggest taking thinner to it and see if you can wipe it off easily.
Looks like your thinking ahead. that would be my next step just to see what type primer.

Again, you 'should' be all right no matter what, as long as they did a good job prepping before they primed.
 
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