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TR2/3/3A Back To Work TR3

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Spent the afternoon sandblasting the doors for the TR3. I had to flash a couple spots on the door skins and thoroughly cleaned the sides and backs. Except for a few small dents, they are perfect. They're now ready for primer. The game plan is to get all the panels in primer before the weather changes.
The suspension was done shortly after buying the car, so it should go quickly. A rolling chassis should be an achievable goal for spring.
It would be great to have a driving 3 again.
 
Way to go Doug, I certainly understand setting goals and getting them done!

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Good going Doug. When are you going to shoot the primer? What are you planning on using? How did you protect the doors prior to the primer?
 
I haven't done anything to protect them. I'll be spraying this week. I'll rub them down with a Scotch brite pad before prepping for paint. If I can find z-chrome primer before then, I'll use it. Otherwise it will be epoxy.
I've never used z-chrome before, but it comes highly recommended by a couple of my customers. It's a one step primer that bonds to bare metal, builds with little/no shrinkage, and seals.
 
Good discussion guys! I spent a little free time today painting the interior of my TR3a doors with Por15 and then put (SEM etching) primer over the Por15 when it got nearly dry. The outer skins are not yet painted. I do not want the cleanup nor do not have the space for using a sprayer, what would you recommend that I could use out of the can? I've rolled primer on my fiberglass B/E hard top and then sanded prior to painting and it worked well.

Paul
 
Are you looking for an aerosol that can be used with automotive paints or something to preserve metal until you are ready to work on the panel?
I am also working on a second TR6 decklid that I plan to mount a luggage rack for trips. I stripped it a couple years ago and sprayed it with a can of sandable primer. It took about 15 minutes to clean up with an orbital sander, showing no indications of rust.
You can check out Eastwood to see if they have a quality primer that could be used as a base for automotive paints. But I would hesitant to use aerosols, because I don't know what is available in the market and haven't researched them. Your typical aerosol primers don't bond to bare metals as well as automotive primers and could peel off in time.
 
Doug
Lookng for something I can preserve the metal and then sand before I paint. Hopefuly in the next thirty days. Might just use some sandable primer and then remove it. I'll have to run over to the paint shop and see what they might have. The etching primer I got from them is about $15 a can and it only did the inner two doors and and some other bits. It would be too pricey to do the entire car with the stuff before painting. They have a two part epoxy primer ($22) in cans, but it only has a short 4 day pot life.

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Paul
 
z chrome primer? Something to look into.
 
For a temporary primer, I would just get Rustoleum or something equivalent. They should provide enough of a barrier as long as the panels don't get wet. I used a high solids primer from Seymour, but it can be difficult to find.
 
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