I have a front lip that i want to paint and i want to paint it with my paint gun. Can i use rattle can primer and clear coat or should i get some i can spray with my gun? (noob painter here)
Thanks in advance

 

Yes you can

 

sweet thanks

 

Actually, it isn't quite as simple as that. It depends on what your color coat is, which you haven't told us. If it is a urethane, then no, you may not paint it over rattle can primer.

 

Oh... Well I just got a quart flamenco black pearl paint from Napa

 

Is it a non-activated urethane basecoat? If so, you may be fine putting it over the primer. I would try a bit on a test panel to make sure it doesn't bubble up. What kind of primer did you use?

 

i haven't done anything to the lip yet but sand it. What does non-activated urethane base coat mean?

 

Did the paint come with or require a hardener? If not then it is non-activated.

 

^No it didn't the guy said its base coat/clear coat paint

 

Forget rattle can primer... What brand/kind of primer and clear coat should i use on this polyurethane front lip?

 

Just my 2 cents, this is what i would recommend to my customers.

first off there are several ways to do this, these are just a few suggestions I can give you.

you will want to use a flexible primer made for plastics, or a adhesion promoter followed with a primer that has a flex agent added, depending on whats available to you.

Biggest thing I would stress is your prep work! any raw plastic part will need to be cleaned, sanded and then cleaned some more. Several companies make products for this. some call them 'plastic cleaning paste' others may label them 'abrasive cleaning paste'. (can also use Dawn dish soap unsented with a scotch pad if money is an issue) A simple test to check if it still has mold release on it is to take a some water and spray it on the surface, if it beads up then you need to clean it some more, if it rolls of the surface in a sheet then you are doing ok.

As stated above any activated primer, or 2K primer will perform better than a single component primer.

But it all depends on what you want to spend, how much time you want to invest, and the general out come your are trying to acheive.

 

^thanks man appreciate it im going to get some more sand paper, plastic cleaner and 2k primer then

 

95dxdrivr summed it up nicely