This might be a dumb question, but here goes.

I've stripped and etch primed the engine bay and under the bonnet, and want to paint them.

Is it ok to paint the colour paint straight onto the etch primer? or should I use some sort of undercoat.

Admittedly I didnt do mine but the person who did applied epoxy primer after sandblasting, followed by a white undercoat then colour.

I have been told that you can topcoat right over the self etching ptimer but you need to sand it first if a certain amount of time has passed . I am sorry but I cannot remember how long for sure and dont want to give the wrong information . Ask escanlon he knows:classic:

It really depends a lot on the brand, when I got the stuff to spray the landrover (protec I think?) I was told by a friend (not the paint seller) that for best results I had to etch prime, then normal prime before topcoating it, that was with single pac of course, ask the place that sold it to you, they should know.

Cheers Chris

So Craig, black car therfore black engine bay?

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Originally posted by halz

So Craig, black car therfore black engine bay?

Yep. Gonna paint it black.

I saw a photo of Auxilary's 240, and just had to paint it Black.

Sounds like a rolling stones song: I see a line of zeds and they're all painted red. I see my red zed, and i want to paint it black.

The original colour is silver, but i'm not too fond of silver cars.

Are you sure about the silver? Silver cars are actually quite stunning if you use like a Mercedes color but at the same time every new car is silver these days.

With regard to painting over primer I'm not sure all i know is take your time with your undercoatings as get the surface right.

Gav

Silver looks great on older cars with clasic lines (eg Zs, e-Types, 246 Dinos etc). Modern use of silver colour on Corollas, Camrys and Hyundais etc. has corrupted its value.

Yep silver looks awesome

http://www.viczcar.com/Images/Meet1/pages/CostaChris3.htm

You ain't seen nothing yet...

I'll let a sneak peek out of the bag courtesy of glasurit and porsche:

So no one's really answered my question yet.

I was in the local paint shop buying some nice 2 pac black undercoat for the panels I am stripping, and two pac or acrylic topcoat can be applied directly over 2pac undercoat. The logic in his mind for applying other primers over the top was etch primer tends to be a thin layer which is gone after you do anything more than a fine wetrub, meaning you are back to the start and doesnt fill surface imperfections as well as other undercoats do. So if its not going to be rubbed back to nothing, it should be fine. Just out of interest are you going 2pac or acrylic?

Cheers Chris