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Old Sep 9, 2014 | 10:52 PM
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So I asked for epoxy primer and the guy gave me a high build poly primer. He said it's dry in 20 minutes so be careful. Tomorrow I am going to spray. Is poly primer the correct stuff? Thanks guys. k
Well, I don't really think so. You COULD spray the poly, but poly won't seal the surface because it is porous. Ideally, I think what you're looking for is to lay epoxy primer down first, then do the poly that you got and then top coat it. Epoxy will seal the metal.
 
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Poly is not the same as epoxy. The guy sold you the wrong product. You need to lay down an epoxy primer over the areas of bare metal, let dry, give a light scuff then you can either lay down a poly surfacer ( high build) over the whole truck to fill any imperfections then block smooth and then spray primer sealer over the high build, block smooth then top coat or you can skip the poly surfacer and just go directly to sealer over the epoxy if you think your body work is good enough. Then top coat.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 11:26 AM
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Subscribing to learn and save this thread, so come time to fix my cowl and its lack of paint sticking issues too.

Great info, please keep it coming.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 11:01 PM
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Dagnabit!! I'm in California. Summit won't sell epoxy primer to me. My paint shop will sell it for $100 per quart!!

I believe I'll have to spray the self etching and then on top of that the high build poly primer, and then the top coat.
 
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