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- Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:35 am #189948 ok so i wanna primer my car myself..once i primer it is there anything extra i have to do?? cuz i plan on leavin it primered for a while till i save up money for an actual paint job..and should i sand it down to metal or just wet sand it??

- Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:30 pm #190037 If you prime it and leave it for ages before paint the primer could absorb water, if you baked the car prior to painting that might dry it out but to be honest i wouldnt risk it, just save it till you can prime it and get it painted at roughly the same time

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- Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:04 am #190090 wut if its just gon be for a couple months??

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- Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:59 pm #190128 you still risk moisture being absorbed. Primer is a porous surface, not sealed like paint.
Then again you're in CA where it might rain 2x a year
If you keep it dry you will be better off.

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- Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:20 pm #190187 ya you can prime it, but before you go to paint you gotta sand it down and reprime the car.. so its up to you..

- Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:34 pm #190209 ^^ ooo ok...sounds good..

you still risk moisture being absorbed. Primer is a porous surface, not sealed like paint.
Then again you're in CA where it might rain 2x a year
If you keep it dry you will be better off.

wit this weather u nvr know when its gon rain but yea i got somewhere to put it when it do rain

- Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:49 pm #190432 Couple of months = ages. It wouldnt be me, if it gets moisture in it then you paint it it'll fuck up when it's baked. Up to you though!!

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- Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:14 pm #190437 well like jdm freio said..ima just resand it and re primer it when it comes to painting it

- Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:47 pm #190500 But the primer on the car could still have moisture in it, meaning you would have to rub it all off or dry it very thoroughly, and you'd be doing the job twice over basically... This makes no sense to me, why cant you just leave your car alone, then prep, prime and paint all at the same time

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- Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:20 am #190567 cuz i hate lookin at how it is right now..i got the car off a police impound and it has scrathes and dents all over the place..and its two colors..purple and grey

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- Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:08 am #190742 pics?

- Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:32 am #190798 ill take some tomorrow..i only got a phone to take pics..wont look to good but yea ill post some tomorrow