Wjbrooks11 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 This week I picked up a very nice 81 with Ttops, 80,000 miles, that needs some work. It's running very rich, something I am going to dig into after the holidays, and it has alot of rust to be cut out and patched. I would like to drive the car as I work on patching and have it all painted when I am done so here is the question - after cutting out rust and replacing metal, how should I protect it until I have patched it all? Can I cover it in clear, or should I use primer? My understanding is that primer needs to be painted pretty much right away, is that true? This is the first body work I will be doing and want to end up with nice paint. I really like the 842 light brown metallic that the car came from factory with. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 If you use epoxy primer you can wait until be all bodywork is finished... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjbrooks11 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Great thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ280ZX Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 11/29/2020 at 11:57 AM, Brad-ManQ45 said: If you use epoxy primer you can wait until be all bodywork is finished... Just remember, you can't really sand epoxy "primer" sealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wjbrooks11 Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Do you have a recommendation? If the answer is to put the car down while the body work is done I can, but this will be my first time getting into rust patching so I know it's going to take a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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