Eastwood Original Chassis Black Satin Paint?

[gene_champ]

i had the frame thoroughly sandblasted down to bare metal. on the advise of a restoration specialist i primed with a self etching primer. i then sprayed one coat of the Original Chassis Black Satin Paint. i was not happy at all with how it went on. it was very thin and did not cover good and left a rough texture. the texture issue may have been because of the wrong type of paint gun or tip. i thought 1 quart would do 2 coats and have paint left over. instead i had to order another quart. i tried for several weeks to get a hold of eastwood's help guy to no avail.

my questions are this.

i now see in the fine print on the label that you are not supposed to use it over a self etching primer. i am not a paint guy and have no idea why this is a no no. well i already did apply over a self etching primer. is the paint going to fall off, not adhere or what. like to know what are the possible issues i am looking at? i hate to blast it down again at this point but if it is going to cause problems down the road, now is the time to do it.

it has been many weeks since the first coat. the texture is still very rough. if i can paint 2nd coat over the 1st /w se primer, will the second coat adhere to the first ok, or will i have to rough it up more or do something similar?


what paint gun and nozzle size works good on this thin paint? with my paint gun, the paint never 'flowed' and dried to a rough texture.


this is my first experience with eastwood products and customer support. i must say that at this point, i am not impressed with either.

thanks in advance for any helpful information.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Gene,
I'm not trying to be difficult but how is your failure to read & follow "the fine print" on the label, Eastwood's fault?

I'd suggest you get their tech help on whether its advisable to proceed or to fall back and sand it off. If it were mine (well, I'm not doing a true frame off so I wouldn't have blasted) I'd sand it all down and redo it with a correct, compatible paint. Sorry to hear of your error but you've joined a verrry long list of guys here that have made mistakes in their builds. At least you had the problem before reassembly!
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[_Ogre]

now that you know the paint is applied over the wrong base, it would be very easy to blast it and paint it correctly.
vs doing at a later date with a rusty frame, paint pealing off in sheets and a finished body on the frame.

i used por15 on my frame, por15 has a very specific application process.
most por15 failures are due to not following the application guides on the can.
por15 brushes on and flows out to look almost spray on.

as for spraying a frame... you can, but you will have thicker paint by brushing it on

[gene_champ]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Gene,
I'm not trying to be difficult but how is your failure to read & follow "the fine print" on the label, Eastwood's fault?

I'd suggest you get their tech help on whether its advisable to proceed or to fall back and sand it off. If it were mine (well, I'm not doing a true frame off so I wouldn't have blasted) I'd sand it all down and redo it with a correct, compatible paint. Sorry to hear of your error but you've joined a verrry long list of guys here that have made mistakes in their builds. At least you had the problem before reassembly!
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have you ever tried to get through to tech help line? i have been trying for over 2 weeks. you can just leave a message and they will get back to you. yea right. since they market to do it your selfers, readable application instructions might not be too much to expect.

thanks for the helpful information*******