Degreasing.

[10 inch Terror]

Hi all, what's the best way to degrease freshly shot blasted panel work before any primer is applied? Thanks in advance Pete.

[Doom Patrol]

Not sure. I suspect something like acetone or a similar alcohol based product would do the trick and evaporate away.

[tonydevon]

panel wipe, celly thinners, and i like tack cloths just at the end if its bit dusty where your working

[WINTERMODEL150]

If it's freshly sandblasted then it shouldn't have any grease on it.

I would just blow it off and then go straight on top with an etch primer .



Dean

[10 inch Terror]

If it's freshly sandblasted then it shouldn't have any grease on it.

I would just blow it off and then go straight on top with an etch primer .



Dean

That's what I was thinking. I think I'll just give it a once over with some panel wipes and on with the primer. Cheers for your time fellas.

[mick1]

stick it in the oven and the heat will evaporate the grease, or at least bring it to the surface.

[GBCS]

+1 on going straight over it with etch primer !

[coaster]

+1 on going straight over it with etch primer !

Personally I think that using etch primer on blasted panels is overkill, I'd just use panel wipes or thinners prior to 2k primer after first going over with a coarse (240 ish) production paper to get rid of any blast media trapped in the surface.

[WINTERMODEL150]

2 k primer is not an etch

[coaster]

2 k primer is not an etch

I know, I'm saying that I don't personally think its necessary on a blasted surface, the purpose of etch primer is to 'key' the surface so that the paint can stick, why would you want to etch a surface that's already been etched by sand? It won't do any harm but it's just extra bother and cost .