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fellow bb members. Please excuse my ignorance but i am half way through the restoration of my car, i have removed the rust in sections and welded new metal on top of my repairs. I will now require a light coat of filler.. Should i apply a special filler over the bear metal to seal the welds? or should i apply a primer of some sort over the metal before the filler is applied if so what type of primer? epoxy? etch? also what type of filler would be best to be used over the primer?
easy sand? etc?
all help is appreciated
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Generally, the filler goes on first, then the primer. (The earlier parts of this thread have some good information on this.) In between, is a lot of prep work i.e., lots of metal streightening and old fashioned block sanding to get an even paint surface.
I am not a painter so I won't go much farther than this. There are some very good body men/painters on the forum so perhaps one of them can give you more complete recommendations.
I can suggest that you visit your local Borders book store and look in the car section. There are a number of excellent books on car painting. Also, it certainly wouldn't hurt to make friends with your local automotive paint store. The people who work there often know quite a lot about their products. I've usually found their advice to be good. 
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Jim . . . '72 Super 1300, '70, 1750GTV, 2nd series,
'62, Lancia Flaminia Zagato3c, 2nd series
Last edited by 180OUT; 12-21-2007 at 04:35 PM.
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