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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 05:43 PM
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I just got off the phone with the body shop that will be painting my car and he informed me that the primer I have been using to repair all the little imperfections in my car will not work. I have been using Duplicolor's high build filler primer out of a rattle can. He tells me that it isn't a urethane based paint and will not hold the paint he will be using over it.

Has anyone had any experience with this stuff working or not? I can't tell from the can if it is infact urethane or not, can anyone confirm this for me please?

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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 12:23 AM
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ya hes right, it needs to come off rattle can crap is laquer or enamel

good example right here if you do things the wrong way its going to cost more money to fix it the right way in the long run
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 01:54 AM
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yessir, enamel or laquer. you can put enamel over laquer but not laquer over enamel and urethane needs urethane.
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Old Mar 2, 2010 | 11:12 PM
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Good example of what doing it yourself can get you into. I don't try to fix computers and I don't expect them to do my body work job
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Alright..back off!

Honestly, the only thing I have done "wrong" here is use a primer that wasn't labled properly for its uses. Other than that, I have blocked, body filled, and prepped the car myself well enough for the body shop manager to ask me where I worked. I don't do body work regularly nor have I ever been employed by a body shop.

I was able to take all the primer off today with light sanding and some laquer thinner. All in all, it took me an extra 2 hours to fix this.
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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 07:08 AM
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now you just saved your self a extra 2 hours for us to do it, which equals less money on your bill
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