Bare metal pre paint rust worry
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Having taken ages to remove old paint, rust from frame and parts to clean bare metal, I have taken my parts to sprayer. The thing I'm concerned with is it may be a couple of weeks before he get's round to primer he mentioned, so I'm worried about rust flashing up. He does not seem too bothered about. Am I being too cautious ?
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I'm sure he has a warm dry paint shop, in which case your bits will be fine. Worst case scinario you could end up with localised areas of flash rust, if he's a decent fellow he will remove this before primer but in any case it would still be ok.
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Thanks scooterdude. His garage is ice cold where the parts are sitting, only little heat where he actually sprays. I have spent ages getting to every nook to remove rust. He only sprays spare time and concerned about it sitting there over Christmas without a primer. I did query and he mentioned he would have to rub down before spray, but he ain't going to be too fussy I feel.
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You could keep them until he needs them.
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I think that's what I'll mention. Just feel a right messer going back. I must have put nearly 50 hours of work to get scoot to this stage of prep and don't want to screw it up.
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This time of year any bare metal will start to rust very quickly with the damp cold air , it would be best to prime straight away .
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I thought about doing this. Will be collecting parts tomorrow now. Never sprayed before though. I take it would need a sand over before applying primer paint to key ?
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If you've never sprayed before forget it considering the time it's taken you so far. Get your bits back and take them back the day before he plans to prime em.
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Best bet. Thanks chaps