Does the colour of primer matter?

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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:25 pm

I am going to be spray painting my front lip, side skirts and hopefully a tech 1 spoiler soon, and I was wondering if it matters what colour primer I use?

I have grey plastic primer and am going to be spraying it atlantis blue, will this be ok?
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:32 pm

i have just colour coded my door handles and number plate surround, and i used grey primer first and the results are spot on
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:34 pm

Cheers mate, sound.
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:50 pm

just take your time plenty of thin coats somewhere clean and dust free.
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:53 pm

red, for example, needs a white primer, darker colours will use a dark primer. hth
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:25 pm

So would grey be ok for dark blue yeah?
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Post Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:31 pm

i would assume so unless its got white or silver pearlescent tinters in it
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Post Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:12 pm

primer coulor doesnt realy matter lighter colours would just take longer to cover on darker primers so it would need more paint to cover the primer but sum coulors do cover better on dark colours like silvers cover good over blacks