Paint question......

[Bren]

Regarding an earlier post I made about motor cycle plastics - does any body know what colour primer to use under copper bronze top coat?

 

I can get a 400 ml aerosol from RS paints for £18 + delivery ( not cheap ), so I don't want to waste it putting it over the wrong colour primer.

 

Opinions, fellow shitters?

[Crusty Sills]

I would probably go for a beige primer. Make sure it is a primer for plastics as it needs an adhesion promoter and a flex aid in it or the dried paint could crack after use.

[vulgalour]

If you're wanting to match to existing paint, ideally you want to find out what primer was used elsewhere, coppers and bronzes seem to allow a lot of primer colour through, even with quite a few coats and a lot of work.

[Barry Cade]

Usually, if it's a decent paint place, they would tell you=some bikes have a 4 layer system, where you lay down a white basecoat, then silver, then the very transparent colour, then the clearcoat.. Not easy. Probably why most damaged bikes end up rattted or flat black...