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Tremclad rust paint over latex ?




can I paint tremclad rust paint over fresh latex paint on metal that I hastily painted without priming.

Cameron long
elevators - Surrey B.C. Canada
December 18, 2009



Hi, Cameron. Adhesion of paint is not a shrink wrap effect, it's like a chain and it's weakest link. The latex is not a proper primer. Sorry, it will probably pull off the bare metal, taking all subsequent layers of paint with it.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, finishing.com
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
December , 2009




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