Hello all.
I'm starting again with another 69 Chevelle SS hard top. I've stripped it down to sheet metal and of course ther's lots of rust in the usual places. I plan to paint it the original code 67 burgundy.

My question: Should I use red primer or grey when I get to that point. Or will it matter. I want to use the whole PPG system, as my painter uses it and I hear it's good.

Thanks for the help.. :confused:

The primer can be tinted to match your final color. There are several shades of dark red that will be right for your application...
I use S/W but I assume PPG would tint as well...
My 68 is Grecian Green and I tinted the filler primer a medium green...

Iam with Bill on this one. Use something that comes close to your final color. I say this for a few reasons
#1 you use less paint. An example would be GM's indigo blue, appling this over gray primer can lead up to 9 coats. I made this mistake painting a new hood for a S10, sealed it light gray 9coats later it was covered. Now when I get this color I apply a solid color first that covers great or use a tinted sealer or primer depending on my use, I normally get coverage in 3-4 coats.

#2 Rock chips. What better way of saying "Hey look at my rock chips" then with gray primer showing underneath a red or blue paint job. Why not have something that will help CAMO the chips. I live out on 3 miles of gravel in rural Iowa, which takes its toll on paint. A few years ago I built myself a Ford ranger extcab 4x4, two toned green and silver. One side I fixed, used tinted green primer other side is factory. Well now I have rock chips and the side with green primer is hard to spot, side with med gray primer(factory ford)sticks out.

Since you plan on using PPG graemlins/thumbsup.gif Ill give ya a few numbers. K36 (gray)primer surfacer can be tinted when sprayed as a surfacer and sealer. K93(clear) tinted when mixed as a surfacer and when sprayed as sealer. K38 my CHOICE of primer surfacer CAN NOT be tinted period. K38 has a better film build then k36 and shrinks less also graemlins/thumbsup.gif . Ive yet to use K93 so I wont mention any more about it then what I did. NCP272(clear) can also be tinted as surfacer and sealer. I dont care for the NCP series of primers, have had dieback problems when using this product, which is loss of gloss.

What I do is use k38 for my build coats of primer, then come back and spray a few light coats of k36 TINTED as a surfacer, or you could use it as a sealer. Using a tinted sealer vs surfacer is up to the person painting and I just prefer a surfacer instead of a sealer which just adds unneeded orange peel to the finish. But each painter to their own...Eric