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Old 09-22-2015, 07:30 PM
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Painting my fiberglass cowl and had primer not cover on parts of it. I used rustoleum spray can light grey primer and it did not do well. Something I am doing wrong for sure. I did not sand clear down to the fiberglass all over, mostly where I did body filler. I did sand all of cowl and then re-sanded with 220 grit. I did not notice these places until I sprayed with primer. Also, it seemed to cover ok but when it dried the places showed. Any help will be appreciated. Picture attached. Have a great day.
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It could be contaminated with oil or something that paint just doesn't like to stick to or that area just didn't get sanded well.

Might try wiping those areas off with lacquer thinner, enamel reducer maybe denatured alcohol (whatever you have on hand) and sand again with 320 wet. You shouldn't need to go all the way to bare fiberglass, just break the glaze and you should be good. For hard to get to areas like that, sand as best you can and then try some scotchbrite (wet) to get down into those little corners.
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I agree with Mark, it was probably same contamination.
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Thanks Mark & Tim. Will try what Mark said and hope that fixes it. Thanks so much for your help. Have a great day.
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Re-sanded really well in the areas that were cracking. put on the primer and all was well. Couple hours later I sprayed the white, rattle can. Turned out fairly good. No doubt, the better you sand the better it will look. Thanks again for the help and have a great day.
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Glad to hear it turned out well for you.

Auto-body is 97% about the work that's done before you ever pick up the paint gun.
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Auto-body is 97% about the work that's done before you ever pick up the paint gun.
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