primers: dip, spray or brush?

[Young Salt]

i use rustoleum's painters touch sandable primer.......goes on smoother than anything else ive tried.......very little sanding needed

[capesams]

a must have when using oil/turps combo...heat rising from below your hanging plug's, as well as some air flow...plugs just sitting/hanging in cool/warm dead air will go no where as in getting dry and doing away with fumes.

ccb used laquer paints which are thinner then anything you could conger up even thinning the primer out..thinning out primer to much will destroy it's make up.

[Tagger]

I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet .. But I'm dropping the zinnseer prime coat .. Its soft ,, I don't think I want a soft layer between my sealer and paint ..

[justplugit]

If your sealing with epoxy, do you really need to prime? No need to level off,

why not go to Fishingfreak style, and spray createx within 24 hrs?

[capesams]

Originally Posted by Tagger

I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet .. But I'm dropping the zinnseer prime coat .. Its soft ,, I don't think I want a soft layer between my sealer and paint ..

u want deep penat ration/bite from one layer to the next..won't get that on a hard surface.think satin or flat...it's got to swell/shrink without crackin.A woody needs to move or you'll choke it to death.

[Dad 818]

Would thinning the primer with min. spirits help with the dipping process?

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by Dad 818

Would thinning the primer with min. spirits help with the dipping process?

as Cape Sams has stated, thinning primer tends to change it's adhereance properties....

I have tried the spray can route ( Bins shelac based) the dip route ( same stuff) and have settled on priming with the Zinsser cover stain, thinned just enough to spray through a automotive type spray gun... becuse i seal with oil, I feel the oil to oil bond is superior to the shelac based bond....the stuff sticks real well and actualy is hard to get off... the cover stain is now available in spray cans as well...