Skinning raw metal


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Hi

I need to skin a motorcycle fender with cf, but it is in raw metal.

Do i have to aplly some primer first, to prevent the appearence of rust?

Pedro
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Hi Marc,

The bond would be better to bare, keyed, metal than it would to the plastic of the paint. Likewise, I would say that the bond of the epoxy to the metal would also be better than the bond of the paint to the metal too so if you have a choice then bare metal is the way to go.

--Matt

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Matt (Staff) (04/12/2012)
Hi Marc,

The bond would be better to bare, keyed, metal than it would to the plastic of the paint. Likewise, I would say that the bond of the epoxy to the metal would also be better than the bond of the paint to the metal too so if you have a choice then bare metal is the way to go.

--Matt



Thanks Matt :-)
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