Gillespie paint over Rustoleum primer?

[vacca rabite]

Sorta OT - but does have a little m715 content.
I have primed a CUCV in Rustoleum metal primer, intending to spray the truck in Rustoleum OD. Except, I found out that you can't get the OD green in gallon buckets, only spray cans. Since I have a HVLP set up, the idea of spray caning the CUCV is not appealing, and the 40 cans of paint would be expensive...

Army Jeep Parts is only 2 hours from me outside Philly, so I was thinking I'd road trip there Tuesday, and get 4 gallons of OD - 2 for the CUCV, and 2 for my m715 - saving me a ton in shipping. Then shoot it Tuesday afternoon / evening when the heat died off a little.

But, I don't know if the Gillespie paints will lay over the Rustoleum primer. Life will seriously suck for me if I buy the paint, shoot it, and it crinkles.

Will the Gillespie paint adhere to the Rustoleum metal primer?


the donor truck for my 715, the CUCV in primer, and my wife's Prius, smugly looking at the two gross polluters...


Zach

[vacca rabite]

Okay, I think I found an aswer over on Steel Soldiers.
A thread from back in 2007 says that it will work well if you let it dry for about three days, scuff it, and then top coat it with the Gillespie. So thats what I'm gunna do.

Zach

[syzygy]

Let us know how it goes...

[randyscycle]

As long as you are dealing with enamel over enamel, you should be fine. I've used Rustoleum primer from a rattle can under enamel finishes for spot repair and had no issues.

I do find, as mentioned above, that cure times for rattle can stuff is longer. Probably because they have to thin it so much to spray from a can.

Where you will run into issues is when you mix lacquer, enamel, or other types of finishes. Then you'll have problems with lifting and wrinkling of the substrate.