How to Get Straight Body Panels - Contour Polyester Primer-Surfacer from Eastwood

Kevin Tetz shows you how he gets perfectly straight panels using Eastwood Contour Polyester Primer-Surfacer. It's a high build primer that's great for block sanding and making panels perfect.

Contour™ Sprayable High-Build Primer/Surfacer serves as an excellent base for any paint system

2-component polyester primer/surfacer has excellent filling characteristics and superior adhesion to steel, aluminum, fiberglass, SMC, OE finishes, self-etching primers and body fillers.
High build with excellent filling capabilities
Easy to sand with no shrinkage
Includes hardener

[michaelburry]

I know this channel is mostly to sell products, but darn there are some really, really good videos here. Every time I search a specific solution, I'm surprised how one of the most specific (and helpful) videos that come up after a search on the subject is an Eastwood video. Thanks, guys! 😊👍

[eastwoodco]

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[advilshenk]

Thank you for this video. Just purchased the polyester primer, shooting tomorrow with 1.8 or 2.0 nozzle. 3 coats it is then block down and 2 more coats

[oldscar]

Mixing ratio be careful, Air temps affect dry time, you don’t want to spend 5 min spraying and 2 hours cleaning your gun. That is very good point MrElP ! and great advise “are you listening Eastwood”

[paintucation]

Just thought I'd do a blast from the past here... ZedSled turned out really nice! Here's a big part of how we got it flat and straight!!! Thanks for the nice comments over the years! :)

[RobWillmot]

I use epoxy primer and I put 5 coats then block with 180 then guide coat then block with 500 then paint direct with my 2K process. It’s a one step process. I get a good result and take half the time to do a job.

[rustdawg]

I used polyester surfacer shopline .Mixed it correctly and it cracked all over.i put it on shopline epoxy.it was 90 degrees outside though I was in a spraybooth.

[richwahneEXPERTSmadeEasy]

Has anybody else noticed that NOBODY from Eastwood has answered a question for over 4 WTF????

[scottlangton]

I respect guys with blood blisters on their nails !!! REAL PEOPLE.

[RobWillmot]

Where do you apply epoxy primers one inch thick on a body panel. When applied in the normal prescribed thickness it not a problem. If I have some epoxy primer left over I generally put it in a paper cup. Sometimes it sits for weeks at the back of my table and I never see it shrink and break in pieces. I guess you have to put the other products down to see your product.

[SPY]

It says at the end of the video that after this polyester primer surfacer is painted on even at that stage you cant paint on top of it, according to Kevin he says that the next stage is 2k high build primer :(
I thought this was the high build primer, really confused now or is it all about selling more product

[MrElPoderozo]

Ok so I spray the primer on let it cure then use the guide coat to find the low spots. My question is will the body filler stick to this primer if I have to use body filler? And how long do I have to go ahead and use the 2k primer filler? I just want to make sure if there is a window to use the 2k primer filler. Thanks.

[JoDaddysGarage]

Good info. Nice video. I may have to get some.

[RDC_Autosports]

only thing we ever used on airplanes!, doing my semi trailer race car trailer at the moment🤦‍♂️ i feel like i’m doing an airplane 🤣✌🏻

[jeffnunley]

What is the part number for that polyurethane prommer

[pitt]

My car was media blasted, shot with epoxy primer and blocked with the Contour body filler. The instructions on the Contour Polyester Primer Surfacer aren't very clear as to what step to take after shooting the product.
The product sheet says to start with 80 and move up to 320-400, but won't the 80 just add gouges and undo all the prior blocking I just spent hours doing?

What grit do I uses before shooting the primer-surfacer product after body filler and blocking the car?

What final grit do I use to abrade the surface prior to spraying the reduced epoxy primer, as a sealer?

[michaelmclelland]

Is the 2.5 tip required, or will a 2.0 tip work?

[cherfieldm]

Thanks for sahring, How many coat do you have to apply for Polyester Primer before you aplly the 2K primer please?

[jeffwoods]

Im still not sold on any poly primer. It sands good but i think to much it will crack. I know its brittle. I still think the way to do it is spend more time on body work . i used poly on race cars and i know when they hit the wall the poly comes off in a sheet .

[ionltd]

The link to the product doesn't work. Could you update it?