Izzy
Not so much a special primer just that the paint guys I use had to mix this up white as usually light green or grey. With any bright red, yellow or fluorescent white primer is way to go. Bright reds like the one I am using are very translucent hence why you need white undercoat.
I would recommend that you use a white primer and your red will turn out fine as the 2012 is a bright red as well.
With regards to your question re the primer, 1st is to mix it to correct ratio with thinner if not in spray can, I prefer the 2k with a little more than 10% thinner typically around 13%, spray light coat, don't try and cover everything straight away you will put it on heavy and have possible runs. After the light coat I allow a few min to flash off then do one good wet final coat, don't be tempted to keep going over same bit! If a bit needs redoing wait until dry wet/dry then spray over area again just enough to cover then wet/dry when dry... You will get use to it and it will feel right once you get the practise in..
Alan
Originally Posted by
izzy
Alan hi
thanks for clarifying
i am then using only 1k primer and then 2k paints
I did put too much primer I think as some of the nice detailing panels has primer in them now and will make them disappear so I rubbed down quite a bit with 800 paper wet
pics attached
I ended up trying to fix that by sitting a few hours wig a small fine needle scraping away the primer in those panel lines
I have note done the fuse yet so how do I get a light enough coat to cover yet not fill those panel lines ???
What red color are you using as you mention needed a special primer mixed to have the red brightness come out correctly. I am using bs381c 538( cherry red) which is the color code for the red on the 2012 display. Last thing I want is for the color not to be correct after this first project
thx
izzy