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Title: OK to apply adhesive art directly onto metal cp or should i prime and paint ?
Post by: mrclean on September 27, 2008, 11:07:15 am

I have a control panel metal, removed the old artwork and i basically used my drill with a wire brush attachment to get the panel down to the shinny metal. Is it ok to apply my artwork directly to the metal, or should i prime and paint it ?

Title: Re: OK to apply adhesive art directly onto metal cp or should i prime and paint ?
Post by: Franco B on September 27, 2008, 01:05:23 pm

No need to prime.

Title: Re: OK to apply adhesive art directly onto metal cp or should i prime and paint ?
Post by: somunny on September 27, 2008, 02:14:54 pm

Yeah, I also think it would be best to apply it to the clean, bare metal.

Title: Re: OK to apply adhesive art directly onto metal cp or should i prime and paint ?
Post by: TheShanMan on September 28, 2008, 04:09:43 am

Scott from MameMarquees said otherwise to me. He said it's best to prime at the very least.

Title: Re: OK to apply adhesive art directly onto metal cp or should i prime and paint ?
Post by: mrclean on September 29, 2008, 12:57:41 am

Quote from: TheShanMan on September 28, 2008, 04:09:43 am

Scott from MameMarquees said otherwise to me. He said it's best to prime at the very least.

I don't mind in investing in a cheap can of primer, but I seem to have mixed feedback

Title: Re: OK to apply adhesive art directly onto metal cp or should i prime and paint ?
Post by: Franco B on September 30, 2008, 12:23:53 pm

I would definitely prime wood but not metal. As long as you get the CP nice and smooth I think you will get a much stronger bond CPO>CP than CPO>primer>CP. I imagine Scott knows what he is talking about but I wouldn't use primer personally.

Title: Re: OK to apply adhesive art directly onto metal cp or should i prime and paint ?
Post by: wildbill on September 30, 2008, 12:38:29 pm

Its best to at least prime it, because the metal is a little bit More porous and it doesn't give the sticker a good flat surface to adhere to. So I would prime then fine sand and clean then apply.