uro over enamel?

[THC]

I have a customer who wants real flames painted on his wheel wells.Right now they have a coat of rustoleum enamel on them(spray bomb).My question is, does anyone know if it would be o.k. to go ahead and spray uros on top of this without issues.I want to use sem candies, just not sure if these paints play well together.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[chromewarrior555]

I'm almost 99.9% sure that's a bad thing. I think it's going to blister. You would haft to coat it w/ something like a primer or clear first. Still don't think I'd recommend it.

[Annie]

I wouldn't do it unless I can go down to the metal ( I assume the are made of metal) and start over.
If he wants to pay to have the work done, I'm sure he wants it to last. There is no way it will work over the spray bomb. It's gonna wrinkle like hell.

Good luck!
Annie :)

[shane]

My vote is it will look like freddie krugers face man. :thinking:

[Palepainter]

Yup...Raisin bran, I would primer it.

[jumpforjoy61]

emamels cover everything but not everything will cover them ,you may get away with the first couple of coats but as soon as the solvents bite it will wrinkle ,you could try activator in your base and dry coat it

tell the guy it will need sealing first then rebaseing

the best way is to get the wheels blasted and start from scratch ,this could save you a lot of headache and wasted time

Paul

[Steve Leahy]

Something tells me if Rustoleum is this customers choice for automotive basecoats then running in the opposite direction might be a better option for you.

If he cheaped out so far, and wants you to cheap out even more, there probably won't be a happy ending to this story.

[Marge Cameron]

I would tend to agree with Steve, but then ya never know. That never-ending plastic motorcycle tank I painted had been covered in red Krylon by the owner trying to save $$$ with a DIY job, but he wound up tipping me when it was done & has a plethora of cool projects just waiting for the time I go back to work. Not a cheapo at all.

Sometimes you really can't judge a book by it's cover. I'll keep my good fingers crossed for ya! :D

[Steve Leahy]

I would tend to agree with Steve, but then ya never know. That never-ending plastic motorcycle tank I painted had been covered in red Krylon by the owner trying to save $$$ with a DIY job, but he wound up tipping me when it was done & has a plethora of cool projects just waiting for the time I go back to work. Not a cheapo at all.

Sometimes you really can't judge a book by it's cover. I'll keep my good fingers crossed for ya! :D

Good point.....that glass might be half full after all. Best bet then THC is to explain all these potential problems to him, offer your suggestions and then see what he says. Marge is right, he may turn around and say, "You're right, why don't you take the whole job and redo it right."

Let us know how it works out.

[THC]

Just want to thank everyone for your input.I talked to the customer today and I think he is going to strip them down and then bring them to me bare,which would be awesome,start from scratch and do it right.Thanks again for all your input!!! I'll keep you posted.

[Palepainter]

Stevo....that is the best advice yet. RUN FORREST RUN!!!!!

[shane]

:haha::haha::haha:

glad you got thru to the customer man, he will end up with a much better job now! :cool2:

[Marge Cameron]

YAY! Glad to hear he was able to see the light!

[Woodbeck3]

It was my understanding you could put anything over enamel as long as it's fully cured. I thought it was acryilc's that cause nightmares?