Most Epoxy Primer ISN’T Sandable… This One Is 🍀🔥CRE 321 @BlackjackBuilds #epoxy #autobodyrepair
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Most epoxy primers aren’t designed to be sanded like this.
After stripping this hood to bare metal with a rotary polisher and 80-grit, we laid down CRE 321 Series sandable epoxy primer as a barrier coat. Once properly cured and prepped, we could do our bodywork right over it, then seal it again with primer before moving toward paint.
That was the process we used for years: bare metal → CRE 321 epoxy barrier → bodywork → primer → blocking → paint.
But we’re changing the process on our newer restorations.
We’re testing a super high-build primer that can fill substantially deeper imperfections, allowing us to do far less hand-spread body filler and instead build, block, spot-repair, spot-prime, and move toward paint.
The goal? Straighter panels, better surface quality, and dramatically less hand-applied filler work.
This is an older video showing the CRE 321 process. The new high-build primer process is coming soon.
Blackjack Builds — restoring vehicles from the ground up.
#BlackJackBuilds #EpoxyPrimer #CRE321 #AutomotiveRestoration #BodyWork #AutoBody #PaintPrep #BareMetal #CollisionRepair #CarRestoration
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Laying epoxy with orange peel only increases your labor hours . Lay it flat as glass. Epoxy is the ground coat , you do not want to block it and take off mil thickness . Defeats the whole purpose of applying epoxy.
I do clean the gallon cans inside lip and sealing groove. But I apply 2" masking tape on the inside lip for easy removal later. Just a thought to Git-R-Done without the $200+ cost of a shaker even as high build still is on the bottom of can.
DK, ASE Master Tech since 78
I just started using Speedokote Hybrid epoxy, which is a direct sale company but is available on Ebay. Can get a better deal by talking to Brad, tho and ordering on the website. After letting it sit for a day, their epoxy sanded out great. Not gummy. It powdered up. And it only cost about 149.00 a kit, i believe. They have a second epoxy i have not used that is supposed to be sandable as well and is 139 minus the 5 percent code they gave me to use on orders. Free shipping. Made in usa.
Anyway. Brand new subscriber here👆
Best of luck with your project. ASE Master since 78. I was hoping to learn about the newer products on the market. Sorry, I can't watch 3 1/2 minutes of coat hanger action.
Most Epoxy Primer ISN’T Sandable… This One Is 🍀🔥CRE 321 @BlackjackBuilds #epoxy #autobodyrepair
Blackjack Builds
38,315 views
Most epoxy primers aren’t designed to be sanded like this.
After stripping this hood to bare metal with a rotary polisher and 80-grit, we laid down CRE 321 Series sandable epoxy primer as a barrier coat. Once properly cured and prepped, we could do our bodywork right over it, then seal it again with primer before moving toward paint.
That was the process we used for years: bare metal → CRE 321 epoxy barrier → bodywork → primer → blocking → paint.
But we’re changing the process on our newer restorations.
We’re testing a super high-build primer that can fill substantially deeper imperfections, allowing us to do far less hand-spread body filler and instead build, block, spot-repair, spot-prime, and move toward paint.
The goal? Straighter panels, better surface quality, and dramatically less hand-applied filler work.
This is an older video showing the CRE 321 process. The new high-build primer process is coming soon.
Blackjack Builds — restoring vehicles from the ground up.
#BlackJackBuilds #EpoxyPrimer #CRE321 #AutomotiveRestoration #BodyWork #AutoBody #PaintPrep #BareMetal #CollisionRepair #CarRestoration