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Aerosol Red Oxide Primer
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:42 pm
by jaguar68
Hi Guys,
Is Halfords red oxide primer any good? I want to use it to spray some sections of the engine bay on my Series II.
Any sugestions?
Regards
John
Re: Aerosol Red Oxide Primer
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:30 pm
by charlie_morris_minor
it is as good as any red oxide.. which is to say not very good.
there are better rust preventing paints available.. can not recall what they are called but if you read practical classics they normally advertise in there and advertise that they did well in the practical classic paint test.. sorry gave all my practical classics away to my friend in france when i saw him a few weeks ago..
Re: Aerosol Red Oxide Primer
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:48 pm
by Fingolfin
Pardon me for a very dumb question but -- what exactly is red oxide primer? I understand 'red oxide' is a word for iron(III) oxide, that is, rust. Why are we priming our cars with rust?
It's just that we're separated by a common language...
Re: Aerosol Red Oxide Primer
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:52 pm
by taupe
Fingolfin
Red oxide is just red primer.
It used to be made from lead oxide but I think the modern versions are lead free!
Re: Aerosol Red Oxide Primer
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:16 pm
by billlobban
Which is why it was originally termed 'red lead'