Re: [MV] Painting MVs

Jon Shoop (shoop19@idt.net)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:41:37 -0600

Prefered method would be to use epoxy primer. Western Resourses sells it so
cheap...you can't go wrong. Did a M35...Bare metal....two coats...wet on
wet epoxy primer....next pass....were the finish coats of Forest
green...turned out just fine.....

Jon

>Hi to everyone.
>
>I don't claim to be an expert, or in fact claim to be a novice either in
>this area, but I am curious to what people think of this.
>
>Last May I was talking to some of the people at the Armed Forces Museum
>in St Louis, and they suggested one way to better prevent rusting of
>flat OD painted vehicles is to use a gloss coat of the same color on the
>primer, and the top coat as flat. If the flat wears off you get a
>shiner spot, but the paint does a better job overall of protecting the
>metal.
>
>Has anyone else done this or know anything about this?
>
>TAS
>
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