Can I use black primer for guide coat?

Dark primer works well without a guide coat. It will lighten where you sand. If you are wet sanding you may have to let dry a bit.

Can I use black paint as guide coat?

A guide coat is a very thin layer of paint applied to an opposing color of the primer coat. Typically we use a black guide coat over the gray primer. After the guide coat is applied, we will use long sanding blocks to sand the guide coat off.

What should I use for guide coat?

The best bang for your buck is to buy a gallon of economy lacquer primer then reduce it 200-300%, keep an old siphon feed gun loaded and drop in 4 or 5 marbles for a shake and spray guidecoat whenever it’s needed. You can find the cheap primer in black, grey, and red oxide.

What is a guide coat primer?

Guide Coat is an aerosol coating that helps detect low spots, sand scratches or other minor imperfections while sanding primer.

Can I use spray paint as guide coat?

ByBrittney. If you are sanding with a guide coat, you should use spray paint or tool makers dye instead of expensive paint. In order to avoid a low spot, a fairing material or more primer must be applied after the dye or paint has not been sanded off.

Is guide coat necessary?

Guide Coat is necessary when doing bodywork. The process for straight bodywork starts from the metal up but imperfections can be corrected during the body filler and primer stages. By using guide coat you can check your progress along the way and save yourself some surprises when the vehicle is painted and done.

Can you prime over guide coat?

We use dry guide coat on putty and spray-on guide coat on primer before we wet sand. If the dry guide coat shows that we need more filler we just blow off the surface and apply more putty. If the spray-on guide coat shows that we need more primer we dry it off and apply more primer.

What is the purpose of guide coat?

Guide Coat Black is an aerosol coating that helps detect low spots, sand scratches or other minor imperfections while sanding primer.

Can I use normal paint as a guide coat?

What is dry guide coat made of?

This dry guide coat is a carbon black powder that can be used on automotive and marine fillers, primers, paints and gelcoats. It may be used for either wet or dry sanding.