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    Help a rookie paint his cucv

    Red oxide is a colloquialism for an alkyd type maintenance primer. They are solvent born which helps when painting poorly degreased surfaces. They don't really have any performance advantages beyond that. When I hear etching primer I feel those have been obsolete since the late 1970's. Zinc...
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    Help a rookie paint his cucv

    If you don't have any bare metal a primer isn't really necessary. If you have a little bare metal go ahead and use the red oxide for spot repairs. If you have a lot of bare metal you'll want to use a zinc primer for spot repairs and an epoxy primer to cover everything.
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