I need to do some restoration to parts of my Leyland Daf 4x4. There are spots of non to serious rust in various places on the body but the front wings are both in a sorry staff with rust having gone through in two places on both. After stripping back to metal and repairing I was wondering what type of primer to use on all these areas. Some would be visible but as it is stored outside would get very wet and others would be hidden from view and liable to get very wet and dirty. The old red oxide of my youth seems to have been replaced by Zinc Chromate as a primer. Is this right? In addition there also appears to now be epoxy primers which some people say coat very thickly and should not be used on visible surfaces. Would the advice be to use the zinc chromate on visible surfaces and an epoxy on the hidden or would one of them do both and in which case which would be best? If there is a better option I would also be very interested in this as well. If one is also more forgiving of amateur surface preparation and use this would also be useful to know. All advice would be very gratefully received. Thanks in advance. Bob
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I need to do some restoration to parts of my Leyland Daf 4x4. There are spots of non to serious rust in various places on the body but the front wings are both in a sorry staff with rust having gone through in two places on both. After stripping back to metal and repairing I was wondering what type of primer to use on all these areas. Some would be visible but as it is stored outside would get very wet and others would be hidden from view and liable to get very wet and dirty. The old red oxide of my youth seems to have been replaced by Zinc Chromate as a primer. Is this right? In addition there also appears to now be epoxy primers which some people say coat very thickly and should not be used on visible surfaces. Would the advice be to use the zinc chromate on visible surfaces and an epoxy on the hidden or would one of them do both and in which case which would be best? If there is a better option I would also be very interested in this as well. If one is also more forgiving of amateur surface preparation and use this would also be useful to know. All advice would be very gratefully received. Thanks in advance. Bob
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