What is the purpose of guide coat?

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 you primer over guide coat?

The process of guide coat is fairly simple. Typically you do your body filler and seal the repairs with gray primer. From there you can apply a contrasting color guide coat (usually black over gray primer or tan guide coat over black primer).

Can you wet sand powder guide coat?

Using a powdered guide coat is best on dry applications because you can put it on repeatedly without causing overspray or needing to mask anything but is minimally functional when wet sanding. It will work to some degree but will tend to wash off.

Can I use regular spray paint as a guide coat?

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.

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.

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.

How much will high build primer hide?

High build primer can be a god send if you have a small imperfection in a panel, you can hide small scratches,small dents,etc etc as long as you know what you are doing. I generally will put 2 or 3 good coats on an iffy panel, let it dry then dust with a dark spray can then wet flat back with 800.

Can you use black primer as a 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.