Especially when going from a darker color to a lighter color you should prime. It also helps to prevent any contamination from affecting your topcoat and promotes adhesion. Go to the Duplicolor website for more information. A trick I was shown is to hold the spray can farther away then usual. The paint will dry before hitting the part and give a textured finish mimicking the origional surface. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jack Singer <jack4545@...> wrote: > > Does anyone know if it is necessary to prime the dash before dying it? I am going to dye a black dash and binnacle grey but wanted to make sure I didn't need to do anything other than clean it good. > > Thanks in advance. > > > Jack. > 10022 & > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/