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it's always best to get a proper primer back on any bare areas ASAP .
is there a reason as to why you need it left in bare metal ?
if we needed to strip a engine bay down to bare right after we stripped it we would immediately blow the area off and wipe it down with glasurit's 360-4 metal cleaner . mask the area off and then spray one to two coats of RM's EP primer down .
at that point you will have some protection on the bare metal and it will give you time to work on other areas of the car .
just because you have primer on that area it doesn't mean you have all the time in the world .
you still have a window you will need to get top coat down to really protect the metal .
if you have a dry shop with out lots of humidity you will be ok for about a year at best .
i'm not a fan of the metal treatments on the markets . i have seen to much bad happen form them to endorse any of them . right now i'm redoing the interior of a 1939 ford because the shop that did the resto 7 years ago used some of the metal treatment and now the interior finish is/ was pealing off . the car owner told me they stripped the finish off and used a metal treatment and let the car sit for about a year before they applied primer over the treatment .
so the car owner is pissed at the shop the shop is saying it's not there fault and wanted the paint co to pay for the redo and the paint co is blaming the treatment co. and the treatment co. is saying it's not there product .
the car owner contacted me as he doesn't want to pay the shop that screwed up the 1st time to do any thing else on his car .
this is why i always say find a product line and stay with in that product line from bare metal to top coat .
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