Flash primer

Living in Germany, I currently write my doctorate on the history,
manufacture and application of automobile paints between 1900 and
1945. Working a lot with historic texts in different languages, I
recently have come upon the English term for a special material I
cannot translate correctly. So the question to my native speaking
colleagues would be: what is a "flash primer"? I understand "primer"
as a material applied directly on the basis material to improve
adhesion and as a corrosion inhibiting material. But what's the
"flash" in it? It dries very fast?

Gundula Tutt
Diplomrestauratorin
Kaiserstuhlstrasse 24
79279 Vorstetten
+49 7666 8801829
Mobile: +49 177 3495192


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