Painted it yesterday Options

[1bad914]

I took the afternoon off yesterday and painted the car. It turned out well, the color is Saturn Yellow, L13M. I made one major screw-up, let's see if you can find it. This car is slated for a 327-300 SBC conversion. Every time I paint I learn something. I am living proof that anyone can paint a car, 90% prep, 5% paint and 5% luck! Since I live in Michigan, any part that is covered, gets a coat or two of Por-15, that's why the door sills and firewall are not painted. The car was white!

Randy

[1bad914]

All cars are different depending on condition at the start.

I dismantle the car to ther required level then powerwash the crap out of it. Then clean all the surfaces to be worked with a good grease and wax remover. If there are obvious dents and defects, fix those. The current paint is still firmly attached I sand with 150 grit using an air board sander. Then clean again and shoot two coats at a minimum of high build primer, sand that with 240 grit board and block, this is where you find the small defects, they show up well in the primer, repair those defects, if filler is required I paint another one maybe two coats of high build primer thinned 10%. 240 again, if happy I jump to 400 wet or 500 wet depending on the color painted. I rinse it all off with a hose, watch the water cascade off the car with back light and it will show you any problems. Dry it, then clean it all with cleaner again, let dry and paint. A lot more occurs, but you get the point.

If the car you are painting is in really good shape, you can sand the car with 400-500 wet and spray right on the current paint. With opur cars this does not happen. Everybody has thier own way of doing it. Again, if it is really bad or the paint is peeling, media blast it or chemical strip it. I have never had to do this on an entire car, just a door or hood.