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Basic painting questions |
KaptKaos |
Apr 2 2008, 10:40 PM
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I have a few panels (hoods and trunks) that I want to try the $50 roller paint job on. For those that don't know about it, here's a good site with a link to the original thread on the mopar board:
$50 Paint Job Before anyone gets all pissy with me, please understand that I have 3 kids and a stay at home wife. I need to be a CSOB. With that out of the way, here is a pic from that guy's website: (IMG:http://rickwrench.com/images-sounds/rustweb/vairbeforepaint.jpg) You'll notice the layers of paint on the body of the Corvair. My hood that I have been working on has a few layers too. I used chemical stripper and got parts down to bare metal, others just wouldn't budge. What's the best way to smooth all of that out? The $50 thread says to paint over it. I did that but it left the contours of the old spots in the new paint on my first try at this. For what it's worth, I am practicing on a few panels to see if it works and if I like it. Not sure I will ever go this route. The guy on the site with the corvair makes a good point. If you're not going whole hog on a paint job ($5k plus kind of job) is this any worse than Earl Scheib? And, if I were to go the whole hog on a paint job, I would be stripping the car anyway. So there it is. I am a noob at painting and appreciate any advice. Thanks! |
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