STRIPPED, 4 Saturday's almost done. Options

[TINCAN914]

It's been a serious pain in the A double S but in the long run, it will be worth it...
Just thought I would share a few pictures. I must have removed 50 lbs of bondo... I think the PO had stock in the stuff..
Still not quite sure why it was used? The doors look straight... Anyone have any thoughts? Other then an accident, I can't think of any other reason.

[Aaron Cox]

you are my hero. come over tommorrow man!!!!

i borrowd a jug of aircraft stripper from skline, and need to strip a lid!!


looks tres bitchin man!

[TINCAN914]

Another

[TINCAN914]

One more.
Thanks to MattR and Twystd1 for the great advice.. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pray.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pray.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pray.gif)



If it wasn't for you both, I would still be stipping the paint on the hood!!!

[TINCAN914]

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 12 2005, 07:16 PM)

you are my hero. come over tommorrow man!!!! i borrowd a jug of aircraft stripper from skline, and need to strip a lid!! looks tres bitchin man!

Barrowed ? You gonna give it back to him when your done?
You really need help? If so I will be there.

[Aaron Cox]

QUOTE (bmunday @ Nov 12 2005, 08:23 PM)

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 12 2005, 07:16 PM) you are my hero. come over tommorrow man!!!! i borrowd a jug of aircraft stripper from skline, and need to strip a lid!! looks tres bitchin man! Barrowed ? You gonna give it back to him when your done? You really need help? If so I will be there.

Brando and Grimstead will be over tomorrow.

give me some pointers on the stripping. im doing just a rear lid.....i think (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

[JB 914]

hey brian did you sand it or use aircraft stripper?

looks good (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)

[TINCAN914]

Easy...Since the car is outside, it will work even better with the weather being warmer. Put a nice layer down and drape a plastic drop cloth over it. Let it sit for a few hours. According to Matt the longer the better. My car had about 18 layers of paint, so after about an hour, I put another coat on. Putty knife and elbow grease...

[TINCAN914]

QUOTE (PKRMONY @ Nov 12 2005, 07:27 PM)

hey brian did you sand it or use aircraft stripper? looks good (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)

Aircraft stripper, Disc sander and the hard spots and edges.. It's easy, just time consuming,,

Thanks

[JB 914]

that's how i did mine, but, i had alot more bondo. i had to stop and went to Fred Sanford's Garage (aka Skline) to get better doors and deck lids

[lapuwali]

On the bondo, the left front corner looks like it had some accident repair done on it. However, the factory applied a fair amount of bondo to these cars, too. Karmann really was something of a hand-built kind of shop, and most of the cars that left there had some bondo under the paint to clean them up.

[skline]

I would bet that when you shoot a light coat of primer on those doors you will find out why there was bondo all over it. I am thinking your doors are not quite as straight as you think they are. Many shops in the 70's and 80's and even still today use body filler to make the doors perfectly straight.

[TINCAN914]

You guys are probabely right.
At first I thought that since there seems to be paint coat on top of paint cost. Perhaps they used the bondo to fill the cracked layers between each coat. The bondo dhow is about 1/2 of what there was.I was coming off in sheets, when I soaked it with stripper and then took the putty knife to it...

Scott... Here is a stuoid question: I am thinking I might be able to paint it in the next month or so, but with X-mas coming I might need to wait. Should I be concerned with moisture? I know I'm not talking aobut 6 months on the East coast, but after the work I have put in, it does worry me. If so should it be primered?
I don't have a spray gun, so the quality of the paint job would be poor at best. Second if I should primer it, what type of primer should I use?
Thanks

[jd74914]

FWI: most primers are not waterproof so if you are going to primer it make sure you use somekind of waterproof stuff on it if you are worried about rust. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about a few months or so, especially since you are in a pretty dry place.

[TINCAN914]

QUOTE (jd74914 @ Nov 13 2005, 06:34 AM)

FWI: most primers are not waterproof so if you are going to primer it make sure you use somekind of waterproof stuff on it if you are worried about rust. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about a few months or so, especially since you are in a pretty dry place.

Thanks Jim...
That's what I thought, but if you don't ask you don't know. I don't think I need to worry to much about it...

[J P Stein]

If it's gonna stand for a couple months, use a quality etch primer. RM is gud and available in rattle cans....not cheep in the amount you need.....cheeper to buy a spray gun in fact and do it right. The stuff is nasty, go get a respirator.

[TINCAN914]

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/icon_bump.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/icon_bump.gif) Waiting for skline

[skline]

JP is right, even in just a few months inside your garage, the car will rust......remember, it is a 914 and that is what they do.

Harbor Freight has cheap paint guns you can pick up for shooting primer. There is a place here in Costa Mesa called Senick Paints you can pick up the primer. You will be sanding it back off however to do body work and such so you dont really need anything too expensive. But you really should have something on there to at least protect the metal. Again, it is inside your garage so the primer wont have to protect it from rain or anything, just the outside humidity. I have a gun here if you need one to shoot some primer. It was donated from another member when they moved out of state. It's brand new and yours if you want it. I may even have some primer here.

[TINCAN914]

QUOTE (skline @ Nov 13 2005, 09:00 AM)

JP is right, even in just a few months inside your garage, the car will rust......remember, it is a 914 and that is what they do. Harbor Freight has cheap paint guns you can pick up for shooting primer. There is a place here in Costa Mesa called Senick Paints you can pick up the primer. You will be sanding it back off however to do body work and such so you dont really need anything too expensive. But you really should have something on there to at least protect the metal. Again, it is inside your garage so the primer wont have to protect it from rain or anything, just the outside humidity. I have a gun here if you need one to shoot some primer. It was donated from another member when they moved out of state. It's brand new and yours if you want it. I may even have some primer here.

Thanks Scott....
Ok now I will need to get a compressor.. I can rent one, is there a specific size I should rent? This may appear as a stupid question, just want to do it right.

[skline]

Most guns you buy today are HVLP so the compressor does not need to be anything too big. You will only be running about 15 to 20 PSI through the gun anyway. Even that might be a little high. If you are planning to do a lot of the work yourself on the car, it may be worth it to just go pick up one from Harbor Freight for $200 or so and just keep it. They do come in handy for other things as well.