This article was found on the internet news groups and is intended only as a general help guide not an exact perfect method.

   Lets say you have a typical ride with a stock paint job, that is alright, but it does show it’s age with a bit of sun fade, rock chips, and a couple dings here and there............

So you're wanting a new paint job, here are some of the basic steps that will get you there

1...Start removing anything that can be removed that will not get painted, like the bumpers, emblems, chrome trim, lights, and stuff like that.

2...Wash your car.. Use a grease fighting dish soap like dawn

3... Block sand your whole car with 220-320 wet sand paper. Block sanding will not only keep your surface smooth and level, but will also provide tooth for the primer to come, and show you were the low spots are (dings)

4...After block sanding and finding your dings (they will be the only spots left shiny) use a marker or chalk and mark them by drawing a circle at least an inch around them.

5...Get a drill and attach one of those plastic grinding discs, and grind those spots down to metal. you can use a DA sander also

6...Clean off the area, it’s important that it is free of dust and oil

5...Prepare your filler and apply it to the area, then wait for it to cure.

6...After curing, block sand the body filler with 80 - 100 grit dry sand paper until it’s level with the rest of the body.

7...Clean off the area again and check for pinholes in the filler. Also clean off the area were you have rock chips

8...Use a 2 part glazing potty to fill any pin holes in your body work, and the rock chips.

9...level out the glazing putty by lightly block sanding it with 220-320 wet sand paper.

10…wash your car again

11…Roll your ride into your paint booth (or garage, shop, plastic enclosed carport or anywhere else you plan to paint it in)

12… start masking off your windows, and anything else you don’t want to paint that you couldn’t remove.

13… use wheel covers or jack up the car and remove the wheels, and leave it on jack stands

14… wipe down the whole car with a tack cloth to remove any dust

15… wipe down your car again with wax and grease cleaner, (or reducer) and let dry

16… as the cleaner is drying, start mixing up your high build primer, if you have any bodywork on the car it is always a good idea to cover it up in high build primer.

17… spray a spot pass over you body work first before spraying 1 to 3 coats of high build primer over the whole car, (make sure the pattern overlaps by 10- 25%) waiting 15 to 30 minutes between coats for it to flash.

18… After spraying your last coat, make sure you clean out your gun before doing anything else.

19… carefully remove all the masking on the car, and let it sit overnight.

20… roll out your ride and begin block sanding with 400-600 wet until its nice and smooth

21… Open up your doors and remove any weather stripping, and plastic moldings, as well as your door panels, and mask anything else including the doorjambs , under the hood or where ever you don‘t want to paint.

22… wash your car again, and roll it back in the booth and mask

23… wipe down the car with a tack cloth followed by cleaning it with wax and grease cleaner (or reducer).

24… Mix up your base, and spray at least 2-4 coats of your base, waiting 15 to 30 minutes for it to flash between coats. (make sure to overlap the spray by 10-50%.

30… Put your car back together, and you should be ready for a cruse.

HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS SOME PEOPLE WITH THEIR QUESTIONS

Anything below this is optional and is more toward a nice or show car type finish

1a… Now your ready to cut and buff, start by block sanding all the orange peel, and any debris or bugs that may have gotten in your clear off with 1500 -2000 grit wet sand paper

2a... Now lightly block sand again with 2500-3000 if desired

3a... Wash the car, and towel dry

4a… Start machine buffing with a medium cutting compound and a heavy whole pad

5a… Now switch to a fine cutting compound and a fine whole pad or foam pad

6a… buff again with swirl mark remover or machine polish with a fine whole pad or foam pad

7a… wash the car, and towel dry

8a… hand polish DO NOT WAX, APPLY A PURE POLISH ONLY

Put your car back together, and you are ready for a cruse

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