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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.
27… Clean out your gun REAL GOOD 28… wait at least an hour before removing the masking, then let it sit over night 29… the next day roll out your ride and let it “bake” in the sun for at least a day 30… Put your car back together, and you should be ready for a cruse. Anything below this is optional and is more toward a nice or show car type finish
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