wet sanding?? painting ??
Hey Gang,
My buddy and I are redoing a 1957 VW bug.
sort of a hot rod for my grandson
balanced 1600cc motor 12v alternator and newer transaxle and bigger brakes. New floorboards. new rubbers and seals- new headliner- gauges-oil pressure vacuum volts and Cylinder Head temperature - no gas gauge just a reserve fuel valve
A little more jam than the stock 36hp crashbox with 6volt.
We both are green when it comes to painting and would rather get greasy but this a bit of a challange.
The body was sandblasted and now we have most of the dings straight and a very light skim of mud on the roof.
When do you wet sand the bare metal and bondo?
What keeps the body from rusting ?
you clean the metal before painting the etching primer
do we spray a filler primer next
is there any more sanding between these stages?
we will be using DuPont L-99 black
How many coats of paint do you guys do?
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Is there anyway to tell if we have enough coats?
thanks
hank
best wishes for the new year
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Re: wet sanding?? painting ??
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Originally posted by TOW'D
We both are green when it comes to painting and would rather get greasy but this a bit of a challange.
The body was sandblasted and now we have most of the dings straight and a very light skim of mud on the roof.
I'll probably get thrown out for this, but it is very hard to do body and paint via email.
From what I've read, in the responses, there is good information there. Everyone is trying to help. There are books out there and sources on the net about painting, do a Google or Yahoo search, here is one:
http://www.neilslade.com/Papers/Painting.html
Gather as much information as you can, everyone that you talk to will do things differently.
Remember paint doesn't like grease, so wash everything well.