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