My wife's 68 Camaro is my first ever restoration. It has significant rust requiring replacement of quarter panels and brand new sheet metal for entire front end. I have replaced the front end already. For the rest of the car that is not getting new metal, it has about three layers of paint, which has fish-eyed pretty bad. I want to strip it down to bare metal, removing old filler and rust, using new high quality filler and primer on top of bare metal. Wife does not want me to do that. She wants me to sand, primer on top of existing paint and apply new paint. For the experienced autobody guys, please tell me if this is ok. Or if it will cause problems later with the new paint.
2007-02-25 07:30:19 · 6 answers · asked by ric9757 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Front of car is not the issue. It is all brand new Goodmark fenders, hood and core support. I am only talking about the rest of the car, the uni-body, i.e, roof, sail panles, tail end, trunk area, etc.
2007-02-25 07:50:47 · update #1
yes, strip it. their is noting worse than dropping a ton of money into a paint job to only have it a year later blister from lack of prep. No repitable painter will even paint over three layers of paint. If the car is sitting with bare metal panels right now you should have them sealed ASAP. finger prints and condensation cause rust on a microscopic scale, this can show up in your paint down the line.
2007-02-25 07:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by steven s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it would be better to strip down to bear metal not only to see how bad the rust problem is if you dont if the metal has holes behind the body filler mosture can cause the body filler to crack or fall out over time replace any holes or bad rust through damage with new metal weld in do not poprivet in or over lap joints any water or dirt or mud gets between joints or filler will cause repair to fail much sonner if you can get to back of repair paint and under coat this will make your repair last a whole lot longer hope this helps
2007-02-25 07:52:00 · answer #2 · answered by jesse t 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With 3 layers of paint, you will have problems. Once the paint gets that thick you have problems with expansion and contraction, cracking, and delamination. Best to take it down to bare metal by media blasting, or acid dip, depending on how extensive you want to go. By getting it down to bare metal, you can find and fix all the problem spots that will give you problems later on, and ruin that nice new paint job. You also need to take your time to make sure that the previous body prep step has fully cured and aged a bit to make sure all the solvents have been eliminated.
2007-02-25 08:00:17 · answer #3 · answered by dathinman8 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
did you comprehend which type of paint is used, even if it really is cutting-edge 2 %. then it will be only a case of rub down and respray, notwithstanding even if it really is a cellulose type then a barrier coat will be mandatory and care will favor to be taken that the barrier covers all the cellulose paint the position the hot paint is to pass different sensible a reaction will be set up causing the floor to crinkle.
2016-12-04 22:41:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can get finders and parts from the junkyard, i would insted of wasting time sanding and prmin rust. find a finder same color or else sand new finder and paint same color as car.
2007-02-25 07:45:14 · answer #5 · answered by dabomb_562000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it's a personal preference. I'm so jealous!
2007-02-25 08:08:57 · answer #6 · answered by racingirl14 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋