Jim, Sorry dont really know, because my car was done by completely stripping everything out of the car and doors, removing all doors/panels and spraying non-external surfaces separately, spraying boot/door jam/enginebay areas, then putting hinges back on doors and panels and reattaching parts before spraying all external surfaces in the one go...
Andrew > > looks good Andrew I also meant to ask, with the inside of the > guards (only visible when the doors are open) and the insides of > the door(not the dorro itself) but the part around the door, i > guess it is the B pillar, front and rear??? How hard is it to > paint this area, do i have to mask things off etc? the car is > currently stripped of the insides except for hood liner and some > dash bits, column etc etc......anyone have an idea? cheers > > Andrew Greenbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jim, > > some pics of the finish of my car are below: > http://opax.swin.edu.au/~185404/rhs_quarter.jpg > http://opax.swin.edu.au/~185404/lhs_quarter.jpg > http://opax.swin.edu.au/~185404/rear1.jpg > > As can be seen the finish is pretty good, and backs up what > Richard has said. Having said that though, some little bubbles have > cropped up recently in a couple of areas. Richard checked this out > on the weekend, and said it occured from where thinners have > leached out from the underlying paint or something like that, so I > will be having a word to the panelbeater when it gets on the road... > Again evidence of the importance of taking the utmost care during > preparation. > > Andrew > > > > > cheers Ross and Andrew so i shouldn't worry about this guy just > > saniding her back and then gong over the original acrylic in 2pak? > > ok i am less worried now. will it make much difference to the final > > finish? ie as compared to going back to metal and starting from > > scratch? cheers > > > Andrew Greenbury wrote: Hi > > Jim, > > > > Yep I have heard similar to Ross. My car when done in 2 pack was > > not taken to bare metal where a good existing foundation of paint > > was. I thought it dodgy at the time but apparently it is good > > practice. > > > > Andrew > > > > > My mate who is the spray painter says that only the top clear > > > layer is true 2 pak paint. (ie witha hardener added) The base > > > layers are a modified acrylic so you can put the top coat over > > > them without frying up. He says that with my car, we dont need to > > > go back to bare metal, as the current 2 pak systems can go over > > > just about anything, so long as it gets a good key into whats > > > underneath. My car has had several repairs and different panels > > > from other cars, so i guess we will see how it comes up when we > > > spray it???? > > > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > From: Jim Little > > > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 16:36 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: (resprays) > > > > > > > > the guy who i bought my 1600 from had recntly stripped his car back to metal, >prime painted e > tc..did the works. > > > > > > > > The final paint job ws not great, the paint did not look too good. > > > > > > > > Anyway i recently talked to a spray painter about getting a respray, he >actually came out t o > my house to give her a look over...second time he has done this for me. He said that >the body was g > ood and straight etc and he would be happy to rub her back and give her a few coats >of 2pak. thin g > is > > the original paint work was acrylic and i figured you would have to get a 2pak >undercoat. I off er > ed to do the prep work to save some money and he said he would have to do the prep >work to make s ur > e it was good enough to spray over. The work would obviously be guaranteed so i am >wondering if t hi > s > > is really posible. ie 2pak over acrylic primer etc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cheers all > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mark krawczuk wrote: > > > > > > > > hi, my brother works as a spray painter ( thats all he does, no body work) > > > > at bruce lellman crash here in renmark, he said that it depends on what > > > > type of undercoat u use ( i.e 2 pak or acrylic) and over what u spray the > > > > undercoat. > > > > if you prime over bog repairs ideally you should finnish rubbing yoiur > > > > bog work with 120 grit or finer to minimize any sanding scratch coming > > > > back up thru the paint at a later date. > > > > > > > > 24 hours should be long enough for the primer to cure, wether 2pak or > > > > acrylic. > > > > if you get any shrinkage coming thru or map edging , its probally more > > > > likelly to be from the prep work , more so than the drying time. > > > > you can also run innto trouble if you prime over acrylic paint that > > > > has not had the edge feathered properly. > > > > alot of people tend to blame the undercoat or dryingtime than the actual > > > > prep work. > > > > > > > > something to think about .! > > > > mark k > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "nat P." > > > > To: > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:24 PM > > > > Subject: Is there a Beater OR PAINTER > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a Panel Beater AND/OR a spray painter on the > > > > > list!!! > > > > > > > > > > I need to know some info, I alway leave the primer to > > > > > dry for a least 24 hours before I spray the top coat! > > > > > Do I have to wait this long? > > > > > Cheers NAT > > > > > > > > > > http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au > > > > > - Find yourself a bargain! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > > > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/me! 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