Respray Prep Work

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rich_e30
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Post Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:10 pm

Hello Everybody,

I have repaired most of the rusty areas on my project car. The next bit i want to do is start thinking about prepping the car for it's respray. Does anyone have any info or links to give me a really good idea about the stages involved? I would really like to acomplish this myself rather than just pay a bodyshop to do the work for me. I see the chap that did his camaro (nice car by the way! :cool: ) did most of the work himself, so i assume it is possible!

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Rich
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stuartgallafant
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Post Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:20 pm

speak to Dips346... hes the man in the know of how to do this...
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Post Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:25 pm

Cheers mate. Your avatar made me crease up!
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Post Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:48 pm

everybody likes ol' swinging willie!!!

give my regards to dips, and tell him i'll hopefully see him at Ace's this month...
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Post Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:46 pm

stuartgallafant wrote:everybody likes ol' swinging willie!!!
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Stu like them like that
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tannerman8807
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Post Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:13 pm

There are many ways to prep and paint a car, do your research on the internet and youll come up with several different ways, an example of this is " wet the floor before painting to iliminate dust" some say do other dont. Iv just finishe painting a 205 1.9 covert (ok ok dont hit me it was just for profit wouldnt be seen dead in it!) its a lot of trial and error. Read all you can and take the best bits from what you get. Im fortunate in that my mate has a paint shop and i can ask for advise, but even I went against what the painter said and guess what, brillient results first time.
Also the car sold within 2 days of being listed and yes I did make a nice profit. Im just about to start painting my E30 320 1990. Its white and im going to do the whole thing. wish me luck! 8O
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