first off I'm not new to auto paint having just finished off my first attempt but looking back I think I wasted a lot of money doing it. So here I am again with a car stripped in the garage waiting its turn, this time I'm trying to make a better plan off the bat to save some time and money without cutting corners in the wrong places.
My last paint job (and first) was a complete restoration and I focused on my prep and longevity of the final paint job. This included removing every nut and bolt and breaking down parts to individual components before sanding to bare steel in most places and applying an epoxy sealer followed by filler / high build then the base and clear. Id even gone as far as stripping the interior of the doors, fenders, side mirrors with the intentions of giving this old car a new lease on life. I was very pleased with the final outcome but I don't have a compressor with enough capacity to support a DA sander so this was all done by hand.
looking back there wasn't much point in stripping the entire car to bare steel I just fell pray to the newby mentality that I have to start from scratch and I really didn't need to use the same high metallic paint on the interior side of the doors, fenders and interior of the car when a flat paint of the same shade would have done just as well or even a single stage to save some time as well.
So this time around I was curious what can be done to save some time and money?
Im committed to the same level of restoration on this one stripping to individual components but I know I'm slow with filler and flattening panels so I don't plan to scrape it down to bare steel needlessly every where but block sand to the original sealer to ensure its flat and adhering well then shoot an epoxy sealer and start with much flatter panels off the hop. Obviously if it needs more it will get more.
What paint and where? is rustoleum okay for the interior of the car?
single stage on engine bay, door interiors and underside, chassis?
bedliner for the underside possibly?
My last car took me a year and about 1200 hours. Id really like to cut this in half, how are you pros doing it?
My last paint job (and first) was a complete restoration and I focused on my prep and longevity of the final paint job. This included removing every nut and bolt and breaking down parts to individual components before sanding to bare steel in most places and applying an epoxy sealer followed by filler / high build then the base and clear. Id even gone as far as stripping the interior of the doors, fenders, side mirrors with the intentions of giving this old car a new lease on life. I was very pleased with the final outcome but I don't have a compressor with enough capacity to support a DA sander so this was all done by hand.
looking back there wasn't much point in stripping the entire car to bare steel I just fell pray to the newby mentality that I have to start from scratch and I really didn't need to use the same high metallic paint on the interior side of the doors, fenders and interior of the car when a flat paint of the same shade would have done just as well or even a single stage to save some time as well.
So this time around I was curious what can be done to save some time and money?
Im committed to the same level of restoration on this one stripping to individual components but I know I'm slow with filler and flattening panels so I don't plan to scrape it down to bare steel needlessly every where but block sand to the original sealer to ensure its flat and adhering well then shoot an epoxy sealer and start with much flatter panels off the hop. Obviously if it needs more it will get more.
What paint and where? is rustoleum okay for the interior of the car?
single stage on engine bay, door interiors and underside, chassis?
bedliner for the underside possibly?
My last car took me a year and about 1200 hours. Id really like to cut this in half, how are you pros doing it?
