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Old 05-16-2020, 02:34 AM
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That's good stuff Steve-o! It'll be a kick when he's behind the wheel of this purple car!

Gotcha, Ryan. For those patch areas, just a grinder with an 80 grit pad on it is all you need. Now, bigger panels, like the doors, I use paint stripper followed up with 80 grit on an orbital sander.

Take this upper part of the door from the body line up that I just did this evening. Step one, lather with stripper (oohhhhhh....yeeeaahhh....baby!) then scrape away! After that, 80 grit makes quick work of the remaining bits. The very faint red you see is the traces of original primer which will all be gone by the time the epoxy gets sprayed. Once totally bare, I coat with DP Epoxy which is a PPG product. I use gray or black depending on the project. The epoxy "seals" the metal and then on top of that I use DPS3055 high build primer to start the sanding. You can use any primer you like. Areas I can't reach I use a spot blaster gun with black diamond or similar coarse grit. That's handy in areas on the undercarriage like floor to rocker joints where you can't reach.

Remember, ask 5 body shop guys what they like to use and prepare for 22 different answers!

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Dave
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