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so what are the EXACT steps to paint a car? first of all i would believe to strip it all the way down to the metal?


It is rarely necessary to strip an entire car down to bare metal. You make a lot of work for yourself unnecessarily, and using a chemical stripper is no less work in most cases.

You are getting ahead of yourself. Go back and do some reading. You are asking questions that have been covererd several times.

I've said it before, but I'll repeat it here. A great looking paint job depends on the prep work under the paint. Don't rush to start applying paint until you have learned how to do the prep work.