Re: restarting body work after ~10 yrs
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Thanks. Some pics.
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Re: restarting body work after ~10 yrs
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Re: restarting body work after ~10 yrs
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Re: restarting body work after ~10 yrs
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03/09/14 12:41 AM
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That epoxy is quite old, I wouldn't use it. It's not worth taking a chance. Buy new Epoxy and Catalyst.
I know, just showing what I used. Anyone want to recommend a good epoxy primer that will stick to what I have now? In fact, I'm looking for a whole system for primer and a good match for B5. Obviously I'm not a body guy so tips welcome.
Like you suggested, I will need to sand and blast some of it where the rust is, but I'd really like to avoid stripping the whole car because the body work is 99% done.
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Re: restarting body work after ~10 yrs
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I'd really like to avoid stripping the whole car because the body work is 99% done.
No matter what the prep, are you gonna be comfortable using that as a foundation???
T'was me, I'd start with a clean slate...
Then you'll KNOW what yer working with...
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Re: restarting body work after ~10 yrs
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I'd really like to avoid stripping the whole car because the body work is 99% done.
No matter what the prep, are you gonna be comfortable using that as a foundation???
T'was me, I'd start with a clean slate...
Then you'll KNOW what yer working with...
I know but I'm busy living in denial.
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Re: restarting body work after ~10 yrs
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03/09/14 02:57 PM
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That epoxy is quite old, I wouldn't use it. It's not worth taking a chance. Buy new Epoxy and Catalyst.
I know, just showing what I used. Anyone want to recommend a good epoxy primer that will stick to what I have now? In fact, I'm looking for a whole system for primer and a good match for B5. Obviously I'm not a body guy so tips welcome.
Like you suggested, I will need to sand and blast some of it where the rust is, but I'd really like to avoid stripping the whole car because the body work is 99% done.
SPI - Southern Polyurethanes
Awesome stuff, reasonable price, excellent customer service & advice & no I dont work for them. Painted lots of stuff with it and had great success. You can call the owner of the company and get advice on product & process.
the surface rust really doesn't look bad on your 71 so you should be able to get it into epoxy pretty quickly, wire wheel the worst rust & a light DA sand of all else then shoot!
good luck.
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