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Thanks for the replies guys! Looks like I'll have my delivery of tremclad on sunday so I'm hoping early next week the process will begin.

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i've allways waxed right after the final polish, never had issues, and the paint on both my cars is rock hard, but i never intentionally tried a scratch test on my cars, only reciently when the whole scratch debate started did i test the charger, which was painted 5 months ago.

as for the wetsanding, i clean the residue off while it's still wet, just after wetsanding, i use a shammy and a bucket of clean water, it's alot eaiser to clean while wet, then just before painting, i clean with mineral spirits, and then use a standard autobody "tach cloth" which is a sticky cheese cloth rag you can get at any auto parts store for $1, before i paint each pannel/area i use the tack cloth, and have virtually no dust/dirt issues.

as for painting over plastic bumpers, i've never had any problems with any parts i've painted, but like any paint if it's flexed enough it will crack. i've painted my 85 CRX bumpers, and my old 86 mustang gt, no issues with the paint sticking or cracking. the front fenders on the charger are fiberglass, i've popped them in and out while working on the engine by accident and nothing happened to the paint, in the sun when those fiberglass fenders heat up they get about 1/4" longer and expand from the heat, no issues.

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Did you do anything special when you prepped and painted the fiberglass fenders (prime)? I assume you received them and they had just a standard gelcoat, right?? I read that it (gelcoat) has a waxy type consistency/coating... Did you treat them like you would have a metal set of fenders? The buggy I'm soon to be painting is all fiberglass.

Sorry for all the ??'s, just trying to get some similar results.
Thanks for all your insight!!

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wow. there's something I'll bet Tom neever expected to see on MOPARTS..

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Hey! Whats wrong with my civic ? and why not hahah

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Charger...
Did you do anything special when you prepped and painted the fiberglass fenders (prime)? I assume you received them and they had just a standard gelcoat, right?? I read that it (gelcoat) has a waxy type consistency/coating... Did you treat them like you would have a metal set of fenders? The buggy I'm soon to be painting is all fiberglass.

Sorry for all the ??'s, just trying to get some similar results.
Thanks for all your insight!!

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well the fenders were allready painted when i got the car, it was a 20yr old single stage paint job, i just prepped the body, did the body work and painted right over the old paint. if your getting new fiberglass, i'd definetly prep it by sanding with 400 grit sand paper dry, not wet, then just paint as usual. that paint really sticks to fiberglass, i've painted my sail boat with it years ago, it lives outside still looks great. also when you sand the fiberglass, be sure you don't have any shiny spots from the gelcoat, only sand enough to get it dull, on fiberglass espically don't use any primer, there's no need. just sand and clean using mineral spirits, tremclad works amazing on fiberglass.

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Hey! Whats wrong with my civic ? and why not hahah

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I guess this thread has broken down barriers between sites...But it's a heck of a jump to a Budda civic. I'm sure it will keep growing tho..20 pags and still working to get more than a couple 100% sucess stories

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I guess this thread has broken down barriers between sites...But it's a heck of a jump to a Budda civic. I'm sure it will keep growing tho..20 pags and still working to get more than a couple 100% sucess stories
I have a 200% sucess story

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also keep in mind that most of the people trying this need to still complete body work, and finish restoring mechanical issues before attempting this method, but at least there's light at the end of the tunnel now that people have a low-cost easy to do paint job and not be embarrased to take their ride out. i hope i help someone out who otherwise could'nt afford to have their car painted. but also i'm happy to see that people actually expirement with the whole process on a test door or hood before doing the whole car and making a big mess and giving up. once you perfect the process and have all the issues worked out you realize how easy it really is. i just want to help out a few guys get their rides on the road, that's all.

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So I got all my supplies today and here a 2 pack of 4 inch rollers was $7 and was wondering if there was a way to make them last.

I read that someone tried to reuse them and it didn't really paint the same way as a new one. Has anyone gotten a good paintjob with reusing them say a day later?

How many rollers did you end up using for the whole car?

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in home depot they have a 5 pk of rollers, i'd use 1 roller per day, 3 rollers in total, after the first coat, load up the roller with lots of paint and put it in a plastic bag, it will stay wet for that day, but the next day i'd use a new one.

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69, I'm a natural pessemist (hence the name..), and I'm waiting to see a duplicate of your results. No harm done, I'm interested to see the final results work. But, so far, I've only seen some positive results, not a complete "Eureka! It worked " and pics of a completed car to show it. Maybe that Budda Honda will be it..he's workin' right along on it....

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i can understand all the doubt, and i think there's lots of good test peices, but everyone's holding out for someone to actually try it. guess my pics are not good enough, and that a member actually came and saw it in person, and commented (and that only cost me $20!!! ). everyone's probally thinking, ya right, lets all paint our cars with rollers, and 69chargeryeehaa's probally sitting there going .........muhahahaha........fools. lol, honestly it's only as good as you make it. how you lay paint down is irrevelant, what matters is that it's smooth and level, and not thick, then it's all in wetsanding and buffing, any good paint job involves the same process, just this is a low cost easy alternative that does'nt need all the expirence and equipment to turn out a decient job.

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69, I'm a natural pessemist (hence the name..), and I'm waiting to see a duplicate of your results. No harm done, I'm interested to see the final results work. But, so far, I've only seen some positive results, not a complete "Eureka! It worked " and pics of a completed car to show it. Maybe that Budda Honda will be it..he's workin' right along on it....

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So I got all my supplies today and here a 2 pack of 4 inch rollers was $7 and was wondering if there was a way to make them last.

I read that someone tried to reuse them and it didn't really paint the same way as a new one. Has anyone gotten a good paintjob with reusing them say a day later?

How many rollers did you end up using for the whole car?

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Granted I only painted a small test area, but on my last test area I used a single roller the whole time, which was over 5 days. I just cleaned it with mineral spirits after painting, put it in a ziplock bag (a big one), then when I pull it out to paint again, I just squeezed it with a paper towel to get all the mineral spirits off of it. I did not notice any difference in application from the first time to the last time.