Thank you
mongocanfly, for the tip. The paint is chipping badly on this
car, and is coming off pretty easily. I just sand it off with an oscillating grinder
with 80 grit sanding discs. I tried 40 grit too, but it doesn't help much, as any
paint left is so deeply scratched that a lot of sanding has to go into getting
those scratches out. I then sand it all smooth with 180, so that the epoxy primer will
adhere, and hopfully not shrink into the scratches. The roof seems to be
pretty good, so it was mostly just sanded for adhesion.
I plan to spray on a nice coat of epoxy first, then block it and fill as needed
with poyester filler ( much like bondo I guess), block and fill, block and fill,
then epoxy again, block it down and then final paint and clear. I'll paint the
final paint in a nearby paintshop, where I worked for a year a few years ago.
It's well worth the cost to get the car painted in a dust free environment,
with a good spray gun, mine is cheap, and not good for finer work.
Thank you
Advanced Design, I have an abrasive nylong bristle bruch like
this one...
... to knock off the worst pitting, and then I polish with a buffer on a powerdrill
using Autosol polish. Speaking of which, Autosol for Aluminum works pretty well
on chrome, and doesn't dull it as coarser versions will.