I have ordered a Cobra kit car that will have a fiberglass body. I am wanting to paint it a Lamborghini color called Grigio Telestro, which is a dark grey metallic. I have previously used Southern Poly to paint a 68 camaro which turned out great. Any words of wisdom and process steps to paint fiberglass instead of sheet metal? People have warned me about sealing properly to prevent bubbles.
Painting a Cobra kit car
- Thread starter kevinj
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Not a Cobra, but I have painted a couple of Corvettes, with ditto fiberglass body. Good info in the Perfect Paint job paper in the SPI tech manual. I cleaned a number of times with Dawn, VPA (Vette Panel Adhesive) for body work and filler as orangejuiced86, SPI epoxy, 2K primer, SPI epoxy sealer, then Diamont base and SPI Euro clear. All worked great for me. Please note the Perfect paint paper says SPI epoxy first then VPA but either way worked for me. I think keeping the fiberglass clean clean throughout the process is key. I also used SPI waterbase cleaner before the base. There is also a writeup in Digital Corvette "An ole man's guide to painting a Corvette" which is great.
www.digitalcorvettes.com
Hope this helps.
An Old Man's Guide to Painting a Corvette
I'm an old guy, been working on and painting cars for 40+ years. I don't profess to know the latest wiz-bang tech, high-output tools, or even the latest in water-based paint. What I do know is what works for me, and that is what I intend to present here. Start to finish. Here is a video...
www.digitalcorvettes.com
Hope this helps.
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Jim C
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pinholes and more importantly air pockets. go over every square inch of the fiberglass with a heat gun. you will see any air pockets swell up. mark them then grind them out and repair with glass or p17 filler. 180-220 grit all the gelcoat on the body and get a couple coats of epoxy primer on then proceed as normal.