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DUVAL55
Hello all,
I am doing my first complete paintjob on my daily driver '98 civic. It has the typical deteriorating clear on the roof and trunklid as well as i have replaced the front-end with a white one off an '00 civic.
I would like to start working on the bodywork but have a question regarding a couple of different methods. Ideally i would pull the car apart and sand then do 2 coats of the epoxy, do my filler work over that and then sand/epoxy/basecoat/clearcoat when i can spray the entire car.
Since this is my daily and i would like to only tear it apart one time (for final paint) i was wondering which method would be better if there is any difference.
1) Sand the OEM paint with 80grit (or per filler instructions), fill/sand, and then spot-prime with epoxy to seal the filler.
2) Sand to metal using 80grit (or per filler instructions) spot-prime with 2 coats epoxy, fill/sand, then spot again with epoxy to seal the filler.
I will be doing all the bodywork at my house where i have the necessary tools and paintguns etc. I will be painting in a buddy's booth though and would like to use it for the least amount of time possible so that i am not in the way for too long.
after either method that i choose i will take the car to the shop and disassemble clean etc and scuff (since it will be outside of recoat window) then spray with 1-2 coats epoxy primer then base/clear.
I already have the SPI epoxy as well as UV clear. I just need to get in touch with Chad to order the Vogue Silver Metallic in Pro-Spray base.
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Rob
I am doing my first complete paintjob on my daily driver '98 civic. It has the typical deteriorating clear on the roof and trunklid as well as i have replaced the front-end with a white one off an '00 civic.
I would like to start working on the bodywork but have a question regarding a couple of different methods. Ideally i would pull the car apart and sand then do 2 coats of the epoxy, do my filler work over that and then sand/epoxy/basecoat/clearcoat when i can spray the entire car.
Since this is my daily and i would like to only tear it apart one time (for final paint) i was wondering which method would be better if there is any difference.
1) Sand the OEM paint with 80grit (or per filler instructions), fill/sand, and then spot-prime with epoxy to seal the filler.
2) Sand to metal using 80grit (or per filler instructions) spot-prime with 2 coats epoxy, fill/sand, then spot again with epoxy to seal the filler.
I will be doing all the bodywork at my house where i have the necessary tools and paintguns etc. I will be painting in a buddy's booth though and would like to use it for the least amount of time possible so that i am not in the way for too long.
after either method that i choose i will take the car to the shop and disassemble clean etc and scuff (since it will be outside of recoat window) then spray with 1-2 coats epoxy primer then base/clear.
I already have the SPI epoxy as well as UV clear. I just need to get in touch with Chad to order the Vogue Silver Metallic in Pro-Spray base.
Any recommendations?
Thanks,
Rob