Thanks and would like some advice

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First I would like to say thanks to SPI and all the people posting the great tips and advice on this forum. This has been a fantastic source of information. I have been doing off frame restorations of mainly muscle cars for a few years. I am still a novice at this by most standards. I do this generally as a hobby but have cars I sold in a few different states and one in Europe. I have been using SPI products for 3 years or so. I spoke with Andy a couple of times and his advice has been very helpful. I currently have a 69 Chevelle on the rotisserie we painted Monday of this past weekthat is now being blocked and buffed and a 70 Chevelle SS being redone starting this weekend.

Here is my question. The 70 Chevelle was painted about two years ago and cleared using SPI Universal clear. It was cut and buffed. The car suffered some minor damage while in storage so I am going to remove it from the frame and repaint the entire car. I am thinking about sanding the clear with 400 shooting a coat of 2k blocking, then sealing it and then base coat. Is sanding the clear with 400 the best start or is there a better way to go? All the other cars I have taken to bare metal and worked from there.

Thanks again

Tim in Minnesota
 
It sounds like there's some defects you want to mostly remove with blocking before shooting it with 2k for a final blocking? Grit selection will depend on how much material you need to cut off, if you can do it with 400 that would be good.
 
The defects are some chips and scratches. The chips will be filled with either 2K or if they are bad enough feathered out and the whole are built up and blocked. The biggest thing I am unsure of is how much do you have to "rough" up the clear to get a good bite with the 2K High Build?

Thanks

Tim
 
Welcome!

I guess my take is if you are going to 2k the whole thing why not block the whole car down with 80-150 and make it flat and take as much existing material off as possible. I guess I would just be concerend with excessive build up on the edges.

Maybe I'm way off on my thinking.


oh ya, pics are a must!
 
orangejuiced86;17984 said:
Welcome!

I guess my take is if you are going to 2k the whole thing why not block the whole car down with 80-150 and make it flat and take as much existing material off as possible. I guess I would just be concerend with excessive build up on the edges.

Maybe I'm way off on my thinking.


oh ya, pics are a must!
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I thought about doing that. I guess that would ensure it was nice and flat.

It is the orange 70 Chevelle that is not assembled. And the others we did. 70 Progress 168.jpg

69 Truck 11.jpg

68 Camaro Easter 2007 2.jpg

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Frame Jan 2 2010 025.jpg
 
How does the current finish look? too bad you could just do the minor repairs instead of reshooting the whole thing.


btw, your projects look really nice!
 
Thanks for the compliment.

The current finish looks good but since it has some damaged on 3 panels and it's been a couple of years since it was painted I don't want to try blend it.
 
Three panels, I would not do the whole car, I would sand out the problems (320-600), "spot" Prime and then paint those panels.
2K primer will stick to any grit up to 1000 very well.
 
Thanks Barry. I'm about a day or two behind. I'm getting the 70 out tomorrow and will look it over and decide then which direction I will go. I'm still leaning on painting the whole thing but who knows.
 
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