metlmunchr
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I've got a 69 Vette about 80% stripped using a heat gun and razor blade. That went well once I bought a blade holder with a handle long enough to keep hands further away from the heat. Planning to use SPI epoxy for all priming and blocking. I've got some areas where the glass strands appear to be right at the surface. Primarily a few places on the hood surround panel and on the concave curved area near the top of both doors.
I've owned the car since it was about 6 months old, and these areas are the ones where the original paint began to crack first, and worst. I repainted it with lacquer in the early 80's. Took all the paint off at that time with a DA. Used Feather fill for blocking then lacquer primer and paint. But didn't do anything to those funky areas at that time, assuming as a typical amateur that the Feather fill and primer would take care of it. After a few years, it began to crack in these same places first, and as with the original finish, the cracks were the worst in these areas.
I know I need to grind these areas out and fill with something prior to starting with any primer, but I need some of your expert opinions on what to use to fill these areas once they're prepped.
Thanks in advance
Cliff
I've owned the car since it was about 6 months old, and these areas are the ones where the original paint began to crack first, and worst. I repainted it with lacquer in the early 80's. Took all the paint off at that time with a DA. Used Feather fill for blocking then lacquer primer and paint. But didn't do anything to those funky areas at that time, assuming as a typical amateur that the Feather fill and primer would take care of it. After a few years, it began to crack in these same places first, and as with the original finish, the cracks were the worst in these areas.
I know I need to grind these areas out and fill with something prior to starting with any primer, but I need some of your expert opinions on what to use to fill these areas once they're prepped.
Thanks in advance
Cliff