Hi, I have a Couple of questions I’m am not sure about. I have painted 5 cars as a hobbiest and all have turned out fine but had a lot of ups and downs and redo’s. I am just trying to be more consistent and now using all SPI products.
1. Stripped car to bare metal
2. 2 coats SPI epoxy, blocked
3. Filler work and more epoxy, blocked
4. 2 coats of SPI 2k primer.
Car has been sitting in shop for about 6 months while I’ve been addressing mechanicals. About to start final blocking and paint.
My questions are:
1. When blocking I am sure I may block thru to the epoxy in a few places. Can I just spray more 2k over the epoxy where it is showing thru? even though the epoxy is way out of the window.
2. I plan to paint and clear some of the parts ( under the hood, inside doors, under the hatch, door jambs etc) at least a few weeks before spraying the outside of the car. My plan is to activate the base. Im thinking I won’t be able to spray a epoxy sealer coat on the outside because I will get epoxy sealer on the already finished parts. Is this correct or is there another way?
3. I am sanding all the panels to 600 grit The perfect paint job reads “if sanded 2k primer has set more than 24 hours you must scuff first with a grey scuff pad or equivalent before applying another product” would this be correct for applying base coat?
Thanks for all the previous help. I could not have got this far without y’all!
Mike
1. Stripped car to bare metal
2. 2 coats SPI epoxy, blocked
3. Filler work and more epoxy, blocked
4. 2 coats of SPI 2k primer.
Car has been sitting in shop for about 6 months while I’ve been addressing mechanicals. About to start final blocking and paint.
My questions are:
1. When blocking I am sure I may block thru to the epoxy in a few places. Can I just spray more 2k over the epoxy where it is showing thru? even though the epoxy is way out of the window.
2. I plan to paint and clear some of the parts ( under the hood, inside doors, under the hatch, door jambs etc) at least a few weeks before spraying the outside of the car. My plan is to activate the base. Im thinking I won’t be able to spray a epoxy sealer coat on the outside because I will get epoxy sealer on the already finished parts. Is this correct or is there another way?
3. I am sanding all the panels to 600 grit The perfect paint job reads “if sanded 2k primer has set more than 24 hours you must scuff first with a grey scuff pad or equivalent before applying another product” would this be correct for applying base coat?
Thanks for all the previous help. I could not have got this far without y’all!
Mike
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