sil80mark

hi can someone give me the steps/equipment to do/use before i get my car painted...i wanna do all the prep work myself so it wont be as expensive...thanks

Civic Chick 69

I believe CyniKal.Mindset did his own prep work..

you can ask him.. maybe he can give you some tips

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

Haynes has a body work manual available at Canadian Tire

Creepin_B

wat r u trying to do?

sil80mark

i wanna do all the sanding on the car before sending it in for paint

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

ok, here are the steps then:

1. sand car

2. drive to shop

civicnation

first sand the area to be painted with fine grit sand paper

then use filler to fill in all dents

repeat sanding on area where filler was used to smooth it out to the body shape of the car

primer area to be painted

sand primered area

wet sand

then send for paint

civicnation

oh ya, sanding isn't as simple as it looks, keep that in mind if you don't know what to do exactly

Jacob

Buy/rent some books about it and learn the rights and wrongs if it, if its surface rust, i suggest going to CT and but their Sandblasting kit for 50 bucks, includes 30 pound holding canister, and the gun and hoses, etc.(That is if you have a compressor) Buy some sand, 12 bucks for Black Duty, 50 lbs here in Windsor, just bought some today. Sand blast the area and then clean it with paint thinner or acetone and then RIGHT AWAY primer it. This summer if i get a good digi cam i'll do a detailed step by step write up in it. Right now i'm just gathering info.

The Prophet

ill be doing this in about 2 weeks... and im going to take pics throughout the work

ill post them with the steps when im all done

honeybabes

can't wait to see that steps.....goodluck guys