Re: Re: OT:Steps for car painting? (preping)

From: Josh Battles (jbattles@bankfinancial.com)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 12:19:45 EST


No problem if you need anything else, just give a shoutout.

""Dan Jones"" <amishpimp93@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F36oYAPNXRPmcarcR4Z0000000f@hotmail.com...
>
> The original paint is still on it, its just comming off rapidly. No rust
> anywhere and the body of the car is in perfect shape, very little dents
> anywhere for its age. Thanks for the info
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com>
> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> >To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> >Subject: DML: Re: OT:Steps for car painting? (preping)
> >Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:51:37 -0600
> >
> >I've prepped and painted my own car before. It's not really that
difficult.
> >if you're gonna prep it, you'll need to prime it before you take it
> >anywhere. then the body shop will have to do final prep and paint it. How
> >rough is the roof? is there any rust? you'll need to zap that with a
> >grinder... If you've never done any body work before I'd really
recommend
> >you make friends with someone who has and have them help you, it's a
fairly
> >complicated process. But if not, before you start on your real car, go
to
> >the junkyard and pick up an old fender or hood or something (since you've
> >got the truck to get it home) this should not cost very much. Make sure
> >it's in similar condition to your maverick and work on that first so that
> >you can perfect your techniques...using books, friends, family, the
> >DML....... When your satisfied with your workmanship on the body piece
and
> >you can get a nice glass smooth surface THEN start on the maverick. I
hope
> >that this helps a little.
> >
> >-Josh
> >
> >""Dan Jones"" <amishpimp93@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:F2674yp8ARf3sllNY3000000cc7@hotmail.com...
> > >
> > > Hey all, Well my truck makes me happy where its at now with mods, and
> >its
> > > time to start working on my 77` Ford Maverick. The paints commin off
of
> >it
> > > now and when it rains, you can swipe your finger across the roof and
> >pick
> >up
> > > some paint particles. The question I have is, has anyone sanded
down
> > > thier car before and prepped it up and taken it into a shop? To
reduce
> >my
> > > cost id like to do all the prep work myself then take it in. Are
thier
> >some
> > > certain steps to go by? What tools to use or machines or certain grit
of
> > > paper to get the paint off? Any info on doing this would be
> >appreciated!
> > > thankyou
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.
> > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
> > >
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.
> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
>



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:47:27 EST