aengineguy
Well-Known Member
Thanks Rod, I don't have a step by step. I work about 70 to 80 hours a week so hard to do things that I like. I probably did not do the body work like a pro, because I am not. Only painted about 10 cars in my life. I started to do the Dart because it looked like a circus mirror down the sides. I started by gettting the worse down with 50 grit on a large DA. After realizing that the RR quarter was full of bondo, from dents and crashes I cut it out and welded a new one back in. I then went to 80 grit on a long flexible board doing one panel at a time. Granted I did not have to do much to the new quarter except were I welded. I think I blocked it with 180. Continuing on with the 80 grit to the rest of the car. Unbelievable how bad even the factory panels, where no damage was present. Some skin coats of rage gold after the 80 grit, sand and sand more. No small DA was every used, just long flexible boards. Final touch ups with Evercoat Glazing 2 part, sand, fill....and then getting the body lines straight. Bet I spent 80 hours on all that. There is a masking tape method that works good on this. Google getting body lines straight, there are several videos. After all that then about 3 coats of 2k epoxy primer (USE EPOXY PRIMER!)....sand, sand, sand. Spray more primer where it broke thru, sand sand sand. Then on to the color base coat and the clear, about 4 coats of that. After it hardened, block wet sand with 1000 grit and then buff with 2 compounds and then glaze coat. I was limited on my budget so I did not use the most expensive paint. I used Nason products throughout. Total materials, with sandpaper, primer, paint, bondo, compounds, etc. about $2000. Sorry for the windy stuff, but if I can help someone, I will. If you need more specifics, let me know. Good Day.
Oh....forgot to mention.....Used about 4 spray cans of guide coat during the sanding. You will not get panels level without doing this process.
