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priming body work

  • 19-03-2010 11:20pm
    #1
    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭


    I filled in a few dents the past few days on one of my cars and done a nice enough job on it. I was planning to just prime over the repaired area and respray the complete panel. "Or" should I prime the complete panel before respraying it? Can I prime directly onto the rest of the paintwork or should I strip the paint of the panel and prime at bare metal? I'd like to get a excellant finish on it since I got the dents out very nicely.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Owen
    Registered Users Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Depending on how old the car is. Most modern cars have paint, and lacquer on top. If yours is like this, just prime over the areas you've filled, sand that with 800 wet and dry and plenty of water to get it really smooth, and then get some scotch pads (Like wire wool, but softer) and some anti-sil (Removes all contaminants from the surface, and road tar), and soak the pad with antisil and scuff up the existing lacquer. Then paint it all, and re lacquer it all.

    If your car just has paint, or direct gloss, it's nearly the same process, but use direct gloss paint instead of using lacquer at the end, or the finish will look a little different.


  • #3
    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭mondeo


    PaintDoctor wrote: »
    Depending on how old the car is. Most modern cars have paint, and lacquer on top. If yours is like this, just prime over the areas you've filled, sand that with 800 wet and dry and plenty of water to get it really smooth, and then get some scotch pads (Like wire wool, but softer) and some anti-sil (Removes all contaminants from the surface, and road tar), and soak the pad with antisil and scuff up the existing lacquer. Then paint it all, and re lacquer it all.

    If your car just has paint, or direct gloss, it's nearly the same process, but use direct gloss paint instead of using lacquer at the end, or the finish will look a little different.

    It's an old crappy jap import lancer,, passanger side door was riddled with dents. Thanks for the info, wanting to get it straight as possible before I sell it.

    Thanks


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