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Old Dec 19, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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Originally posted by SlickMatB
Single Stage. Its just going to Jet Black, nothing crazy or special. Im kind of going for that intimidator look, Blacked out everything, with the exception of the SS badging and Lighting. Normally I would take it somewhere and get it done, but I like learning new fields, and if Im going to be restoring cars as a hobby, Id better learn how to do most of it myself.
I really recomend that you use a two stage paint, It will last longer than a single stage, and look better.

And as what was said ealiar, If you have access to a long block, finish off bondo that covers a large area with the long block. I seriously I don't ever recconemd using anything higher than 120grit when sanding bondo, because you need to feel the imperfections, and a 320 grit or higher will just smooth the surface of the bondo, and make it seem like its good. But it will still probably be wavy as hell.


Also, For small impefections after you prime, and are noticble use some putty on them, and use a 320 or higher grit to sand. Oh, and re-apply primer to areas where you use putty, because most of the time you will sand away the primer.


The sand paper, and techniques I use may vary a bit from working on cards, I tend to work mostly with bare metals (Aluminum). And no one gets as close as a look at the paint as cars.
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