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Originally Posted by pcp
i'll try doing bodywork myself so I can learn. There's a few tutorials online that should help me along the way. I don't really feel like paying someone 2-3 g's to do the body and paint. There's no pride on paying someone to do the job. I just bought a 3M stripping wheel (fiber wheel) and I'll be stripping the entire roof in 15 minutes. After that, I'll then decide if I will strip the fenders to bare metal too.
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There are ways on finding high and low spots. The best way is to take the car down to metal and start from scratch, but if you have never done body work then just sand the glaze of the old paint that will save some steps. If you take it down to metal then after you prime and seal it then spray a guide coat and sand to find highs and lows before you shoot. If you dig too far in the old paint and exposes metal then try to just sand it smooth and blend that spot you will make low spots and you might see that low spot after you re-spray it, try to keep everything even And when you spray leap frog your panels so you keep the car wet when you’re spraying.