[pcp]

i'm about to try and do the bodywork myself this winter but i'm wondering if I need to sand everything down to bare metal? or do I just sand down paint bubbles and the rust underneath it?

[DRLOWZ]

Surface rust or all the way through?

[SLAMMED63CHEVY]

A paint job, the body work will make or break a paint job. There is a lot more the just sanding and painting, if you just want to change the color and don’t care if the paint job is wavy or if you panels and panels gap are off, then you can just sand and spray.

[pcp]

Originally Posted by DRLOWZ

Surface rust or all the way through?

just surface rust. It's only the top of the car that's a little bubbly. I'm not sure if I should sand to bare metal the fenders and doors. I'm putting a new quater panel skin in 2-3 days (hopefully).

[DRLOWZ]

If its JUST surface rust then work your way down to the grits of sandpaper and knock it off. Be sure to seal the metal before priming. Use some high build primer to bring it back up and block it off...

[pcp]

Originally Posted by SLAMMED63CHEVY

A paint job, the body work will make or break a paint job. There is a lot more the just sanding and painting, if you just want to change the color and don’t care if the paint job is wavy or if you panels and panels gap are off, then you can just sand and spray.

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.

[DRLOWZ]

Good luck on the 3M stripping wheel.....

[pcp]

small part of the roof have about 1cm of bondo . Had to grind it to make sure that I clean out the rust underneath it. Biggest rust hole I seen in that car today is about 1-1/2 cm.

next move is change the quarter panel. I haven't done it before but I will try changing it anyways .

[SLAMMED63CHEVY]

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.

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.

[SLAMMED63CHEVY]

Originally Posted by pcp

small part of the roof have about 1cm of bondo . Had to grind it to make sure that I clean out the rust underneath it. Biggest rust hole I seen in that car today is about 1-1/2 cm.

next move is change the quarter panel. I haven't done it before but I will try changing it anyways .

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