Hello guys,
I'm getting ready to work on a project that has been on hold for 15 years. It's a 1955 Thunderbird and am trying to figure out the best process to use. There are now so many types of products and different manufacturers, I am having a hard time deciding what to do.
The shell of the car will be mounted on a rotisserie and will be sandblasted back to bare steel. Since this is not what I do for a living, it takes me awhile to finish each step and I need a process that will be forgiving. My initial plan is to use SPI epoxy on the bare steel and do any filler work on top of that. Since I will be working out of the recoat windows much of the time, is it best to use epoxy, filler and then more epoxy on top of that until I am close to flat? Is there a limit to the number of coats of epoxy that can be applied? At that point, would I want to switch to 2K urethane primer/surfacer to do the final block sanding?
A second question, the doors, hood and truck lid were sandblasted, then sprayed with acid etch primer and then sprayed with urethane primer/surfacer. I did these 15 years ago and other than being dirty, look the same as the day I painted them. What do I need to do to these panels to start working on them again?
Thanks for the help,
Al
I'm getting ready to work on a project that has been on hold for 15 years. It's a 1955 Thunderbird and am trying to figure out the best process to use. There are now so many types of products and different manufacturers, I am having a hard time deciding what to do.
The shell of the car will be mounted on a rotisserie and will be sandblasted back to bare steel. Since this is not what I do for a living, it takes me awhile to finish each step and I need a process that will be forgiving. My initial plan is to use SPI epoxy on the bare steel and do any filler work on top of that. Since I will be working out of the recoat windows much of the time, is it best to use epoxy, filler and then more epoxy on top of that until I am close to flat? Is there a limit to the number of coats of epoxy that can be applied? At that point, would I want to switch to 2K urethane primer/surfacer to do the final block sanding?
A second question, the doors, hood and truck lid were sandblasted, then sprayed with acid etch primer and then sprayed with urethane primer/surfacer. I did these 15 years ago and other than being dirty, look the same as the day I painted them. What do I need to do to these panels to start working on them again?
Thanks for the help,
Al