Yep. That's on the plan as well. The headlights are already out of the car and in process.
Quick check - Universal Clear and Re-Clearing
- Thread starter GeoffW65
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So I pulled the front bumper cover and started to sand some more. I’m using 400 grit in hopes of not having to go super deep to get the spider webbing out.
Here’s an example of what I’m seeing:
This is the Camaro nose right by the hood emblem (which I have removed).
Area “A” is labeled just so you can see that a full sand thru to plastic equals yellow.
Area B shows that if I sand to base, I still have the spider webs showing. You can see them faintly in this picture. I wiped with w&g to help bring them out and really can see them as the w&g flashes off the cracks last.
Area C is why I’m posting. It looks like if I sand to that level of primer (just before plastic), then I’m not encountering the webs any more. Am I good to go if I feather everything to this level and don’t see webs using my w&g test?
If the answer is just “strip it to yellow to be sure” then that’s fine, I’m just trying to avoid work but not half ass it.
Here’s an example of what I’m seeing:
This is the Camaro nose right by the hood emblem (which I have removed).
Area “A” is labeled just so you can see that a full sand thru to plastic equals yellow.
Area B shows that if I sand to base, I still have the spider webs showing. You can see them faintly in this picture. I wiped with w&g to help bring them out and really can see them as the w&g flashes off the cracks last.
Area C is why I’m posting. It looks like if I sand to that level of primer (just before plastic), then I’m not encountering the webs any more. Am I good to go if I feather everything to this level and don’t see webs using my w&g test?
If the answer is just “strip it to yellow to be sure” then that’s fine, I’m just trying to avoid work but not half ass it.
Chris_Hamilton
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Yeah true orange peel is from too little fluid, Not saying you can;t get texture with too much but its not considered orange peel.
Chris_Hamilton
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Covering up any spiderwebs won't mean they are gone. Chances are they will reappear again. Personally I would strip it. If it's just a quick, make some money used car job, then leave it. Up to you. (obviously
)I will strip it. The car is sentimental. It was my son’s and he babied it like crazy only to be rear ended by a kid on his phone. It has been totaled, sat outside in a storage yard for most of last year because I was only going to pull the LS for another project, and then I decided to rebuild it to surprise my son.
Like every project I do, it goes five levels deeper than planned and 5 times as long as I thought, but the learning has been good.
For example, I started by thinking I would do slide hammer and some hammer and dolly on the rear panel (the front is cosmetic, the rear was the real damage), and then end up drilling spot welds and replacing unibody components. Here’s my “el Camaro” before welding a donor panel in (which thankfully is done and waiting to be primered).
Thanks again for chiming in. It helps to have someone opine on my half measures and get me doing it right.
Like every project I do, it goes five levels deeper than planned and 5 times as long as I thought, but the learning has been good.
For example, I started by thinking I would do slide hammer and some hammer and dolly on the rear panel (the front is cosmetic, the rear was the real damage), and then end up drilling spot welds and replacing unibody components. Here’s my “el Camaro” before welding a donor panel in (which thankfully is done and waiting to be primered).
Thanks again for chiming in. It helps to have someone opine on my half measures and get me doing it right.
RosharonRooster
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Lol. In 4 more years, in texas it will qualify for antique plates....my 2000 lincoln has 2 more years to qualify....
Here’s where things landed.
I stripped the nose down to plastic.
Used ad pro before Spi epoxy.
Shot the black base and laid out stripes.
And ultimately finished it off with some spi universal clear.
No sign of spider webbing. Thanks for all the help folks.
I stripped the nose down to plastic.
Used ad pro before Spi epoxy.
Shot the black base and laid out stripes.
And ultimately finished it off with some spi universal clear.
No sign of spider webbing. Thanks for all the help folks.
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Chris_Hamilton
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Looking good!