Carl, I beg to differ with Ron's response. The body shop should clean the car
well before any sanding or body work starts. If old wax, silicones, etc. are
still on the car when work starts, they will be imbedded in the substrate and
may
cause multiple problems when paint is applied, so clean away with wax and grease
removers available from body shop suppliers. John
RJohn50603@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/5/98 5:24:58 AM Central Daylight Time,
> cfrench@cybertours.com writes:
>
> << . To save money and have a hand in the
> job I am going to be doing as much of the prep as I can. My brother (an
> experienced LBC owner) are going to take off all the exterior parts and
> have it taken via flatbed to the shop (12 miles). My question is that I
> was looking at other things I can do. What are some ideas out there? I
> was thinking of doing the wax stripping process my self, is there a part
> of the web that has directions on doing so? thoughts/ideas??? >>
>
> Carl,
>
> Since the body shop is going to be sanding cars surface in the process of body
> work and painting, a separate, prior wax removal process is really
> unnecessary. Anything that is to be painted must be sanded. The shop (a good
> shop) will wipe the car down before painting with a product that will remove
> any residual wax. They will also add a product to the paint which will
> eliminate "fisheye" from any wax or oil they missed.
>
> Maybe you could mask off the interior with newspaper and masking tape. Paint
> is always finding its way onto something its not supposed to be on. By the
> way, use a masking tape made for painting. The standard stuff will grow onto
> wherever it is stuck after a couple of days and is a stinker to get off.
>
> R. Johnson - Dallas
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