To get a really really really great job sand between coats, to get a good
good job just keep going around the car coat after coat (about 6 to 8
times) then sand only once. Figure an hour or so to paint the car and
another 3 hours to sand and buff. The most time spent will be in the prep
work. If you have dents take them to a pro and give him/her a few hundred
bucks to fix them. No matter how good you think you are a pro can get the
job done right the first time and have the car back to you in less time
then it will take for you to do one medimum size ding. I learned the dent
thing the hard way. The cost for body repair (dents and dings) is in the
painting, and this you can do yourself. A few years ago I took the
MG in for an estimate on a paint job, didn't like the price ($950) so I
bought the compressor some supplies and did the job myself. Still have the
compressor and saved a lot of money. Last year my wheel fell off and did
some nasty things to the front fender. Took it to the same shop told them
I only wanted the dent fixed, they gave me a quote of $100 dollars and
during the conversation said "didn't we paint this car for you". This made
me feel pretty good considering they were looking at the car from 1 foot
away. I bought a pint of lacquer and re painted the repaired fender. The
lacquer blended right in and looks perfect. Did the whole job in the drive
on a calm day.
...Art
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Larry Dickstein wrote:
> Matt's right. What I did mean was that lots of coats will have to be color
> sanded before the final buffing. All this misunderstanding could have been
> avoided if you had simply listened to what I MEANT to say!!
> --
> Larry Dickstein
> Lone Jack, MO
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> Matt.DeBoer@ejgallo.com wrote:
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> > Larry-
> >
> > Did you mean to say "some coats of lacquer may need to be sanded and then
> > buffed after the final coat is applied"? The buffing compound leaves
> > residue that is not conducive to paint adherence.
> >
> > > The downside is that you have to have many, many coats and each will
> > have to be color sanded and buffed i.e., hours/dollars
> >
> > Just trying to help 8{),
> >
> > Matt
> > '72 MGB
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