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whats up ?

i've got a car delivered that has been sandblasted, REAL LIGHT pitting in the steel, no warpage spotted as of yet. what can you suggest to prep the steel so that it is paint and primer ready ?

here is the plan i am running with so far

1. sandblasted steel

2. 3 1/2 inch angle grinder w corse scothbrite pad to take out the pitting

3. DA w 180 grit to create uniform substrate and mimimalize scratches

4. bondo (rage gold)

5. metal conditioner

6. epoxy primer (ppg dplf)

7. wet on wet polyester filler (evercoat slicksand)

8. block out

9. high-build (k38)

10. block out, etc. base, etc. clear, etc.



secondly, is there any system that can be sprayed wet on wet from steel to finish coat. just wondering about doing firewalls, underhood/trunk, you know, the shit that does not get examined.

thanks in advance.

j.

 

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epoxy, block that out, then filler over the epoxy ?? can i hit the epoxy w the DA and at what grit ??

and 120 is fine to prep the sandblasted steel, i was gonna run w 180, the rougher the quicker i guess.

i was always under the impression that it was always bondo over steel first then seal it all in w the epoxy. more research to be done i guess.

j.

 

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after looking into it i can see that epoxy first is the thing to do. so here goes.

1. steel DA'd to btwn 80- 180

2. dplf epoxy wet sanded to, say 180 again ?

3. rage gold, finished in 180

4. k38

sound ike a good set of steps so far ???

j.

 

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here is the score.


1. bare steel da'd to 80

2. epoxy primer 2 wet coats. set over night, don't bother sanding it out

3. BONDO !!!!!!!!!!

4. epoxy over your body work and high spots, 1 wet coat. let set over night, again don't bother sanding.

5. high build primer surfacer 30 min flashes. let set over night. block out 320 dry, 600 wet.

6. epoxy again, reduced as sealer, one wet coat. let set 24hrs.

7. wet sand 600-1500 depending on how nuts you wanna get.

8. base

now you can continue w your normal routine, how crazy you wanna get is up to you.

j.

 

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1,b. degrease that motherfucker till your white t-shirt wont pick up any trash or debris.

 

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dplf. true, it does not need that long, but if you have the time to waste, or wait its worth it. it can be covered within 7 days of application with the same results.