Kingtal0n

Im doing 2 cars at once... and im new to this.. so.. help!

So far I've sanded the hood down and re-fiberglassed' it to fix it and bondo'd some parts to smooth it out. (glass hood btw)
Then I used 220 dry, 320 Wet on an Air Sander, then 400 Wet (by hand) to completelly make it smooth as i could get it all over.
When it dried I primered it a quick light coat to check for problems or high spots, and I found lots of little pin holes in the fiber glass I put down. Im assuming the thick primer will fill these right?
For the rest of the body So far ive stripped most of the paint with stripper, and im going to 60 grit-150 grit-220 grit then possibly 320 WET before I prime/Paint it. Any problems there?

After searching Ive decided to do this for the paint job:
2 layers of primer, 400 wet on each. 1 black layer to block sand and check for high spots, then 1 more grey layer with 500 wet sand to finish the final primer coat.

then 3 coats of base, PPG most likelly, 15-18 minutes flash for each, no sanding between each. then 15-20 hours final dry time.
Then finnaly, 2 light coats of clear, 1 thick coat of clear, (15 minutes flash for each, no sanding), then 1 final medium coat of clear, finished with 1500 grit (if runs) or 2000 grit (no runs) wet by hand. Followed by (undecided what buffing compound... Suggestions here?) on a 12" buffing wheel.


Anyone see a problem with any of this? Im going to be doing it all myself, outside... I plan on putting a tarp up to keep debree out of the paint, but i doubt it will be the most effecitve thing...
Did I miss anything? Anyone suggesting a different paint / hardender or whatever? Im new to this. DO I need to strip *all* the paint before priming it? or can i leave it, just make it smooth?

Any different method I can use to get this done better?

Charged350

iTrader: (1)

all sounds good to me, but dont wait 15 hours to put the clear on, just spray it on ater you spray teh last coat of paint on the car, give it about 10 mins...for bbuffing, nothign beats 3M, its what we use at my shop...