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Old Oct 17, 2002 | 01:53 PM
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Paint prep

What is everything that needs to be done for a prep on paint? My buddy is gonna paint his 83 mustang. What other than drive the piece of crap off a cliff do we have to do to prep it? Thanks
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Old Oct 17, 2002 | 08:17 PM
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It is a ford you could **** on it
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Old Oct 17, 2002 | 09:24 PM
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OK now close your eyes and picture we are working on an 83 trans am w/ a 540 twin turbo charged and it needs paint.
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Old Oct 17, 2002 | 10:01 PM
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Can I dream about a 83 Z28 L69 Can you give details as to what you are doing? Are you doing a base/clear? Do you care about the quality? do you want to strip it? Etc details work wonders
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Old Oct 18, 2002 | 10:21 AM
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Yea strip the old, we want it to be nice, we just want to do the prep work. so we dont have to pay someone. sanding, strip, etc.
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Old Oct 18, 2002 | 09:33 PM
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If you want it stripped and to be nice then I would completely sand it down, use a good etching primer( 2 coats) then spray a few layers of a heavy build primer(you don't have a booth so it will hide minor inpurities) and keep it out of the sun. I had a engineer from Sherwin Williams tell me that sun breaks down the composition of the primer before water. So just sand like crazy out of water and sun and then get it sprayed. I could carry on and on but please give some details about what you want to do, where, and resources
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Old Oct 20, 2002 | 06:40 PM
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