well yeah you can see that, that's the old paint... it was resprayed in the US before I got the car. what a **** job the guy has done on it
my Stang going for a full respray (lots of pics, dial-up warning)
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well yeah you can see that, that's the old paint... it was resprayed in the US before I got the car. what a **** job the guy has done on it
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youre not following me... there's fresh filler over the black paint that was on the car when it went to the bodyshop.the problem with that practice is that the solevents in the filler will react with the old paint, and soften it. it MAY look good when you take it home, but the edges that were softened by the filler will show through the new paint over time. it is what we in the trade call a "rectal ring". btw, im a bodyman/painter at a porsche dealership, so this aint my first rodeo...
youre not following me... there's fresh filler over the black paint that was on the car when it went to the bodyshop.the problem with that practice is that the solevents in the filler will react with the old paint, and soften it. it MAY look good when you take it home, but the edges that were softened by the filler will show through the new paint over time. it is what we in the trade call a "rectal ring".Where you see some filler, like on the fender lips, the paint WAS removed.
I was there and saw it with my own eyes
here's the pic before the filler:
http://www.thefroginator.co.uk/pictures/022-Pictures/Respray/IMG_1650.jpg
the fender lip there, it's metal. NO paint.
I'm not questioning your workmanship
xoxbxfx
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youre not following me... there's fresh filler over the black paint that was on the car when it went to the bodyshop.the problem with that practice is that the solevents in the filler will react with the old paint, and soften it. it MAY look good when you take it home, but the edges that were softened by the filler will show through the new paint over time. it is what we in the trade call a "rectal ring".Where you see some filler, like on the fender lips, the paint WAS removed.
I was there and saw it with my own eyes
here's the pic before the filler:
http://www.thefroginator.co.uk/pictures/022-Pictures/Respray/IMG_1650.jpg
the fender lip there, it's metal. NO paint.
I'm not questioning your workmanship
I think what he is saying is typcially here in the states, the entire car would be stripped of its paint and filler all the way down to the bare metal BEFORE any mud work was done...then the mud work...here is an example of my 66...to the metal, then bondo applied. The fenders were aftermarket and went into the trash can..so they didnt get stripped.
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I see what you are doing...stripping the section that needs work, fixing it, then sanding teh rest of the paint later. You can do it..just seems like more work
CraigMBA
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They are doing it that way to keep the car from surface rusting rather than getting the car into metal and then getting side tracked........
That's how they did my car. The roof and quarter panels got done in one shot.
That's how they did my car. The roof and quarter panels got done in one shot.
I agree with you.
I can't make comments on the way they work (ie, bad or good) as Iam not a pro, I just let them get on with it. It's a slow process, my choice
They are working on the stang between other jobs, they are mainly dealing with modern cars. They are extremely busy guys.
All I know is they have a very good reputation, and I have seen a finished car (a very old one) and it has the "WOW holy xxxx that's beautiful" factor for the paint finish.
This makes sense, I guess, as I told them to take their time....
They are doing it between other more important jobs.
This is my only car, and it could well be in their garage for the winter, I couldn't be more happy
As my car is usually kept on the street
I do believe if I wanted to have the car resprayed within the next 2 weeks or so, they would strip the car down to bare metal right away.
Here's the video of the guy rolling the fender lip:
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VTStang66
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Beautiful
I knew there must be a way to do this without buying that damn $250 tool.
1965stangcoupe
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My brother bought that tool and it worked amazingly!!! I think its worth the extra money unless you really like to do bondo work later! I havn't used it on my mustang yet but I will be in about a year...
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