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Tips And Techniques On How To Paint Your Car

Pick The Right Paints And Supplies,Find An Unfinished Panel That Is Out Of View And...
By Douglas R. Glad
Photography by Douglas R. Glad, John McGann
SUPPLIES
DESCRIPTION PRICE
31/44-inch masking tape $1.75
3M 320-grit wet or dry sandpaper, 100 pack 35.29
Acetone 8.84
DuPont V-4904S primer/filler, 1 gal. 123.00
DuPont V-4975S activator, 1 qt. 61.00
Nason basecoat, 11/42 gal. 40.00
Nason activator, 1 qt. 28.40
DuPont HC2300S clear, 1 gal. 151.79
DuPont HC2305S activator, 1 qt. 47.69
Inline air filter 47.00
Overspray sheeting 27.63
Respirator 17.67
Sharpe air regulator 27.00
Evercoat brushable seam sealer, 1 qt. 14.37
SEM self-etching primer, 1 can 11.03
Quart pails, 6 2.94
Total: $645.40

Cc Rabler Rusted Trunk
The Rambler trunk was perfect... 
   
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Cc Rabler Rusted Trunk
The Rambler trunk was perfect for a practice spray. We needed to remove the old seam sealer (arrow) and the rust before spraying any new paint. All we needed to do was scuff the existing paint rather than take the trunk down to metal. Topcoats will stick better to original paint than to sheetmetal.
Cc Rambler Rust Removal
There was some rust where... 
   
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Cc Rambler Rust Removal
There was some rust where the car had been damaged and repaired; the stock paint had been cracked when somebody beat it back into shape. We used a 36-grit Rol Loc on an angle grinder to get rid of all the rust.
Old Seam Sealer
We also chipped off most of... 
   
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Old Seam Sealer
We also chipped off most of the old seam sealer from the joints between the wheeltubs and the trunk floor and anywhere else it was missing. After the big chunks were removed, we sanded the area smooth with the Rol Loc.
Seam Sealer Prep
For the cracks between the... 
   
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Seam Sealer Prep
For the cracks between the tubs and the floorpan and between the rear valance and the rear of the trunk floor, we used Evercoat brushable seam sealer. We applied it using a 1-inch brush from a bargain bin in the paint store. The sealer can be painted over in about an hour, is flexible, and leaves brush marks just like the factory did (if you are into that sort of thing).

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