Pics of My Car Sanded and Stripped

[GTStang]

Here are some pics of my car. I have sanded and stripped the back half to prime and get ready for paint. Soon I'll be doing the front and doors just thought I would share with you all. Also get to try out my new digi camera.

[HiFlow5 0]

Nice dude, roof looks a lot better!
How did the sanding go?

[351wStang]

Nice work. Post some more pics as you get a little farther. Cant wait to see the finished product. What color are you going back with?

[GTStang]

The roof was sandblasted to get rid of every spec of rust. The quarters I used chemical stripper on and that took like 98% off the paint off. The rest I sanded off with 220 and a DA. All the plastic you can use the chemical stripper but can be a little dangerous on plastic like bumpers etc..,

Since on mine the paint stuck well on the plastic and wasn't peeling or cracking showing bad adhesion to the plastic. I just quickly 220 DA the rubber stuff cause thta's all it needs. I'm priming the whole car in PPG DP primer which is an epoxy filler primer so you can be a lil lazy on plastic and rubber parts.

Edit: Not postive about the paint scheme yet... Sticking with a shade of blue so I can just blend to the door jambs and such. Thinking some HOK candy blue shade with Ghost Boss style stripes with silver pearl ghost flames in the Boss stripes. If you can picture what i'm saying?

[SkylineUSA]

Thats a butt load of work right there, keep it up. Its gonna look sharp when your done.

I would not normally sand blast a body panel, it will cause ripples, but with that primer I figure you going to block sand it down.

I have use walnut shell on outter body panels, with pretty good results.

[kittedb18bt]

nice work, it looks like fun.

[GTStang]

Originally Posted by SkylineUSA

I would not normally sand blast a body panel, it will cause ripples, but with that primer I figure you going to block sand it down.

I have use walnut shell on outter body panels, with pretty good results.

Yea I agree with sandblasting can cause more problems than it's worth. But If you saw my roof before it was a strange volcano like action between the paint and metal. The previous/original owner I bought it from said it first happenend 6 years after he bought it new. Paid to have it redone that lasted 2-3 years, had it fixed again and lasted another 2.

So there is definetly something going on up there and while walnut shells work good to take paint and primer off of metal the don't do a good job of getting rust off. I used glass bead media when blasting and more than rippling the metal I dislike sandblasting cause of the pitting that usually occurs. But yea the DP epoxy primer allows me to get away with more.

[HiFlow5 0]

I knew I took a pic of this for some reason.

[ridge_runner]

yea hope it turns out good, im doing major body and paint work on my bronco, id like to see how it turns out when your done, good luck

[SkylineUSA]

Originally Posted by HiFlow5 0

I knew I took a pic of this for some reason.

Oh, that is ugly. That is a big improvement.

[GTStang]

Originally Posted by HiFlow5 0

I knew I took a pic of this for some reason.

LoL thanks Craig... Yea that was def not the best look....

[rerun]

i seem to have a little problem with rust too