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Revisit Paint Prep

Discussion in 'Early Jeep Restoration and Research' started by JZ, May 1, 2005.

  1. May 1, 2005
    JZ

    JZ Member

    Huntsville...
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    As I get closer and closer to putting all the parts back together, I am looking for some advise on the sequence of finishing. All of my basic body parts are separate and (more or less) bare metal at this stage. My plan is to apply a self-etching wash, two-part primer and single step finish. If I finish all the parts separately, there will be ugly seams and assembly hardware. Should I go back with the finish after assembly to touch-up, or wait on finish until after assembly?

    What is suggested to chalk between tub-fenders-grill?

    1959 Rusty Jeep
     
  2. May 1, 2005
    timgr

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    Etch, primer and top coat sounds good.

    Here's how I've seen this done. The body should be in one piece. The hood, grille and fenders are separate. From your first mix, paint the underside of the body, the inside of the hood, fenders and grille. Let dry, flip over, shoot the top side in one session. I expect you could shoot the inside of the body and the outside - the appearance surfaces - separately. (This is all from my hanging out and watching in the body shop, so take it with a grain of salt).

    Re color match, you shuldn't have any trouble if you are shooting a solid color and it's all from the same paint store batch. With metallics, the fines will settle, so two sessions may give you a slightly different color. Shouldn't be a problem if you divide the work up so that you shoot the appearance surfaces all in the same session.

    Once everything is dry, you can assemble and you shouldn't need any touch-up.

    For the intermediates Jeep used rope caulk, a beige putty. Other posters have suggested using the fender welting from VWs and cutting the bead off.
     
  3. May 6, 2005
    wingtime

    wingtime Member

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    I painted my CJ with the tub, hood, grill, fenders and windshield frame all seperate with good results. I had a gallon of spruce tip green metalic base coat and I don't think I even used half of it. (of course the windshield is black anyways)

    Between the fenders, hood and grill I used that black rope type caulk with good results.
     
  4. May 6, 2005
    JZ

    JZ Member

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    Gosh. I did not realize the the windshield frame would not be the body color. The original on this one was layers of peeling paint, primer and rust. I had it dipped to remove the paint and rust and now I am not sure how to prime the bare metal that is exposed in the defrost-duct and frame cavities. Any suggestions?
     
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