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Dennis,
I used metal to metal on the quarters and filled them in, surprisingly the quarts were in good shape once I got down to the metal. After I filled them in with the metal to metal, I used a thin coating of icing to skim them smooth. Bodywork took me two long days. I got tired of people giving me $7000 quotes for body work and $5000 quotes to paint it "because it is such an old car" alone and I made it more than presentable in one day, am I that good or are people out just to rip us off??? I know the answer to that one. It really was not difficult at all. The worst part was the sanding, very tiring I will say, but well worth it. I love when I can do something and see immediate results.

Chris,
$600 was for a gallon of paint, reducer, hardener, primer, sleeve of tape, paper, metal to metal, icing, wet sandpaper, block sanders.
I used my own gun I bought about two years ago from Home Depot which was $30
and my compressor is a 2 stage, gas Craftsman Professional series which cost me almost a $1000 about two years ago too.
The mixing of the reducer, paint, and hardener was not as intimidating as I thought it would be.
The autobody store where I got the stuff from gave me these mixing cups that tells you how much of what to put in for example 4 parts paint, 1 part reducer, 1 part hardener and on the cup there will be a four then a one and another one, no guesswork at all. To be honest, this use to be the part just thinking of that made me never want to paint, but when you have the right tools (the cup) it makes it so much easier.

One of the guys who gave me one of those crazy prices stopped by my house yesterday as he passes here on his way home. He got out of his car and said wow, who did the work, I laughed and said "I did". He said "No seriously, who did the work?".
I said "I did". To make himself feel better, he said to me "What did it take you a month"
I laughed again and told him "It took me two days." Then I said to him "Would you still charge me $7000 for bodywork? because I don't see $7000 here" He said "Guys like you could make me go hungry" He patted me on the shoulder and said "Nice work" and left. LOL