[cblandin]

Try Kevin Tetz's paintucation website and DVD series. Both are excellent.

www.paintucation.com

[68alpinebluegto]

The main thing with body work is to take your time.
Prep work is the dirty thankless job, laying down the color is when you start to smile ... but those smiles will not last too long if you didn't take the time to get the body straight. Also hand wet sanding with 2000 or finer until all of the surface inperfections are gone is probably done on only 2% of all paint jobs ....if that much... but boy do the efforts pay off when looking into the side of hte car you'd have thought it was a mirror.

[73superduty]

Originally Posted by cblandin

Try Kevin Tetz's paintucation website and DVD series. Both are excellent.

www.paintucation.com

I 2nd that!

[Goin' Topless]

Don't rush it.

Use polyester based fillers. They resist soaking in the primer and creating dull spots.

Also, use short strand or powdered fiberglass filler over welded spots. It's waterproof so it won't draw moisture to the metal joint. Apply long strand fiberglass to the inside of the panel for strength

Strip the car down, then shoot the bare metal with an epoxy coat, then do your filling work. The epoxy will create a great overall moisture barrier. You can do this all at once or one panel at a time. It's up to you. I like to apply fiberglass filler first, then polyester glazing filler over any pinholes to finish.

hope this helps.

[pmdclassics]

Great basic topic to discuss. In the past I have used a chemical stripper to remove all paint and primer and then I let a pro take over from there. On my 70 T/A I plan on taking it a step further so this topic is helping me.
Thanks much!

[Goin' Topless]

PMD, I did that with my fenders and it worked great! Since the fenders were off the car, I brushed the stripper on then covered it with some plastic to keep the vapors on the paint.