Painting tips..thoughts and ideas wanted.

Shotgun28 · 02-13-2001, 12:00 AM

Well this actually isn't for my stang but one of our daily drivers....I noticed some rust underneath the weather stripping on my driver's side door and was wondering what the best way to remove the rust, seal it so it will not return and to repaint it, without it looking horrible. I cannot afford to have someone do it, but I do have the needed tools, sprayer, etc and can spend the money on some quality car paint and was wondering what the best way of prepping and painting. I am going to just do the whole lower 1/4 of each side and front bumber. sand and rocks chips and some slight fade. I know to sand the rust down to bare and an inch out from the last detected rust, but what about the spots that are still glossy and look good, how do you prep that. I will be using the same color, just thinned out to match the present paint as much as possible. All thoughts and ideas appreciated. Thank you in advance.

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91 LX Convertible Gray on Red B&M Shift improver kit,ASP red alum. underdrive pulleys, Richmond 3.73 gears, 1 5/8 Flowtech long tube Headers and off road h-pipe, Flowmaster 2-chamber cat-back with S.S exhaust, MSD 6A Ignition with coil,Cap and rotor, Taylor Pro wires, K&N 12" conical filter system, Jet stage 2 performance chip and just purchased some GT40P heads, looking at exhaust, Lentech Street Terminator plus on it's way...

02-13-2001, 12:00 AM	#1
Shotgun28 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: New Hope MN USA Posts: 276	Painting tips..thoughts and ideas wanted. Well this actually isn't for my stang but one of our daily drivers....I noticed some rust underneath the weather stripping on my driver's side door and was wondering what the best way to remove the rust, seal it so it will not return and to repaint it, without it looking horrible. I cannot afford to have someone do it, but I do have the needed tools, sprayer, etc and can spend the money on some quality car paint and was wondering what the best way of prepping and painting. I am going to just do the whole lower 1/4 of each side and front bumber. sand and rocks chips and some slight fade. I know to sand the rust down to bare and an inch out from the last detected rust, but what about the spots that are still glossy and look good, how do you prep that. I will be using the same color, just thinned out to match the present paint as much as possible. All thoughts and ideas appreciated. Thank you in advance. ------------------ 91 LX Convertible Gray on Red B&M Shift improver kit,ASP red alum. underdrive pulleys, Richmond 3.73 gears, 1 5/8 Flowtech long tube Headers and off road h-pipe, Flowmaster 2-chamber cat-back with S.S exhaust, MSD 6A Ignition with coil,Cap and rotor, Taylor Pro wires, K&N 12" conical filter system, Jet stage 2 performance chip and just purchased some GT40P heads, looking at exhaust, Lentech Street Terminator plus on it's way...