paint

[2001GTPEWTER]

Soaking the paper helps control the amount of water you get on your newly sanded surface, it also helps you use one piece of sandpaper longer than with one dry piece, the soaked sand paper fills up with paint slower than with dry. It also helps your eyes cover the surface you've sanded and keep track of how you're doing. Getting the entire car wet may result in your job ending up uneven after the first sanding, you want to sand more than once.
My car was in the shop exactly one month...only because he was so busy. The actual work as far as prepping and painting only took a few days. I'll try to post a picture but every time I try it this server tells me the picture is too big...I'm not digital-camera friendly. Believe me I'm sure classic car owners WILL take several weeks or months to prep and paint (not fix and assemble) but its not completely necessary.