I have decided to do most of this myself. I have the time and am just tenacious enough to pull it off.
My question is how much must I remove. I have removed all the clear coat, mostly with a razor blade. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Mostly it peeled right off. What I have found is there are different layers in different areas. The left front has only white paint and grey primer the right fender has white paint and reddish brown primer.
The reddish brown is different, I think it is lacquer. The areas primed with the reddish drown are where the paint is cracking and peeling off. So I am definitely going to remove all the reddish brown primer. But the areas with only the grey primer seem fine. No peeling at all.
My question is do I need to remove all the white. There are three coats there. One was the clear coat. There was a layer of white beneath that which I removed (also with the razor blade) and another layer of white beneath that. That coat of white can't be removed with the razor blade. I have to sand it off and it takes a lot of sanding. Tough stuff.
My question is do I really need to remove that last coat of white. It's on most of the nose and all the hood. (I have also discovered the entire nose has been replaced. I found a sticker inside that says ACI Glass. and according to the part number it was a complete one piece front end) It seems like a good product, real straight and I'm not finding any filler.
I will be coating the entire car with filler because there are a lot of low spots. I will then block sand it by hand to get it as level and even as I can.
I know this sounds like a lot of work but I am enjoying it. I just hope I don't run out of desire before I finish it.
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It has been over a year since I started. I had to quit the project so
the car just sat in the garage. I was able to get started again in May 2012. As of July 27 2012 I have done the fiberglass repairs and applied Slick Sand High Build Primer.
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