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Bergy · 10-31-2014, 11:32 AM

I'm in the process of trying my hand at painting my 29 roadster. I'm a total novice at this and have read all I can find, but have a few questions I'm not clear on. Any suggestions or guidance is greatly appreciated.

I have stripped the fenders to bare metal with zip-strip followed by power wire brush. In the removal process I have encountered multiple body filler spots & types. Is it necessary to remove all the body filler spots to bare metal before priming with an epoxy primer, or is it ok to leave the major fill areas as they are and prime over them? They appear to be tightly adhered as they survived penetration by zip-strip and wire brushing leaves them in place unless I bear down on them.

The zip-strip did not penetrate/remove the coating on the underside of the fenders. Upon reading the z-s label, it stated that it will not remove epoxy coatings. Is it fair to assume that the underside of the fender is coated with epoxy? Also is it ok to re-prime over the apparent epoxy coating after cleaning up with power wire brush. Wire brush does not easily go to bare metal, but to some other hard coated finish. Is this ok?

I also tried to zip strip the front splash guard (the one under the radiator) and it did not remove the coating. It only "melted" the coating to a liquid that smeared around when attempting to scrape. I ended up needing to power wire brush this piece to bare metal. What type of coating am I encountering on this piece?

My plan is to take the parts to bare metal (with the possible exception of the body filled areas, question above??), prime with an epoxy primer, followed by filler and high build primer as needed and then finish of with a one coat urethane color as appropriate. I've read the various opinions on high gloss (base coat/clearcoat) vs duller finish (one coat urethane sytem). It sounds like the consensis is the one coat system is closer to original, where the base coat/clear coat is for those who want something shiny, correct?

I appreciate your guidance and opinions. Thanks in advance.

10-31-2014, 11:32 AM	#1
Bergy Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Texas/Wyoming Posts: 35	Paint Preparation Questions I'm in the process of trying my hand at painting my 29 roadster. I'm a total novice at this and have read all I can find, but have a few questions I'm not clear on. Any suggestions or guidance is greatly appreciated. I have stripped the fenders to bare metal with zip-strip followed by power wire brush. In the removal process I have encountered multiple body filler spots & types. Is it necessary to remove all the body filler spots to bare metal before priming with an epoxy primer, or is it ok to leave the major fill areas as they are and prime over them? They appear to be tightly adhered as they survived penetration by zip-strip and wire brushing leaves them in place unless I bear down on them. The zip-strip did not penetrate/remove the coating on the underside of the fenders. Upon reading the z-s label, it stated that it will not remove epoxy coatings. Is it fair to assume that the underside of the fender is coated with epoxy? Also is it ok to re-prime over the apparent epoxy coating after cleaning up with power wire brush. Wire brush does not easily go to bare metal, but to some other hard coated finish. Is this ok? I also tried to zip strip the front splash guard (the one under the radiator) and it did not remove the coating. It only "melted" the coating to a liquid that smeared around when attempting to scrape. I ended up needing to power wire brush this piece to bare metal. What type of coating am I encountering on this piece? My plan is to take the parts to bare metal (with the possible exception of the body filled areas, question above??), prime with an epoxy primer, followed by filler and high build primer as needed and then finish of with a one coat urethane color as appropriate. I've read the various opinions on high gloss (base coat/clearcoat) vs duller finish (one coat urethane sytem). It sounds like the consensis is the one coat system is closer to original, where the base coat/clear coat is for those who want something shiny, correct? I appreciate your guidance and opinions. Thanks in advance.