Restoring my 68
 

I'm in the middle of restoring my 68 vette, frame off.... everything is done except for the paint and the interior, i had it walnut shell blasted and was wondering what i have to do to repaint it... do i have to re-gel-coat it or is there just a thick primer that i can put on it and block it out???? thanks everyone

Chris

RE: Restoring my 68
 

Welcome to the best foprum!! When I had mine blasted they ended up putting a couple of coats of slick sand and sanding each coat until all the waves were out of the body. Hope that helps you.

RE: Restoring my 68
 

Welcome to CF! :)

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Welcome to the forum i am not much help with the body work but i am sure someone here will be able to help you

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Hey watwheel, What did they blast it with and how much did it cost?

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They used plastic media and he charged me $700.00. Best thing was I took it to him in the morning and picked it up at 4:00 in the afternoon. That enabled me to get it to my body and paint man that same day. The next morning they were working on the first coat of slick sand. I have to say I was pretty impressed that he didn't ding up the body at all!! He has done a few of these and his work shows that!!

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Slick sand?
Whus that? :eek:

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Hey starship

Slick Sand is a polyester resin primer. It is made by Evercoat and is designed to adhere to different materials, filling in voids or waves in the body. Here is the link: http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=28
We all know how wavy the fiberglass bodies were and some still are coming straight out of the factory. This product really smooths evrything out. It really does a fantastic job. Check it out at the website.

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Hopefully this works: Here is the first coat applied and being sanded

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So, it would be an alternative to say, bondo and the like? :eek: