Re: [Chrysler300] Paint advice

["Roger Schaaf" <obiwan10@xxxx>]

Some folks color sand their 2 stage paint. Apparently Mercedes and BMW do
not. This is probably why their paint jobs look so crummy, as do most new
car finishes, I do give Jaguar and Lexus somewhat a pass on this as they
apparently do a fairly good job without color sanding or possibly they do
some before shipping the cars to us. There are more bumps and
valleys(orange peel) then in the Rockies. Most new car finishes look like we
used to say about Platte River back in Nebraska where I am from. A mile
wide and an inch deep.

If you are doing a darker color(red, black(especially black), blue, green
like the 57's) I would suggest color sanding or the finish may be shiny but
that is about all. In very strong fact I would have any excellent quality
paint job color sanded thoroughly.

Will be the difference between a Miracle job and a job that you will do you
and your painter proud.

I purchased a kit sometime back(about 2 or 3 hundred dollars) that included
a high quality air powered dual action palm held sander and sanding disks
from 1000 to 3000 grit. I would recommend such a tool as a tremendous aid
to a nice finish.

Roger Schaaf
300 B Calif
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Vaughan" <Pacesetter300@xxxx>
To: <dan300f@xxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Paint advice


> Hi,
>
> Most bodymen I know use 3M D.A.R.T tape. Round foam tape 1/2" or 3/4"
diameter that covers the gaps and keeps the jambs clean and leaves no tape
line. Whatever works I guess, but I've never seen a vehicle's jambs painted
last. How would you paint the parts you can't get at like inner fenders,
under hinges, etc? Also, since at least 80% of the cars painted today are
two stage( base coat - clear coat) and you don't color sand two stage, they
would have to jamb first. I would think people just don't change their
methods when doing an occasional single stage paint job.
>
> Just another point of view
>
> Russ Vaughan
>
>
>
> dan300f@xxxx wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Just to get my 2 cents worth in here, I paint the door jambs, etc., last.
If
> they are painted first, then when the body is sprayed, the overspray gets
on
> the fresh paint on these areas. If painted last, then the overspray gets
on
> the body which will be color sanded anyway. No use making more work for
one's
> self.
>
> Dan Reitz
> Northridge, CA
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