Hey guys, after any tips you may have to cut time on prep and painting of door jambs etc on a complete car you do not want off the road for too long, i.e. how you get around not removing doors or interior etc.
Painting door jambs
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, Sep 15 2008 12:39 AM
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Posted 15 September 2008 - 12:39 AM
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Posted 15 September 2008 - 06:35 AM
Can't really do it without removing the doors. Here's one I prepared earlier. The interior is still in the car.
Especially if you are doing a colour change. You may be able to get away with it if staying the same colour, but it would be more of a pain finishing it off.
Especially if you are doing a colour change. You may be able to get away with it if staying the same colour, but it would be more of a pain finishing it off.
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Posted 15 September 2008 - 08:58 PM
No real easy way of doing this especialy if you want the paint to adhere & not flake off in time. One way of doing it is remove door trims, rubber seals, pinch weld trim etc & mask off any other parts not to be painted, then clean the area you want to paint with wax & grease remover (prepsol) first to get rid of road grime dirt etc, then scuff all areas to be painted with grey scotch brite pads (this is auto grade not the stuff you do the dishes with, you can buy it from almost any auto parts store) Do this dry to save on unwanted mess from wet sanding.The new paint won't adhere to shiny old paint so scuff it until all gloss is gone. Blow off any dust, clean sanded areas with wax & grease remover & it should be ready to paint. Personally I wouldn't use this method on my car but I have on cars I've repaired, fixed up for sale & it worked ok. Hope this helps
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Posted 16 September 2008 - 04:30 PM
Thanx guys, like i thought there is no easy way or short cuts, ive re sprayed several cars myself and do prefer to do it as above.
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Posted 22 September 2008 - 09:35 PM
there is a product from AQL which promts adhesion to new or painted surfaces you can get it from wisharts paint in unanderra 02 42721140. there is a trim tape you can use so it lifts the trim up a little so you don't get any paint on your door trims 3M make a trim tape.
hope that helps
cheers Joe
hope that helps
cheers Joe
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Posted 22 September 2008 - 10:32 PM
We use a PPG product called Scan Sealer at work which is an adhesion promoter but we mainly use it to prevent "fryups" around repairs on old or acrylic paint. Is the 3M trim tape you mentioned blue in colour? We use that when painting to lift rubber weather seals on windscreens etc when the insurance companies are too tight to pay for them to be taken out.
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