Hi, I plan on getting a paint job soon and I want to do the prep work myself. I'm not sure what exactly to do and what strength sand paper to buy. Can someone tell me what exactly to do or show me to a website that explains everything. Thanks!

 

i used 180 grit and sanded till no more clear coat sand to metal where u needa bondo things up. make sure you sand every spot. after your done clean it with soapy water.

 

So all you did was just use 180 sand paper and started sanding?

 

bump

 

take off all trim and plastic possible. go panel by panel. use 360 grit sandpaper and a 6" DA, DA the whole panel until it gets nice and dull, (you dont have to go crazy) and the imperfections or small indentations will literally stick out because they are too low to be grabbed by the DA..

this way everything will be dull because you just sanded it but the imperfections will still have clear on them.

Then fill the imperfections and move onto the next panel

 

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damn.. take it to someone if u had to ask this

 

^^ lol.

Is it okay to put putty over the low spots? Does it need to be sanded so it holds?

don't mean to thread jack.

 

Barns and Noble, and several other "big branch" book stores have extensive how-to's for autobody painting and repair. Take a note book, a pen, and a few hours...write it down and don't by the book. Or buy it if you can afford it.
Best of luck

 

Just go buy some books on how to do it....it doesn't hurt to have some refrence manuals

 

WHAT #GRIT should i use to sand down the clearcoat on my EK???i got 320 and 800 today from walmart