Guest Joe017 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 ok my 72 240z had paint but it was done really cheaply so i want to strip everything off .. sand it. then prime it so it has that flat black look to it. because i use this car for my daily driver i would need to do this in a weekend. there is some bondo work that will need to be done to the driverside door and the passanger quarter panel and the roof of the car. there is also a leak in the right bottom corner of the hatch and i can see it starting to rust. can anyone help me with a fix for this? thank you. and i would wnt to know if all the work could be done in one weekend if i devoted all my time to it. thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260ZRED Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 If you had never done this kind of work before, expect it to take about 10 times longer then planned. (speaking from a personal experience) Get some paint stripper, gloves, a razor scraper with extra blades and sandpaper. Start by doing one panel to get a feel for it - IT IS a time consuming job. I'm doing my car the same way now... its not THAT difficult, but very time consuming, especially at first. Flat panels like doors and the roof are relatively easy, but curves do take alot of effort if you want it to look nice. Black primer all the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72zcar Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 strip down to bare metal, fix all the dings and whatever rust u find, two days imo would be a neat trick. Plus if u are not going to paint it in a short time it will rust because primer is porous. So if u only have two days I would not take it to bare metal, just sand it the best u can and fix whatever u can tape it off and prime it. Then when u have way more time go at it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe017 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 i am just planing on a black primer. no paint yet untill i do my engine swap.... but i want cool look for now. my from air dam and my headlight bucket are different colors because i just got new ones sice my acident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 If you want the final product (post primer) to look anything close to decent, you'll need a hell of a lot more than a weekend to get it in primer. I have spent almost 3 years of my project just on bodywork, and the last 6 months just getting the primer stage perfect. When it comes to bodywork time, take your most conservative estimate and quadruple it (or more)!!! And that is no exageration. If all you want to do is cover the car so that it is all one color (and no other bodywork!!), figure on 3 or four weekends. Hell it will take at least 1 full day just to take off some misc. parts (marker lights etc) and mask and tape everything up. If you have some experience with type of work (my assumption is not), then working 2 x 12 hour days, it may be possible. On the other hand.... as was stated above, leaving a car in primer (esp. the rust prone Z) is asking for trouble. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe017 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 tim do your have any sugestions for me. i use this car as my daily driver for now untill i drop my dads 460 back into his truck. the i will be able to work on the car and let it wit at home. but for now im only 17 years old so i dont have a lot of money rolling in. and since we are on the topic. how would i shave the side markers? weld a piece of metal in place sand down bondo etc.? thanks a lot for your knowledge. it is a great value to me. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Want aZ Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 Jo- I did my sons jeep and Ive done this kind of work before. It still took me on=ver 2 weeks working nights and weekends. Somewhere around a total of 115 hours. And this is NOT changing color. Removed everything not to get painted, then sanded, sanded, sanded, then sanded some more. Fixed the 2 rear fender areas (minor rust). Filled, sanded, filled, sanded, sanded, sanded, then just to be safe, sanded some more. The MOST Important thing about a decent paint job is in the prep work. that is where you will spend 90-95% of your time and effort.... Damon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V8wannabe Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Tim is absolutely right, quality takes time with body work...no way around it. Have you considered taking on one area at a time? Your car may look a bit patchwork for a while, but it's better than watching rust bubble the paint. I thought I heard that primers soak up water and hold it against the metal....bad news. Remember the old rule of thumb...there is 3 times as much rust underneath as you see on top. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe017 Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 thanks you guys for all your help. right now my car has a very cheap paint job. there is some rust on the bottom right side of the hatch, and a couple little chipped paint spots around the body. these spots are starting to get a little surface rust. the right front quarter panel is also kinda wavy from peopel leaning on the car i would assume. would i fix this by filling it with primer? i would also like to know of a way that i might be able to seal the primer work because i do use this car as my daily driver. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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