Comments on: How To Repaint A Car – Part Four – Dent Repair 2 http://autofix.com.au/blog/how-to-repaint-a-car-part-four-more-on-dent-repairs Auto Repair Information And Advice Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: craig http://autofix.com.au/blog/how-to-repaint-a-car-part-four-more-on-dent-repairs/comment-page-1#comment-72677 craig Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:03:19 +0000 http://autofix.com.au/blog/?p=594#comment-72677 Hey Alex, Thanks for your input on that question, it's not something I had come across before. Best of luck with you're top coats! Cheers, Craig Hey Alex,
Thanks for your input on that question, it’s not something I had come across before.
Best of luck with you’re top coats!

Cheers,
Craig

]]> By: Alex http://autofix.com.au/blog/how-to-repaint-a-car-part-four-more-on-dent-repairs/comment-page-1#comment-72675 Alex Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:04:58 +0000 http://autofix.com.au/blog/?p=594#comment-72675 hey craig, loving all the work you have put in... first time spraying, has come very indeed handy, just about finished top coat!! :) To sum up the question asked above, i used a rust remover on my entire car (i stripped to bare metal due to crack in paint) because it got wet one day wen i got bored and cleaned my engine/bay, and got a little surface rust! If done properly, it should simply just wipe the rust off! But neway, if you leave it to dry like i think you have, then you can simply wet sand it off with 400! should take about 10 minutes for the whole car! With etch, you actually need it on the sections where u have bare metal, etch DOES NOT have acids in it that will react with bog or anything you might use, the entire idea of etch is to lay a sticky surface for filler, etc. and to stop rust spreading if you get a scratch, i.e car got keyed! So, dont listen to your friends who have no experience, i have just done this on my car, and i would have visited, over 20 paint shops and 10 or so paint workshops! Also having an uncle who is a professional is a great thing! cheers hey craig,

loving all the work you have put in… first time spraying, has come very indeed handy, just about finished top coat!! :)

To sum up the question asked above, i used a rust remover on my entire car (i stripped to bare metal due to crack in paint) because it got wet one day wen i got bored and cleaned my engine/bay, and got a little surface rust!
If done properly, it should simply just wipe the rust off! But neway, if you leave it to dry like i think you have, then you can simply wet sand it off with 400! should take about 10 minutes for the whole car!

With etch, you actually need it on the sections where u have bare metal, etch DOES NOT have acids in it that will react with bog or anything you might use, the entire idea of etch is to lay a sticky surface for filler, etc. and to stop rust spreading if you get a scratch, i.e car got keyed!

So, dont listen to your friends who have no experience, i have just done this on my car, and i would have visited, over 20 paint shops and 10 or so paint workshops! Also having an uncle who is a professional is a great thing!

cheers

]]> By: craig http://autofix.com.au/blog/how-to-repaint-a-car-part-four-more-on-dent-repairs/comment-page-1#comment-72196 craig Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:42:09 +0000 http://autofix.com.au/blog/?p=594#comment-72196 Hi Charlie, I wish I had an answer for you mate! I honestly don't know what would be the best way to attack this. The acids in rust converter would not have done the metal or the bog any good that's for sure. Perhaps a call to a company that sells these products (K&H etc) might be your best bet? Sorry I can't be of more help. Hi Charlie,
I wish I had an answer for you mate! I honestly don’t know what would be the best way to attack this. The acids in rust converter would not have done the metal or the bog any good that’s for sure. Perhaps a call to a company that sells these products (K&H etc) might be your best bet? Sorry I can’t be of more help.

]]> By: charlie http://autofix.com.au/blog/how-to-repaint-a-car-part-four-more-on-dent-repairs/comment-page-1#comment-72181 charlie Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:14:31 +0000 http://autofix.com.au/blog/?p=594#comment-72181 hia wondering what you would do: I cleaned up a panel - got rid of rust, used inhibitor and then whacked on etch primer coz I didn't have time to do anything else and knew it would be sitting for a while. I need to bog parts of the panel and now I'm thinking how the hell do i get this stuff off... the acids in etch attacks bog yeh, so I can't just put it on top? Now I'm thinking I'll have to get the thing sandblasted to be able to sort this out. Is there no escape? I've got another panel i'm thinking to get blasted as I put rust inhibitor stuff on it and didn't wash it off, let it dry, now everyone says the etch has to come off that as well as it will be corroding the metal. I've tried sanding, made a mess with flap disk on grinder and resorted to stripper which did nothing. any advice appreciated cheers hia wondering what you would do:
I cleaned up a panel – got rid of rust, used inhibitor and then whacked on etch primer coz I didn’t have time to do anything else and knew it would be sitting for a while. I need to bog parts of the panel and now I’m thinking how the hell do i get this stuff off… the acids in etch attacks bog yeh, so I can’t just put it on top? Now I’m thinking I’ll have to get the thing sandblasted to be able to sort this out. Is there no escape?
I’ve got another panel i’m thinking to get blasted as I put rust inhibitor stuff on it and didn’t wash it off, let it dry, now everyone says the etch has to come off that as well as it will be corroding the metal. I’ve tried sanding, made a mess with flap disk on grinder and resorted to stripper which did nothing.
any advice appreciated cheers

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