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pyrofighting
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I just bought a 68 mustang. I want to paint it. Should i strip it down to metal or what, hopw should i mtackle this?
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Mac_Muz
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The very first thing I would do, is invest in a tool that tells what you have in the first place. I forget the name of this tool, but it looks like an air pressure stick gauge, and works with a magnet. You stick the tool to the body in a few thousand places, and pull it off, and read it....
If the reading are uniform, maybe you can get away with less work..... maybe you will find a ton of patch work, and will have to work hard getting the old finish off.... Mac
If the reading are uniform, maybe you can get away with less work..... maybe you will find a ton of patch work, and will have to work hard getting the old finish off.... Mac
Mac is refering to a mil guage that measures paint thickness.In general one coat of paint is a mil +/- depending.A steel up basecoat /clearcoat job will run roughly 8 mils with minimal primer build.The car probably has a few paint jobs on it so ideally it should be stripped if it's a keeper and wont be sold to make a quick buck.If you have 2 paint jobs on the original finish it's time to strip it for a reliable refinish.Don't be surprised to find over 3 repaints on it though,down here 5 or more are the norm for something that old(and you can tell if you know what to look for without sanding to steel to count them).