Here is a picture of my 1968 Corvette. I am looking to repaint it. The Fibreglass body is pretty good but the existing red paint has many chips and is badly faded. What steps should I use to be able to repait it? Should I try to paint strip it or should I just block the original paint ,repair,primer,block and repaint?




Thanks Jason

Wow looks like my 74 kinda, you got more chrome!
Nice car.

I wouldn't use the stripper idea for all the tea in china.
Besides you end up sanding it any way when you use stripper.

Do the later, Sand it out repair prime paint some will say sand seal prime block paint.

I dunno the benefits of sealing when your staying same color maybe some one more experienced will chime in.
Paint looks sound you may not need to seal it.

whaou, nice 'vette!
it's a white camaro near?
you can repaint your car without all primered if you make a red color
but if you change, you do repair, and all primer before.

I am for sanding it off, one panel at a time and getting it back in primer before moving to the next panel. Stripping a car complete is VERY overwhelming.

The first thing I see in that photo is a full garage. Where do you plan on doing this work?

Brian

Nice clean car I would apply a good couple of times wax and grease remover thenfind all your chips ect fill them with smc & fiberglass filler from evercoat then block the whole vehicle apply primer were it is needed sand seal and paint with a high quality base and clear coat like Duponts chroma system or Global whatever your preference may be! Then Colour sand and buff after .

Thanks for all of the good replys. Yes thats my 68 Camaro Convertible in the rear. The other side if my garage is empty. That is where I am planning on doing the corvette. I can sand one panel at a time,filling any lows, fixing the chips and then primer each panel as I go. Can I use Evercoat Rage bondo to fill any lows and to fix the chips? If so what grit should I use on the existing paint for the bondo to stick well? Will I see repair mapping (bondo shrinking) once its painted after it has sat in the sun for some time due to bondo being applied over paint?

LOLOL, I didn't see that Camaro buried over on the right. When someone mentioned "Camaro" I am thinking, "dumb ***, that's a Mustang".

Listen, if you want it super nice, strip the paint, repair anything big on the panel, then urethane prime it. Block that and you are good to go. You coudl do the same with polyester primer. Or you could apply an epoxy primer over the stripped panel. Do your repairs over that with filler then urethane primer over that and block it. Anyone of these ways will produce a great end product.

Brian

MARTINSR wrote:
Listen, if you want it super nice, strip the paint, repair anything big on the panel, then urethane prime it. Block that and you are good to go. You coudl do the same with polyester primer. Or you could apply an epoxy primer over the stripped panel. Do your repairs over that with filler then urethane primer over that and block it. Anyone of these ways will produce a great end product.

Brian

Question for you, if you prime, then do repairs, what do your sand your primer with?

If the body is fairly straight, i'd opt to polish it and touch up the chips.
You'd be amazed at what could be brought back to life...

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Sport biker, if you do it within the window of the epoxy, no need to sand at all actually. But if you need to, 180 is all you need.

Han, you are RIGHT ON THE MONEY, I didn't even think about that until taking another look at that Vette. In the photo it looks DAMN NICE. If it looks that good in the photo it's likely a 20 footer. And a 20 footer can be made a 10 footer with a little detail work.

When I see a full garage like that, detailing is what I would be doing first as well. A complete paint job including stripping is a HUGE undertaking. Unless you are REALLY ready for it and have the space, you are going to be overwhelmed.

Brian