Preparing '31 fenders but "not" sand blasting - 06/16/13 12:49 AM
The fenders for my '31 Coach are in very decent shape all considered, and when I stripped all the old paint and repaints, got down to very good bare metal in about 80% of top surface, and minor surface rust in other 20%. Don't have S/B gear, and don't want to pay others to do it. My thinking is to sand off as much rust as possible (100 grit, then 180, 220) and following this, apply some spray on "Rust Converter" to the rusted areas. Plan would then be to apply a good coat of epoxy primer over whole fender.
Of course my painter (with 50 years experience) likes to strip everything to bare metal (sand blasting etc) and then epoxy. Has anyone tried what I propose and had any luck? The spray on "rust converter" goes on very thin, transparent and seem to cure to a very hard finish. I'm trying to do as much as I can myself on this old car, and hope to have a nice summer driver whan finished.
Of course my painter (with 50 years experience) likes to strip everything to bare metal (sand blasting etc) and then epoxy. Has anyone tried what I propose and had any luck? The spray on "rust converter" goes on very thin, transparent and seem to cure to a very hard finish. I'm trying to do as much as I can myself on this old car, and hope to have a nice summer driver whan finished.