anyone good at body work... I need some ideas... I cant get area smooth.

[patsti]

ok so i am working on the integra. here is a pic of what it looked like behind the door is the problem.

anyways i cant get the top layer to come out smooth.

I did metal patches (the wire kind and sheet metal w/ rivits) , fiberglass, then bondo, then bondo and paint... sanding and stuff down to 1500 grit (looked like this). Its kinda rough what can i do. today i did a layer of glazing cream to see if that would smooth it out ( i resanded with electric sander and now iam going to sand again and then reglaze then sand and paint) will this fix it????

I dont want to get a new 1/4 panel because that would mean welding which i dont do.

 

[patsti]

these pics were taken right after painting. so that's why it is so shinny

 

[Ferrari]

I dont want to get a new 1/4 panel because that would mean welding which i dont do.

I can weld.

 

[Tyler]

Nice work, that looks a HELL of a lot better! You get that turbo yet? ;D

 

[patsti]

Nice work, that looks a HELL of a lot better! You get that turbo yet?

 

[ditch_bound]

What did you use as far as sanding? I mean did you sand it with sand paper in your hand? Its hard to put consistant pressure on the surface with doing it by hand. Using a block as long as possible will help you get the waves out of it. I havnt done much but Ive seen a lot done.

 

[ditch_bound]

double post

 

[Tyler]

What the hell man, you're supposed to turbo it and shit BEFORE you sell it ... durrrr

What are you gunna look to get next?

 

[patsti]

What the hell man, you're supposed to turbo it and shit BEFORE you sell it ... durrrr

What are you gunna look to get next?

prob nothing... maybe a $500 beater. but i want to get some rims for my car and stuff

 

[Shorty]

I'd use one of those rubber sanding blocks, start with 120 grit, then 320, 400 and 600. 600 grit should get it plenty smooth so it won't show sand scratches. It looks like either the filler is too thick or the wire mesh isn't sitting in the hole far enough. You may have to re-do the patch, but I'd sand the heck out of it first.

 

[patsti]

I used a lil too much hardner on the bondo and it is hard to sand smooth. I redid it with glazing cream on top but that stuff sucks it justs falls off when sanding (my garage is cold) Iam going to do one more coat tomorrow and then call it good (it looks ok... just ok).

 

[Bu11dogg2]

Bondo doesn't cure well in the cold.

Use an 80 grit to remove the paint and a 400 grit to straighten it out.

Not sure where you are located, but i'd be more then happy to touch it up for you if you are in Southern ME

 

[patsti]

thanks Iam in cumberland... I am going to give it one more try today and if it doesn't comeout right I dont know what Iam going to do...

 

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Pat did you do that work?

 

[patsti]

Pat did you do that work?

yeah.