I have an old Mercedes I am painting. The clear coat on top and hood is oxidized, fogged and lifted badly after years of sitting outside in the hot Colorado sun by previous owner(s). I plan to use a solid color catalyzed, single-stage ShopLine brand paint. Will shoot red oxide primer sealer first, right before color coat. That should seal old paint and get a good gloss hold-out. Car is being sanded with 220, then 320 (wet). I have painted cars before with success, but as hobbyist/restorer.

My question is, how much of the clear coat must come off? The oxidized CC is sanding out, feathered out nicely, but you can see where the strongly adhered CC is. The sides of car show no CC oxidation so will just sand the sides normally.

Thanks for your advice and info.

Pete

I've done that before on vehicles that didn't warrant a lot of
prep time. Definitely get the clear off the hood, top, and deck
areas, and down to the vertical panels where the sun didn't
shine directly. A good stopping point would be at body moulding
or side panel creases. Better to sand too far than not far enough...

Thanks for info. Picture of the hood before sanding. I'll use 180 and palm sander to get most of this off. Then wet sand w/ block for final finish, 220 then 320 or 400.

Pete


M-B 300TE wagon

Looks like a cool MB, which still has it's grill emblem.

Be sure and strip the tops of the fenders, even though they may
still look OK.

Thanks for input, friends.

Pete

Denverartist wrote:Thanks for info. Picture of the hood before sanding. I'll use 180 and palm sander to get most of this off. Then wet sand w/ block for final finish, 220 then 320 or 400.

Pete


M-B 300TE wagon

I'd use the orbital with 180, then epoxy prime, (wet block 400-600) and topcoat