[Vwdiesel] Anniversaries

[Nicholas Miller]

A lot of people try to lightly sand the color down and clear over it,
doesn't work.   However, you can do what I think you said,  sand down to
good primer, reprime, and paint.

I've found, in my limited experience,the right products along with right
prep is key, as well as proper curing with heat.  At our shop we bake paint
at 120 or so, and/or use lamps.

Sanding the primer well and Sanding between coats until your final coat
gives a great deep finish and probably helps adhesion.  I can check my
grits and get back to you, but it works well for me,  5 coats of color with
2000-3000grit between coats, 3 clears, and machine compound at the end

On Nov 18, 2016 8:24 AM, "Shalyn Shourds" <tippedcows.spiltmilk at gmail.com>
wrote:

I expect that next week, my 00 Jetta will make 400,000 miles.

I'm doing a little work on it as an anniversary gift (and so I don't get
stranded somewhere.)  Glow plug harness, p/s pump, valve cover, etc.  One
thing I've thought about is a little paint.  Due to a couple incidents, the
front of the car, particularly the hood, has been painted twice and is now
clear coat free.  I don't know whether it's low quality paint,
incompatibility with previous paint, or just the fact that factory paint is
simply better (the trunk lid is fine with original paint).

Could I just sand a little and paint/clear coat or do I have to go to bare
metal to get a decent job?

Never worried what cars looked like before, just did barely enough to get
me where I was going.

-Shalyn
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