Hello,

I just purchased a '72 Chevelle 327 SS and I have a little question about the paint options. The cars' previous owner used a bit of Bond-O to replace some rust around the rims and rear end, as well as along the sides. I was just curious if I sanded down the old paint, applied new Bond-O, and gave it a new paint job, would the paint last or would it start to crack soon?

Please someone reply here or to starbearer85@yahoo.com

thank you

please someone who knows answer. I'm pretty new at body work.

If you do a real good job of preping it, bondo over rust will usually look good for about 6 months or so before bubbles start showing up in the paint




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Actually... I'm new at bodywork and am working on my first car. I just got it stripped. The paint on it was 8 years old and looked very nice. The reason I am stripping it had nothing to do with bubbles or anything of that nature. But after stripping it, I see that the guy who did it before used bondo to cover and fill rust/holes. He did a good job. My point is, the car had about 2 small rust bubbles in it and the paint was 8 years old. This may have something to do with the fact that the car is not driven in the rain, etc... but it held up pretty well.

Understand, please, that I'm not advocating this as a fix-all for a body. But I do know first hand that not everyone has a mig welder, thousands of dollars, and hundreds of hours to blow.

Just be honest with yourself and others about it. It's not a fix all, and if you get ready to sell the car, don't kid yourself or a potential buyer. Be honest about what you did.

[This message has been edited by Huck2020 (edited 05-08-2001).]

If it's worth fixing it's worth fixing right. Right. You can buy books that will guide you through body work and paint. Should we not be able to answer all your questions. I hate to see people do shoddy work just for a quick resale. Their should be laws. But seriously, if your going to start doing this type of work, you can make some really good money at it, plus the thrill you'll get when someone compliments your car that resulted in all the hard work and time you took to do it right. I got started years ago because like you I wanted to save the money and get the know how to do it myself. Now people won't leave me alone wanting me to paint this or that. I learned from buddies that did it, and reading. Theirs some really good books out there, that can answer just about all your questions. If it's just surface rust. Take it down to metal and sandblast the rust off. If you got holes, you need to cut the bad areas out and put new metal in. For the money your going to shell out for all the paint supplies it's worth it to do it right the first time. Learning to smooth out panels will take a beginner a few attempts to get it right.

I'm planning on keeping the car for a long time. If i can help it=)

There are no holes in the car body. So I should be able to sand it down to the metal and apply some new bondo to the car. Then I'm planning on getting a very good paint job. Estimated at $1000 but I want it to look nice. I heard that you can take a magnet over the car body to test if there is any metal under the bondo. If it sticks than there is metal and you could paint it. Is that true?

On more. If there was holes in the car, what kind or where would I get the metal to re-weld onto the frame?

If there are places the frame needs repair you probably should get help from someone qualified to weld it

You can cut the proper thickness metal from most any junk car

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