I've got my 69 in the paint shop with the intention of getting it all redone. It was painted bc/cc with R-M paint about 6 years ago. At that time they "sealed" the old factory paint and painted over it.

When I took the car in this time I understood that it needed to be stripped down to bare metal and re done. The paint was 14 m thick in some places.

I stopped by the paint shop the other day and saw that they had just started on it. They were "block sanding" to find the flaws. (there had been som shrinkage from door dings that were "fixed last" time) The owner said they had been working on it for 2 days and the paint was not that thick, sounding like he was planning to shoot over it again.

Does this sound right to you folks? I don't know an awful lot about painting but I know I'd like to get what I pay for and don't want to have to take it apart again in another few years.

Thanks in advance.

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Bob

My 69 Malibu (http://chevelles.com/showroom/bftrratutt5of01.jpg)

I don't understand what is going on? If the paint is to be stripped then strip it. If they are looking for flaws now before they strip it they can do it on their own time, not yours. Are they just sanding it to repaint or what?

14 mills is way too thick.To get a quality job, you must strip it to bare metal, especially if there is original paint underneath. Painting over this will definately create a sub- standard job that will need re-painting again in the not too distant future.

Gordon VM

Agree that 14 mils is at the upper end of being too thick; however, stripping to bare metal isn't necessarily the best thing to do. If the original paint, even a repaint, is in good condition, as long as enough is sanded off to reduce the total accumulated millage, it will make for a decent paint job. When you strip to metal, a certain amount of buildup is going to happen. i.e., etching primer, primer/filler etc.

If the original agreement was to strip to metal, then that's what they should do. Otherwise, sanding the original paint/repaint may be the best way to go.

"That sucka wuz stripped to metal" sounds real cool when describing your new paint job. If you paid several hundred dollars for an un-necessary stripping, that ain't cool.

Thanks for the feed back. I still don't know what I'm going to do yet. I've seen it sanded down a little. It was done with R-M about 6 years ago and it stuck pretty good. It will be painted with R-M again. However, it was beginning to show waves that I had not seen before. I hope they don't come back if he doesn't strip it.

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Bob

My 69 Malibu (http://chevelles.com/showroom/bftrratutt5of01.jpg)