What do you guys do on the backside of a reproduction quarter panel with the cheap primer they put on them, do you strip in off and coat it with something else? If so, what do you use?

Thanks,
Steve

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MY PROJECTS
1967 Chevelle SS396 - Currently under construction

1970 Camaro RS Z28-
Currently thinking about it

It depends on what type of primer it is. Most of the panels I have seen with any type of primer at all have what is known as EDP. I don't know the exact words for it, but it uses an electric charge in combination with a painting process. While this stuff is not pretty, it is better than almost anything that you would be able to apply yourself. I would scuff it, apply some type of epoxy primer, then primer surfacer, then sealer, then base coat, then clear coat.

David Selko

I'm mainly concerned with the inside of the panel, like the quarters. The outside I would strip, but I'm wondering if I should do the same to the inside? These are Goodmark quarters, and I'm pretty sure it's that EDP stuff, but I thought I heard that it's not good like the stuff that GM put on their sheetmetal. So do you think I should just leave it on on the inside?

Steve

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MY PROJECTS
1967 Chevelle SS396 - Currently under construction

1970 Camaro RS Z28-
Currently thinking about it

Generally what I do is strip the outside since you will have to some dent removal anyway. And on the inside I scuff the EDP and spray a rustproofer on the parts that will not show from the inside of the trunk, and prime the parts that will show with black primer. Then you will be good and ready to spatter paint the trunk.

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Mat Ellison
Lincoln, Ne
70 SS 396 Chevelle
62 Impala Sport Coupe
ACES #2424

What type of rustproofer? Do you prime the panel before putting it in or prime what you can get at after it's in?

Thanks,
Steve