Potter
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'E who dares wins,eh Rodders??!
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Hiya fellas.
Got this Mini I'm gonna start doing up soon as a proper daily(when I've sorted out the Crate and given the Landy some lovin and finished that mate's Escort and. . )
Anyways,it currently painted a really mingin yellow and I want to do it in Ford signal Orange with a black (possibly metalflake) roof.
Would there be any benefits to taking it completely back to bare metal,everywhere? It has very little rust but I've been told it's just shedloads of work for nothing. And remember this won't be a showcar,just something I don't have to be ashamed to pick a chick up in ;D
Cheers loads
Tom
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More cars than sense or money!🙄
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purplevanman
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Way too orangey for crows
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personally i wouldn't, if the paint is sound and there isn't 14 resprays on it allready. If it is flakey or realy thick etc then strip it..
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Potter
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'E who dares wins,eh Rodders??!
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It's been repainted once and that's it as far as I can see. And it looks to have been done properly so. .
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More cars than sense or money!🙄
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I have just tackled a very similar venture and in fact going orange too.
I have stripped my car back to bare metal because I was nervous about the quality of the prep from the last respray.
I have found a lot of filler but nothing underneath that would have caused any problems.
If you have the time and want piece of mind for a really quality job, why not. With it not being a show car, and if there aren't any causes of concern however I would say, it takes a long time to strip.......
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although it does take a long time to completely strip it, it takes a long time to fill 30 odd years of stonechips too!
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I wouldn't bother personally, I took my midget back to bare metal all over and it probably added a year to the resto.
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bare metal:
Pro:
* You know there is nothing hiding under that old paint.
* You know your new paint won't react with the old paint on the car.
* The paint thickness is not building up to an excessive amount which can cause problems.
* You know the old paint won't flake or come away ruining your new paint.
* it sounds cool "yeah, bare metal respray, full resto, yeah"
Cons:
* it takes ages.
* cost of materials used for stripping.
* some methods of stripping the old paint off can damage the panelwork if you are careless.
* often you find that you have adhesion problems with new paint on bare metal causeing flaking
* car can flash rust due to metal being exposed if precautions not taken and job drags on.
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if it all looks sound and genuine , and the paint has been on long enough for any nasty suprises to show up id just sand it and paint on top
bare metaling is only required if its had loads of repaints or flakey jobs etc
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