Hey guys. I have been having a booger of a bear on getting my roof skin to quarters to match in the thick pillar area.
I have been over these areas no less then about 10 times only finding myself coming up too shallow each time to paint.
Besides not really knowing what the hell I am doing wrong,
can someone give me advise to what types of tools to use in this difficult area of the car. Its where all four corners meet and of course the area is not flat. I have used a rubber sanding block for the most part and done both wet and dry sanding using anywhere from 220 to 400 grit. Bout the time I think I have it done, I find a low spot that can be seen but only felt. If I try to use glaze putty in the shallow areas, they tend to crack and not bond to the car very well. I find myself sanding the areas over and over and over again, only to come up too short. If I fill the entire area again with bondo but the time I feel I got a goot smooth transition across the panel, by the time I get to my final wet sanding the dam thing comes up to low again. The passenger side is coming up a lot nicer than the driver area. I wish the dam body shop would have filled these weld areas with lead as im sure they would be a lot better than I am trying to accomplish. Any advise at all more than welcome. I need to get these two areas done so I can move on to something else that needs work. I am starting to lose patience, and thats what will keep me from doing it right I suppose each time.

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1 st Did you get a rough scratch on the metal before putting any thing on it.
2nd I would use all metal or tiger hair for the first coat.
3rd you need to pull the plastic further past the work like 8" up an down and then block with 36 on a 18" fill board air or hand file for a rough in dont let the plastic get to hard when doing this.
4th do the same but use a concoction metal glaze and plastic to make it thinner and file with 80 then prime
5th sand primer with 220 pull metal glaze over the area beyond 8" file with 80 then 220 then prime again
6th block and prime with 220 and prime several times until flat with panel.
also I would remove all factory primer off panels and etch prime before doing any of this work. You don't need to wet sand until you are going to paint.

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1 st Did you get a rough scratch on the metal before putting any thing on it.
2nd I would use all metal or tiger hair for the first coat.
3rd you need to pull the plastic further past the work like 8" up an down and then block with 36 on a 18" fill board air or hand file for a rough in dont let the plastic get to hard when doing this.
4th do the same but use a concoction metal glaze and plastic to make it thinner and file with 80 then prime
5th sand primer with 220 pull metal glaze over the area beyond 8" file with 80 then 220 then prime again
6th block and prime with 220 and prime several times until flat with panel.
also I would remove all factory primer off panels and etch prime before doing any of this work. You don't need to wet sand until you are going to paint.
1. Yes I rough scratched the bare metal before putting anything on it with 600 grit.
2. I have no access to a welder or lead. I can reshearch the tiger hair but may be too late?
3. Im thinking your right on the money. I wanted a air file, now I know why.
I can try doing it with my hand file.
4. Ok
5. Ok
6. Ok
Thanks! :hurray:

you could also go old school
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=14638&itemType=PRODUCT
or
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=14773&itemType=PRODUCT


After watching the video.. I might try this after all. Looks pretty simple.
If all else fails anyway.
Thanks for the post.

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