I'm just about to start painting the whole car with 2 pack primer. I have prepped everything and fixed all rust. Spot primed bare spots and sanded the whole car down. I started cleaning the car with wax and silicon remover and its all going really well.

 

On the rear right hand quarter panel I have a problem. I sanded the panel then washed it with wax and silicon remover, it still feels really waxy though. I splashed some water on it and it beaded off like the panel has just been waxed. So i sanded it again and got new clean rags and cleaned the panel again and same thing. Waxy surface. What could it be?

I'm just about to start painting the whole car with 2 pack primer. I have prepped everything and fixed all rust. Spot primed bare spots and sanded the whole car down. I started cleaning the car with wax and silicon remover and its all going really well.

 

On the rear right hand quarter panel I have a problem. I sanded the panel then washed it with wax and silicon remover, it still feels really waxy though. I splashed some water on it and it beaded off like the panel has just been waxed. So i sanded it again and got new clean rags and cleaned the panel again and same thing. Waxy surface. What could it be?

yeah mate nice job.. was tha quarter a different colour then tha rest of tha car or does it look like its been repair'd..

well bak in tha 70's most cars were paint'd in ENAMEL.. as from cars 2 day ACRYLIC/2PAC.. try a diffrent wax & grease remover.. :) :P

The quater panel has been repaired at some stage years ago, well before i had the car. They welded a new panel on which was blue. I'm not sure but i might have to strip it to bare metal but i realy don't want to :)

 

Edited February 22, 200917 yr by Johno

Start stripping it to bare metal mate

 

If it's still feeling waxy and beading, there probably isn't much else you can do?

 

Goodluck mate

yeh i would go back to bare metal...... when i painted my car i had the same problem on one of the front quaters.....

Good luck with it mate... hope it comes out better than mine lol

yeh i would go back to bare metal...... when i painted my car i had the same problem on one of the front quaters.....

Good luck with it mate... hope it comes out better than mine lol

Yours come out pretty good and the garbage green colour is cool as! Thanks mate, i'll start stripping it soon. I would use paint stripper but it will make a huge mess. Orbital sander time! :)

Yours come out pretty good and the garbage green colour is cool as! Thanks mate, i'll start stripping it soon. I would use paint stripper but it will make a huge mess. Orbital sander time! :)

 

If you have a good base why strip the paint & fillers off, the factory rust preventive dip and undercoats are of an excellent quality, most backyard painter want match the factory quality.

If you have a good base why strip the paint & fillers off, the factory rust preventive dip and undercoats are of an excellent quality, most backyard painter want match the factory quality.

Well i'm in luck sort of. By luck i mean i haven't stripped it yet. Been busy doing other stuff.

So anyway.. I spoke to my panel beater today and told him the problem. He said just get some Acrylic Primer in a spray pack. Clean the panel up and give it a coat. If there is any contaminates on the surface, the primer will pick it up straight away. Fish eyes, silicon reaction or what ever. After its dry scratch test it with finger nail and if nothing happens, then paint the whole car with 2 pack primer and be done with it.

I am soooooooo glad i didn't strip the panel. :dance:

I did what my panel beater said and there was no problems at all. I scratch tested it and its bonded like shit to a blanket. I'll scratch test it again tomorrow when the paint is harder but i think its all good :y:

 

Fantastic! What colour you going on this??

Very simalar to this Mazda 626. Its sort of a Mushroom Beige Metalic colour.

Almost a silver but a little bit of beige in it. The rolla will be colour coded including door handles, bumper bars and mirrors.

There was a factory colour on these that was close to this from memory??

The new corolla's have a simalar colour to the mazda but i hope its not factory for ae82's??? I want some diferent colour that no other seca has but not in your face colour so this looks pretty cool