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2500, body, boys, chip, chips, corvette, make, nick, paint, pen, pep, repair, sale, sander, sandpaper, toothpick

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Paint Chip Repair

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Go Vette Go on 07-20-2010

02-15-2022 12:53 PM
by Go Vette Go

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67,805

2000, air, better, car, dangers, forum, hobbyair, isocyanates, paint, painting, ppg, pure, rent, respirators, spraying, supplied

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Safety and Isocyanates

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roger55 on 03-03-2007

10-31-2023 01:01 AM
by D.Anthony

30

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2021, base, buy, dupont, forum, gun, guns, minijet, paint, ppg, resto, sale, sata, single, size, spray, stage, tip, urethane

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The answer to: What spray gun should I buy?

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Spraygun on 11-16-2011

11-09-2017 09:02 AM
by 929nitro

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41,668

101, 2011, car, corveet, corvette, drv, dust, forum, paint, prevent, problem, problems, spraying, wating

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Paint problems 101:

Spraygun on 11-21-2011

02-04-2015 05:17 PM
by DUB

6

27,716

body, corvette, forum, masterpowercompressor, paint, supply

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Equipment needed/legal issues

savewave on 02-28-2007

05-11-2011 09:02 PM
by oldalaskaman

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25,073

Normal Threads

John Lingenfelter's 1973 Corvette drag car

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DUB on 08-07-2016

03-31-2024 10:55 PM
by c1nicole

252

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auto, automobile, car, cold, heater, howlowatemperaturecanyoupaint, low, lower, lowest, paint, painted, painting, salamander, temp, tempature, whats

How low a temp can I paint?

DansYellow66 on 11-05-2011

11-15-2011 09:50 PM
by markids77

7

50,551

50, 60, car, degree, degrees, fifty, fine, ipainting, paint, painted, painting, spray, temp, temperature, weather

Painting temperature...will 50 degrees be ok to paint in?

1982CorvetteDude on 02-29-2008

04-07-2008 12:11 PM
by derek 91 vette

18

42,975

Average cost to paint a C3?

Christian66LEO on 11-20-2016

07-30-2021 10:26 AM
by fake

17

38,126

bad, corvette, global, good, paint, paints, quality, restoration, review, reviews, shhhop, shop, shops, spi, tcp, tcpglobal

"Restoration Shop" paint

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Aruba1 on 07-31-2009

05-21-2010 04:39 AM
by Randy G.

21

37,810

abd, buff, car, day, drying, how, long, min, paint, painting, sand, time, tlrs819, wet, wetsand

How soon can you wet sand/buff new paint?

black_bowtie on 03-28-2007

04-22-2007 10:37 PM
by Hippiehead025

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35,189

auto, ca, cc950, clear, concord, corvette, forums, ga, job, jobs, macco, maccos, paint, pictures, portland, scuff, squirt

Macco Paint Job

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dariopop on 01-29-2009

01-26-2018 05:35 PM
by ZO ZICK

105

34,858

2060, auto, black, car, code, corvette, hot, job, jobs, paint, ppg, rod, satin, sem, silver

Satin Black paint job

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kowalski340 on 07-03-2008

11-21-2012 08:03 PM
by Racer C3

23

34,126

Installing a RIGID fiberglass front bumper cover for a 1975 Corvette

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DUB on 09-11-2016

12-28-2023 07:21 PM
by 60 SHARK

60

32,237

75, c4, car, corvette, cost, doors, factory, general, good, job, makes, much, paint, painting, quality, show, special

Cost of painting a C4-factory quality...

CStewTAMU on 01-16-2009

02-16-2012 06:59 AM
by BlkonBlkonBlk

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30,601

body, bodyfiller, cars, corvette, dealer, duraglass, fiber, fiberglass, filler, fillers, forum, glass, panel, repair, smc

What is the best body filler to use

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C4happy on 11-17-2008

08-14-2009 12:34 AM
by roger55

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29,341

1200, 1999, accord, c6, car, clear, corvette, cost, forum, gallon, paint, ppg, pricey, red, spies

$1200 for PPG paint materials sound ok?

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Bronze76 on 09-09-2011

09-20-2011 01:40 PM
by 68-427Rich

28

29,068

2k, body, corvette, days, epoxy, expoxy, painting, polyester, primer, priming, sand, sanding, seal, sealer, slick

Epoxy primer or 2k sealer before color ?

DansYellow66 on 06-02-2011

06-15-2011 07:26 PM
by DansYellow66

17

28,651

840, auto, blend, blending, car, concept, dcc, dx, open, paint, ppg, repair, single, solvent, stage, touch

Blending repair for Single Stage touch-up?

DansYellow66 on 12-04-2011

02-06-2012 02:29 PM
by 929nitro

16

27,834

35, 79, base, black, candy, cherry, clear, coatpics, corvette, house, job, kolor, paint, pearl, pearle, pic, pics, red, ufc

Pic request: Black base with red pearl and candy

demonx on 04-02-2007

04-27-2007 09:19 PM
by L79_Acadian

13

26,625

Nozzles for Harbor Freight HVLP Gun

cgarcer on 10-18-2014

10-24-2014 08:28 AM
by porchdog

4

26,360

booth, car, corvette, forums, garage, home, job, jobs, paint, paintb, painting, paintjob, perfect, positive, pressure, thread, trash

Garage Paint Job

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BanGnGearS on 09-07-2010

05-03-2012 05:10 PM
by Richard Church

124

24,225

3000, acrylic, apply, difference, enamel, gun, guns, hvlp, im, metalic, rp, sata, serie, setup, shooting, single, spray, stage

Sata 3000 and 4000 HVLP and RP guns questions

Stan's Customs on 01-18-2012

01-23-2012 08:11 PM
by Stan's Customs

11

22,940

car, cheap, clone, devilbiss, epoxy, finishline, forum, freight, gun, harbor, hvlp, paint, primer, reviews, spi

Which Harbor Freight HVLP paint gun for SPI Epoxy Primer?

SHAKERATTLEROLL on 03-02-2010

04-06-2010 04:53 PM
by lushdrunk

17

22,776

atomization, concours, discussion, eastwood, eastwoods, ew, forum, gun, guns, hvlp, paint, review, reviews, spray, stray

Eastwood Concours HVLP spray gun ONLY 4CFM???

bryanpl123 on 06-24-2011

04-20-2021 08:40 AM
by Red86Z51

13

22,322

My DIY paint booth

sosugrad on 01-20-2017

06-11-2017 05:31 PM
by sosugrad

13

22,247

applying, body, coat, corvette, forum, gel, gelcoat, lacquer, paint, post, repair, repairs, smc, spider, webbing

Is Gel Coat acceptable to use?

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79vetter on 08-05-2009

08-23-2009 09:23 PM
by claysmoker

28

21,646

Is Lacquer thinner safe to use to remove original factory lacquer paint job

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Captainkvan on 01-27-2017

09-23-2022 10:11 AM
by MoGumbo

70

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Preping for Paint

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My1st on 11-26-2014

09-06-2016 06:05 PM
by DUB

148

19,897

DUB 101: Rigid Fiberglass Bumper Installation - Lessons Applied - RESULTS INSIDE

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Red86Z51 on 02-11-2018

05-11-2019 05:44 PM
by Red86Z51

96

19,492

buffing, clear, cloudy, coat, compound, finesse, hazing, meguars, meguiars, paint, polish, polishing, removing, reviews, rid, ultimate

cloudy hazing after polish

brianPA on 02-03-2012

02-04-2012 09:23 AM
by DansYellow66

4

19,180

71 Paint Project

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7Stingray1 on 08-21-2016

05-01-2019 12:29 AM
by 7Stingray1

75

18,980

base, chips, color, corvette, decks, forums, good, match, matrix, paint, prices, quality, system, variance, varient

Matrix Paint System???

blackbeauty74 on 08-19-2010

08-27-2010 02:23 PM
by lushdrunk

18

18,637

Prepping Urethane Bumper for paint?

gbarmore on 06-19-2012

06-25-2012 07:04 PM
by gbarmore

5

18,314

DIY Garage Paint Booth Lighting HELP!

PUNISHER VETTE on 11-07-2013

05-24-2017 05:52 PM
by DUB

17

18,303

ate, bird, clear, clearcoat, coat, dropping, droppings, etched, etching, hood, paint, poo, poop, remove, repair

Bird droppings etched clearcoat

MG RED 99 on 05-13-2010

10-22-2010 04:53 PM
by Chuck A

13

18,179

brake, clean, cleaner, degreaser, engine, fiberglass, grease, harm, kleen, paint, painting, prep, remover, wax, wheels

Can i use brake cleaner.

car71 on 02-13-2009

02-13-2009 08:39 PM
by car71

7

17,743

Accidentally sanded through the clear coat down to paint. Oops

NeatMike on 05-13-2018

06-15-2018 11:20 PM
by snomuncher

10

17,375

2006, c5, car, ce, corvette, lincoln, painted, pin, pinstripes, professional, remove, removed, sienna, stripes, toyota

Can painted pinstripes be removed?

monstrocity on 11-09-2010

07-22-2013 05:54 PM
by DUB

7

16,994

buff, buffing, c3, car, compound, corvette, corvettes, lacquer, laquer, older, paint, polish, polishing, shine, waxing

Getting a shine out of older lacquer paint!

Bob3700 on 02-26-2007

03-22-2007 09:14 AM
by TH0001@properautocare.com

5

16,814

body, dp, epoxy, fiberglass, lacquer, laquer, paint, ppg, primer, primers, sale, sealer, spi, sprayed, transtar

Epoxy Primer over Lacquer Primer???

kaiserbud on 12-28-2008

03-06-2009 11:36 PM
by kaiserbud

17

16,798

In need of adult supervision for quarter panel repair on a 92

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syco_cop on 02-11-2015

08-09-2016 08:05 AM
by 929nitro

60

16,678

Shop Line Epoxy Primer Sanding Question

Mark_Milner on 07-07-2012

07-11-2012 09:14 AM
by porchdog

4

16,597

Bright silver paint code?

Dusky on 05-07-2018

05-09-2018 11:05 AM
by DUB

9

16,413

1970 coupe body repair with a side of SMC

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LTwannaB on 08-21-2017

11-10-2018 11:12 PM
by caskiguy

75

15,489

block, bondo, c3, carafter, corvette, feather, featherfill, fill, paint, primer, problems, safe, sand, sanding, slick, wet

Feather Fill Primer Sanding...Wet or Dry???

hawgn68 on 09-23-2007

10-19-2007 06:50 PM
by 64muscl

14

15,335

Epoxy primer vs Polyester Primer

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csherman on 05-20-2020

08-23-2022 10:39 PM
by Dr L-88

22

15,097

Touch Up Paint - Nine colors available

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subchev on 09-16-2015

01-18-2018 11:10 AM
by subchev

52

14,986

based, black, dust, engine, forum, job, nibs, paint, ppg, runs, sand, single, stage, turning, yellow

Trash in single stage PPG paint

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DansYellow66 on 11-19-2011

02-29-2012 09:29 PM
by CF6873

21

14,902

Wait time to wet sand and buff

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Freddy76 on 11-13-2014

09-09-2015 06:59 PM
by DUB

37

14,366

Wills 71 Project. Paint Stripped

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Willforce71 on 05-20-2018

02-01-2019 10:54 AM
by OldCarBum

84

14,308

auto, cost, crossfire, difference, line, martin, paint, ppg, senior, senour, sherwin, shop, shopline, sr, williams

PPG Shopline Plus (JBP) vs Martin Senour Crossfire vs...

bryanpl123 on 05-10-2012

05-13-2012 03:09 PM
by rogman16

12

14,303

slick sand or super build 4:1 ?

Dale002 on 04-15-2015

05-07-2017 05:24 PM
by DUB

19

14,189

1984, bent, bodyshop, c3, car, collision, corvette, damage, diagram, dimensions, frame, manual, measure, panel, underbody

how to measure the frame? to see if it is bent !!

rustyguns on 01-06-2009

01-16-2009 03:30 AM
by tappaja

11

13,803

Cyber Grey Metallic....

PUNISHER VETTE on 07-30-2014

11-07-2014 12:45 AM
by RBrid

13

13,350

bad, booth, dryers, forums, freight, gun, happen, harbor, hvlp, paint, paper, separator, seperator, toilet, water

Oil and Water separator

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71white on 09-10-2010

12-19-2010 03:20 PM
by DUB

21

13,155

door, doors, enamel, garage, gor, hinges, insid, inside, metal, paint, painting, roller, southeast, steel, type

Painting the inside of my garage door. Need help

PUNISHER VETTE on 06-10-2007

01-20-2013 11:57 AM
by CF6873

7

13,065

autocrossing, chip, coat, contivertable, damage, denies, farm, hail, insurance, paint, pay, photos, state, stores, top, tri

State Farm Denies Claim

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2manyvetts on 06-02-2008

09-21-2008 08:06 PM
by 2manyvetts

29

13,038

adhesive, body, bonding, c3, corvette, damage, epoxy, evercoat, heavyduty, marine, marinetex, maxim, panel, panels, structural, tex

Panel Bonding adhesive/filler

Emeightch on 08-27-2009

10-14-2010 03:08 PM
by 69ragvette

14

12,938

66, blue, c1, car, chart, color, corvette, dark, nassau, naussau, paint, painted, primer, red, sealer, underneath

Primer Color under Nassau Blue Paint???

c66vet on 04-16-2011

04-17-2011 12:23 PM
by chrislyn

5

12,914

9700, 99k, basecoat, black, blackest, car, code, deepest, dupont, factory, job, mix, paint, ppg, wa8555

I need the deepest looking paint for my vette! please help.

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sledgehammer16 on 03-28-2007

04-22-2007 10:38 PM
by Hippiehead025

34

12,677

Been a long time here goes....lots of pics

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damoroso on 05-18-2012

10-09-2014 12:47 PM
by 80-Vette

66

12,455

2002, clear, coat, dcu, flash, pop, ppg, price, reasons, recoat, retarder, sanding, solvent, times, urethane

Recoat clear for additional coats

mark79,80 on 09-27-2007

09-29-2007 07:14 AM
by porchdog

9

12,435

670, awesome, cars, clear, devilbiss, forum, gfg, gfg670, jobber, orlando, painted, primer, recommended, reviews, spi, tip

Finally!!! I painted the car.......

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sperkins on 10-03-2006

04-16-2007 08:56 PM
by ILLUSHN

83

12,348

body, broken, bumper, c3, car, corvette, dent, dents, epoxy, fiberglass, fix, frame, hull, paint, removed

Has Anyone Ever Seen Fiberglass Dent?????

avalonjohn on 03-12-2007

03-12-2007 05:00 PM
by avalonjohn

4

12,189

Prepping 1985 corvette

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85 CRVET on 09-18-2018

04-19-2019 08:34 PM
by 85 CRVET

95

12,127

block, car, corvette, dark, fiberglas, fiberglass, form, grey, grit, hood, lancaster, paint, remove, sand, sandin, sanding, scottbrite

how far do i sand down the paint

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69SSC5 on 07-29-2011

08-19-2011 08:38 PM
by markids77

22

12,110

Where's DUB?

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Dave Tracy on 03-27-2019

02-18-2022 02:10 PM
by csherman

38

11,967

PPG Single Stage vs PPG Basecoat/Clearcoat System

Emeightch on 07-16-2017

08-02-2017 05:25 PM
by DUB

12

11,957

bumper, bumpers, corvette, cracked, epoxy, expoxy, fiberglass, flex, flexible, primer, rubber, rubberbumpers, spi, stick, urethane

epoxy on rubber bumpers?

gator79 on 09-15-2007

09-21-2007 01:59 PM
by M_T_0

10

11,881

07, body, c3, c4, c5, corvette, door, forum, removal, replace, replacement, replacineing, replacing, shell, skin, skins

Door Skin Removal and replacement?

flyinfree on 05-14-2009

02-10-2011 10:14 PM
by ikwhite

6

11,857

80, air, car, compressed, compressor, condensation, filter, good, inline, line, moisture, painting, pvc, shc, system

Moisture in air line ?

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Mod75 on 03-27-2011

04-17-2011 09:53 AM
by DUB

21

11,812

Adhesive for SMC fender bonding

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Jim__H on 08-16-2016

11-05-2016 06:32 PM
by DUB

30

11,805

blast, blaster, blasting, body, bumper, bumpers, corvette, cost, lufkin, media, prime, shells, tx, urethane, walnut

Is media blasting ok

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toupstrio on 04-17-2007

08-26-2009 07:12 PM
by grandmastercorvette

31

11,623

body, bonding, c3, car, corvette, crack, cracks, fiberglass, paint, photos, repair, repairs, stop, stress, strip

Stress Crack Repair

J. Scott on 03-15-2009

03-16-2009 12:27 PM
by car71

7

11,585