Planning on painting z and have some q's

[hrush0327]

hey,

Just wanted to let everybody know how much I like this site. This car was given to me by a family friend 2 weeks ago that decided he had too many sports cars and wanted to pass it on. I am planning on painting my 72 240 in a couple of months when it warms up and had some questions.

1. Through all the research I have done I have not found if I should use a certain type grit sandpaper in between applying additional coats of paint. Everything I have read mentioned wet sanding before applying the clear coat.

2. I am going to get some practice on other projects before I shoot the car, but I have heard that the color I want to paint my z is very hard to paint. I want to paint it the pearl white color of the new 350's.

Thanks in advance.

P T

[26th-Z]

600 grit wet-or-dry by 3M.

[Fun_in_my_z]

let us know how it turns out when you get her painted.

[billcapp]

How about before and after pix?

[blitzkraig]

I spray PPG paints at the auto shop I work at and I can tell you that pearl whites are more difficult than your typical basecoat/clearcoat jobs. The thing is, there is no base pearl white. White paint will hide any pearl that is in it, so you have to spray this job in three stages. First you lay down the white base coat, when that's fully laid out you then spray the pearl coat which is basically a clear binder with pearl mixed in. This is the difficult part because you need nice even coverage over the entire car. Each part must have the same number of pearl coats or it won't match. Once you got that done all ya gotta do is clear it and yer home free! Practice on some large panels and see if you can pull it off. If you can't get it then I highly recommend finding a painter who is experienced with three stage paint jobs. Good luck!

[hrush0327]

Thanks for the help. I wonder if the white on the new 350s is a true pearl or if it is all in one coat. Thanks for all the help.