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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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what are the steps sand and prime or am i missing antthing else?
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Sand, guide coat, sand, sand, bondo, block sand, repeat about a million times, then paint and clear coat.

IF, HOWEVER, YOU ARE NOT LOOKING FOR PROFESSIONAL RESULTS

then yes, sand, prime, paint and clear.
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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..... rattle can? LOL
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 1991Jeep_Man
..... rattle can? LOL

X2 doooo iiiiittttt
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 11:51 PM
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only rust i had on my 94 xj was a few small pathces on the rockers, i just sanded um down to bare metal and cleared as much rust as i could and i rustoleum rattle canned em with semi gloss. actually matches pretty well and you can hardly tell
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 11:47 AM
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**** yeah rattle can
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 1991Jeep_Man
..... rattle can? LOL
Originally Posted by mtparker97
X2 doooo iiiiittttt
Originally Posted by aoafxj
**** yeah rattle can
I'm in the process of rattle canning my 87 right now. Taping off some of the factory paint to make some crude, factory maroon metallic racing stripes.

I've got a build thread going, and I'll be posting the results via pictures as soon as I'm done, which will hopefully be by Sunday.
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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i rattle canned mine. i like how it came out check it out
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