Current jobs at the new shop
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I haven’t sprayed the roofs off before. I have heard of people doing it though. I either paint it like normal with the rest of the car, or once in a while I will bag the car off and paint the roof first.
We only do it if it has a moulding that covers the seam. We grind the bottom of the skin, paint the top, let it dry overnight then panel bond it the next day. We only weld the corners, grind the welds and put a little seam sealer over the weld and touch it up over the seam sealer. We normally do the roof skins the day they come in while the panel beaters are fixing the rest of the stuff. Basically got the vehicle out a day earlier so it didn’t have to be painted in two or sometimes three sessions. Much cleaner jobs as well, not forced to struggle with rigging up something to be able to reach everything on trucks and big suv’s. Easier to buff as well.
[quote=”Idunnit” post=28107]We only do it if it has a moulding that covers the seam. We grind the bottom of the skin, paint the top, let it dry overnight then panel bond it the next day. We only weld the corners, grind the welds and put a little seam sealer over the weld and touch it up over the seam sealer. We normally do the roof skins the day they come in while the panel beaters are fixing the rest of the stuff. Basically got the vehicle out a day earlier so it didn’t have to be painted in two or sometimes three sessions. Much cleaner jobs as well, not forced to struggle with rigging up something to be able to reach everything on trucks and big suv’s. Easier to buff as well.[/quote]
thats a really good idea!!glad ya shared it 😉
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