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Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:45 pm

I just finished spraying a coat of kustom shop dtm epoxy priimer on a just about bare metal. I finished most of the body work but went ahead and put the epoxy on because i am leaving town for a couple of days and wanted to get the metal covered. It is a 62 type 1. What would you guys recomend as a next step since i was not able to complete the bodywork. I am not sure whether to go around with a fileboard or a sanding sponge and wet sand. I need to find all the little dings and dents that I was not able to finish up today. possibly A fileboard on the doors and a sponge on the hood and more rounded surfaces?

Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:09 pm

If its all covered in epoxy then spray over it lightly with a little guide coat(black fast dry laquer spray can) and when you get back in a day or two everything is dry and will sand well. Use a slightly flexible block on the curved stuff(I like a black and grey motor guard soft block rubber)A super soft foam block is too soft for my taste. Anyway,lightly sand over the part(dry) or car whatever with 220 or 320 dry just enough for your high and low spots to show up in the guide coat so you can see where the imperfections are. Then block them out and use filler where needed. The only other thing I would recommend is just sand the epoxy with 80grit where ever you are going to apply filler but don't sand it off. Filler works good on top of sanded epoxy and the epoxy being under there helps protect the metal if the filler is exposed to moisture. Hope this helps.

Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:39 am

thanx. I am glad you brought up the filler on epoxy. I forgot to ask that.

Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:44 pm

I was looking at picking up a 9 in. Flexible block on my way home. I saw tcp global had three different versions of the yellow k block. The superflex looked like what would wor best for the curves on the vw. Anybody have any experience with these?

Mon Jul 02, 2012 6:58 am

Havent used them but they look fine. Technique is as important as the block however. Roll the curves in a alternating X pattern. Dont just go side to side or up and down. If your technique is right you dont even have to have a flexible block but it will help.

Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:38 am

I have those 3 K Blocks.. They Work Fine.. The large one is a little Cumbersome but does work well on the doors. you can buy the Rolls of adhesive sandpaper that work well on those blocks.

as for the Epoxy, it is perfect for spraying the bare metal . In my case I used Epoxy and a 2k primer over that which may have been overkill in my case. I didnt have much in the way of body work and basically had Blocked the Epoxy itself. I know guys that use epoxy only as a primer and Sealer too.

I used Epoxy reduced about 40% as my final Seal coat before Base Coat and it worked fine.

good luck !

Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:14 pm

I bought one of the 9 in blocks and a roll of 220. Works bitchin. Seems like a well spent 16 bucks

Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:46 pm

Nice. That is where I am at. I don't like using spray primer as it gums up the sand paper.

I wondered what was the to use for blocking these bodies.

Any pics of what you got?