[Monkey Wrench]

spoke ot a guy with an MG he said he was planning to wrap his car, rather than paint it and thet this is cheaper than paint.


is it a viable alternative? my 944 doesn't look so bad, but it has a lot f fade on one side but the other side has some sort of clearcoat. the clearcoat has ssome missing biuts but for the most part is more shiny. Ive been tryign to polish it with a cut polish wiht some results but it seems very slow going. maybe I shoudo buy a power buffer or somethign to cut polish with?

I bought another car, it is a volvo 122 from 66. it has very worn old faded, white paint and Im switchign doors and trunk and hood and its becoming all different colors. saving the paintjob on it seems impractical.

Ill need to do some spot painting in areas where the rust needs atention I thought maybe I should use epoxy where there is rust, inner feners, the firewall is very rusty biut not through, figured maybe some initial , rust amalgamator then whash with water, then epoxy then paint to the color I want after.

I do not see wrap working at all for the firewall for example, or the underside of the hood, or in the door jambs, or inside the trunk, but maybe for the flatter, outer body panels? outside of hood, doors etc,

so what If a car is wrapped , then paint damaged, is it repairable then?

soem areas have a little surface rust like fender lips, Id like to paint those problem areas in epoxy and then maybe primer the whole car prior to a wrap or final paint. Im thinknmg a high build primer, maybe I can use spray cans as I go towards a final prep?

is it practical to get epoxy in spray cans?
spraying the entire car in epoxy seems nice but maybe expensive for the product?

I do see the epoxy as a good basecoat over formerly rust pitted areas. it might help hld back any further issues.

I do not have a shop so Ill be working outdoors , at least until Im at the later stages orf prepering for paint, then maybe I can rent a booth and get a real paitner tto to do the final spray job. or go from primer to a wrap maybe?

has anyone else wrapped their car, and how did that work out?

maybe I can get a quart of white epoxy primer, Imron maybe? I have a small 100 dollar HPLV gun. not sure what size tip I should use. I have sprayed epoxy primer wiht it.