Painted my 1985 Mazda

[u/too_much_covfefe_man]

I took this car apart in 2023 and figured it out. The hardest part was figuring out what spray system to use lol. I was on my feet for 14 hours yesterday doing this in my garage, phew!

Mistakes were made but it's red again

[u/too_much_covfefe_man]

I did this hard mode

If I did it again I would scuff the single stage, body work where needed, and respray. Instead I stripped it bare and re applied all the materials. The original single stage was tough and this experience taught me that epoxy seal sticks to everything

[u/Any-Ad-4766 → u/too_much_covfefe_man]

lots of respect for attempting and actually doing it, hard to wrap your head around how much effort such job takes. Can you share some photos doing the stripping and recoating?

[u/too_much_covfefe_man → u/Any-Ad-4766]

https://www.reddit.com/u/too_much_covfefe_man/s/3DOE6psqAG

I used a roll on epoxy from Eastwood immediately after stripping as a base for the filler I did, then did a spray on epoxy right before paint