Sand and Bondo Prep-work?

[soviet1942]

What tools do I need to sand, bondo and primer my car? Does anyone have a good write up on how to do this? I am thinking of driving around in primer until I get the money to paint my car, my poor car barely has any paint. It is the color of metal right now.

So what grit of sandpaper I use and what techniques of sanding do I do? How to properly bondo a car and what primer to use and how to apply it. I read up on the under $100 paint job but my friend's uncle paints car and I can get it done cheap. I would like to have it primer'd when I send it to him so all he would have to do it touch up the primer and then paint.

Thanks.

[Jordan]

Drive it around as is until you have the money to pay a professional.

[eyagel]

agreed, and try to use the least about of bondo possible

[Teaguer]

agreed, and try to use the least about of bondo possible

If you agree then he won't be using any Bondo at all . ;)

[eyagel]

agreed, but e30 owners usually dont have 8-10,000 dolalrs for a full tear down. especially after he states that he read up on a 100dollar paint job.

[Schniddy]

Best advice would be to save your money and drive that eta till it rotes. Then buy a nice E30 with good paint.

[JasonC]

Drive it around as is until you have the money to pay a professional.

This is what i'd do, since primer is not a sealant like paint is.

[soviet1942]

But a good paint job around here is 1500. I don't have that type of money, but I do want my car with color.

[Jordan]

Go read my previous post again.

[JasonC]

But if you start sanding it down and prime it the car will be two tone. color of primer and rust. But i do like that you want to try it for yourself 8)

[Dave]

Google search is your friend.

http://www.autobody101.com/

[soviet1942]

How could I get my bottlecaps to look like this?

[Turf1600]

It's an eta - just go for it.

[ddavidv]

Roller paint job. You can do it yourself and make it look decent.
"Bondo"...do NOT buy that brand of plastic filler. It's junk. Go to a auto paint supplier and buy Evercoat brand stuff. Yeah, it costs more, but if you ever used Bondo you'd gladly pay the extra.
You can easily sand and paint bottlecaps to look like that but getting a finish that lasts is going to be the challenge. Sand, prime, paint with good quality wheel paint. No different than doing any other work like that.

[soviet1942]

Alright, so I sand. Do some evercoat then sand again, and then I primer?