brushing aluminum car

[Igofastr]

I think Bill is on the right track.

Perhaps you can talk David into doing the rough work...getting rid of the seams and knocking down the welds and the worst of the file marks, and then you can take it from there.

I never did anything like my whole car, but I did touch it up from time to time. It takes practice in getting a consistent stroke, but as long as you're not taking significant material off, there will be room to correct your inevitable errors.

Would I tackle the body from scratch, so to speak? No. It really is time-consuming (especially because you will be extra careful, not having done it before), and messy. As it is, you will be buying paper towels in bulk from Costco.

btw, I miss my car, and the Kirkhams are great to work with.

Originally Posted by Bill Wallace

I had Kirkham file and sand my car with 300 grit. Then, my son and myself sanded it with 600, then 800, then 1000 grit finish and polished the car. After we polished the car (3 different grits of Nuvite) we taped off the stripes and brushed them in with red scotch bright pads.

Neither my son nor myself had ever done anything like that before, and the whole process took us about two months and liberal amounts of budweiser and jack daniels.

If you enjoy dyi I would recommend tackling the process yourself, but I would highly recommend letting kirkham remove the welds and file marks by sanding the car to at least an initial smooth finish so you can take it from there.

Like the others have responded it is a very dirty job and I share the earlier sentiments about hanging sheet rock but paying someone to mud it!

Good luck with your project!