Re: painting body kits and Kamei eyebrows

[Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net>]

At 12:52 AM -0700 9/16/00, Kevin Collins wrote:
>
>There was no special prep done on it at all.  As for exactly what this "flex
>agent" stuff is, I'd imagine it's just generic body shop crap.. <?>


I think it's a plasticizer that gives the paint some leeway.  There's 
going to me more stresses at the seams of the body kit to the rest of 
the body.

When I had my car painted, my neighbor and I had this same debate. 
One of my other neighbors is a body guy at the local Ford 
dealerships, and said essentially the same thing: Add a flex agent 
and paint it on the car.

As for prepping, we did the normal stuff you'd do when prepping; 
light wet-sanding with 600/800/1000 grit sand paper, look for 
imperfections, fill, sand again, prime, wet sand, look for 
imperfections, prime again......

So far so good.  I've noticed no cracking.
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