Im going to start striping and painting in the next few weeks ive got a plan of attack but im unsure if its a good one or not. I was going to strip all the engine bay, interior, boot and underbody, and respray it myself with pressure packs, once thats done im thinking ill put the front and rear subframes back in so its alittle more mobile then get a profesional to do the body work on the outer shell and spray it with two pack. Any thoughts, advice would be much appreciated

Yeah.,.. Dont use pressure packs.

Go to supercheep and get a cheap compressor and spray gun.... its not hard to paint.

Definitely avoid the pressure packs , otherwise you'll spend several year's not wanting to open the boot/bonnet in public as the bodywork will look a million dollars and inside the engine bay/boot will look a few cents . I'm with the other , get a cheap compresser and spray gun and have a go , either that or visit your closest tafe and see if they have "hobby" courses in paint and panel , you get the advice and use of the gear .

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The other way i was thinking was to strip and prime the whole car then take it to a body shop for the rest but i am worried about it being in just primer for to long, is there a primer that is better and can be left for longer periods without a top coat

Sorry , a bit out of my league now , not sure what you could do at home with limited equipment that would do what you want . Can't you strip the shell , take it bare metal to the panel guy's and get them to do everything then bring it back and assemble . We did one a few years ago like that on a "rotisserie" that fitted on a car trailer , had it on casters and rolled it up the ramps and back off again . Very easy .

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Depends.. if you got the car indoors its not a real issue can keep in primer for AGES.. but use etch primer.. well that what I use.. works good for me but i treat the bear metal with rust converter also

the car will be inside. what sort of time period can u leave it 4?

well mine has been in etch for 6 months... and still looking good

I have painted cars with professional equiptment and expensive paint and also with spray cans. Using the proper equiptment and paint makes a huge difference and is less work.
It is possible to do a very nice paint with spray cans however it's alot of work to wet sand between each layer. Also in order to do the final colour sand you have to wait a few months for the paint to cure. It is also not as cheap as you would think. It takes alot of cans and it would probably end up being cheaper to do it with cheap equiptment and cheap paint. The nice thing is with cans it's easy to grab a can that matches if you need a touch up. And it is less effort do colour match small items on the car.

This orange car I painted with off the shelf cans.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nigesrota ... pg&.src=ph

This blue car I painted with professional equiptment and PPG paint.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nigesrota ... pg&.src=ph

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