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On 20 Apr 2003 at 20:22, Rob Carpenter wrote: > I've been told by a friend, paint the inside jams, > dash etc. then take it for upholstery. > Then after returned fix or sand any scratches left by > the careless hands with a timeless classic. Mask off > the inside and shoot the rest of the car, this way all > the seats, carpet, headliner and everything is already > done. This really sounds like the hard way to do it, but I suppose you can't always trust others to be as careful as you would be. I've always had all the painting done first, in one step. I think you get into lots of other problems if you try to do it any other way. One of the reasons to do this is so that you get complete spray coverage without overspray problems. Doing this in two steps brings back the overspray problems AND color matching problems. > Sounds like a lot of work, I'm debating weather I > should just paint the car and take my chances at the > upholstery shop. Any ideas/ experience's appreciated. If you are really worried, could you mask over the new paint temporarily, just to protect it? You'd want to be very sure that the masking didn't pull off the new paint when you removed it, however. The car I restored got completely painted first and then I reassembled the interior. Nothing got scratched in this process, but it was MY car and I was doing the work. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org