Question Im considering painting my Fiero but since it is fiber glass i don't know if i should use paint striper. Let me know if i could, and other alternatives. And also where could i get the paint to match the original color. And what primer do i use for fiber glass, and what primer do i use for plastic parts.
AnswerNo...there's no reason to strip the car...why do it?
Either wet sand it or dry sand it with a D and A.
As for matching paints...any good paint store can help you there. They can mix it by the code or by a camera. They can adjust for it UV. They can tint it. You name it...they can do it.
Your top coat determines the undercoat (primer coat). So if you're going to shoot it with lacquer paint, then you prime it with lacquer primer (I don't mean your Fiero); and if you paint it with anything else, then you prime it with enamel, a one stage, or a two stage undercoat--doesn't matter.
EXCEPTION: Flexible substrates (like flexible bumpers) are another animal--they get shot with a flexible paint, but fiberglass is painted like a steel panel...don't think so, those old vettes were painted in lacquer.
I know the Fiero is like a Lumina...flexable, but its not a bumper, but it does flex, so lacquer is out...that leaves enamel or base-coat clear-coat...hmm...tough call...lets see, tractor trailers are painted with enamel, so I guess I would go with BC/CC.
