[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!