Look closely, you can see that it was sanded.

 

we did in the areas needed.

 

ok, so im awake... and hurting. lol im sore from working on the car. haha i scrubed the door jams, trunk, and the gas filler neck with a scruff pad. (the red lil pad) and all i have left is the to sand the edge of the passenger side door and were ready for primer!!!

 

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the pass door had hella small dents. so we needed more bondo in this area

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thanks to my cousin javier who helped a lot

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had to sand all the edges

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apply the paper!!

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all done

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first shot of primer!!

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applying extra coats on the areas needed

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the bumper was bad.. had nicks all over! 3 coats of primer here

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primer almost done!

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all done!.. with primer at least

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smoooooothhhh

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okk... the 3 day paint job is no bueno. meaning not happening in 3 days. the cold weather is not lettin this primer dry fast enough and its only getting colder. so no more till tomorrow but i will start wet sanding first thing in the morning.

 

i woulda tarped off around the car to make a makeshift paint booth to prevent dirt from getting in the paint

 

I still would for the final coat...you can wet sand dust off of the primer, but I wouldn't want to have to do that with the final coat.

 

nice build, if you are doing a full paint job and are capable of body work you should have shaved the antenna hole, trunk emblem holes, and third brake light like what im doing. just my opinion on what i think looks clean, i understand its not for everyone.

 

thanks, but we did the job already and the trunk emblem holes... ill just find the emblems.. but.....

ITS BLUE!!! haha

ok, so we sprayed 3 coats of base, but the paint is really like,, transparent.. so we need at least 2 more coats...

heres a couple pics.. you can see in the last one how the paint is really transparent

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this is 3 coats...
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You said it was too cold the primer wasn't drying? Well you definitely should have waited to get throw the base coat on. That's what happens when you paint on cold metal / cold temperatures. You need to re-do it, wet sand it back down, and get a blow heater or something to warm the metal up. The metal needs to be warm before applying primer / paint. Its not going to be able to bond.

 

what kind of paint did you use? if it was cheap then thats the reason for a lot of coats to get full coverage.

 

we waited a day in-between each spray. Meaning, primer was done, waited a day for the first 3 base coats, we then sanded with 400 I believe, next day sprayed the other 3 base coats, and 4 coats of clear.. that was yesterday. Today were wet sanding with 1000, then 1500. Pics will come in the hour.


paint is on the first page... we bought it from finish master out in Oakland. It was about 80 for a half gallon..

 

clear coat is on and the painting job is done! took some pics with the phone for now... tell me what you think!!!

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I suspect the pictures don't do the job justice, but looks good!

 

They really don't. But when get home, ill take some pictures of it... it will be wet handed down with 1500 grit... so even better

 

Does it have metal flaking? It looks sparkly in that last photo! Great job

 

Yes it does, butits all in the original color. That and 6 coats of base will bring It out a lil bit. Thanks for the comment.

 

Ok, so my antenna came out the tracks..... anyone know how to fix this? I tried feeding it an turning off the radio, but it doesn't seem to grab. Any help appreciated..

 

heres some more pics

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****** camera man...
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we painted the carpet... looks brand new

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clean door panels

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the buffin shall be finished today!! everything but the top will be done!

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Can't wait to see! Looking great so far.

 

its done! now to actually take a picture! haha,, im too busy lookin and drivin it. without a top btw. pics will come soon

 

what paint did you use? Or did I miss where you said it earlier in the posT?

 

he used omni which is a cheaper ppg product.

And the picture of the hood that shows the transparency is why you should always prime the entire car the same color.