Updates?

 

Sorry!! Haven't really done much recently.. yesterday I did some sanding on my recently primered pieces. All of the plastics are ready for sealer/paint/clear. Will do that next weekend.




I also started working on a door that had some weirdness on it. I swear it was FACTORY bondo/putty on the thing.. I second guessed it at first, thinking the car was in a previous accident, however.. the paint over the area was EXACTLY the same as it was on the rest of the car... flaking off the primer.. The last coat of primer over everything was contiguous... I even looked for seams where they blended the two together.. couldn't find it. I think the door was stamped out incorrectly and they had to blend the fender AND the door edge together.. so there was putty on both. After I got all of the putty off (which I shouldn't have done), I noticed how much it was actually filling.. It wasn't an accident or anything.. just malformed steel. I have another door on my parts car to replace it with.. but I think the amount of work to strip the red door down to nothing is equal to the small amount of putty shaping I had to do... all-in-all, there's not much putty on the finished door... I also insisted on using a high quality 2-part putty, not bondo.



I also got all of that rubber/tar stuff off of the inside of the door. the stuff that holds the plastic sheet on. I HATE that stuff.... so it had to go.. There's no nice way to do it, but if you are planning on re-painting... airplane paint stripper worked like a charm on that stuff. Wiped right off with paper towels. Cleaned the remaining bits off with wax/grease remover.



Anyways.. I realize those are shitty updates.. but updates non-the-less. hehe.

 

well its good to see progress....even if it is a little. eve have the days where you just DONT want to even go out and work on it?? i get those. today i spent 3 hours trying to get my pilot bearing out of the E-shaft and just decided to use a die grinder. what a PITA!!

anyways, looks great so far!! you'll be so happy with yourself you took the time to do it right!!

 

Yeah, today is one of those days... I just can't get modivated to go out and do something... My goal for the WHOLE day is to remove the parts cars door... not very ambitious.. but I have to do SOMETHING productive.

 

i envy you

 

Looking Nice

 

How winterized is your paint booth?

 

Winterized enough... It is rainproof and I have a space heater in there that actually brings the temp up to around 65-70ish.... Unfortunately, when its time to paint, I have to flip the fans on... then it drops back down to ~60.

 

Classic... Total classic

 

Moreeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

 

I am not an animal!! I am a human being!!

 

*whip whip*

MORE

 

OK, you've used up your one Joseph Merrick reference for this thread.

Should've saved it for when it was really necessary...

 

I have updates! Although, tomorrow will be the pretty ones (hopefully).

I got the plastics (bumpers, trim, door handles, mirrors) primered, sanded, sealed, and a first layer of paint on... however, I fuggered up the mixture and put WAY too much reducer in for the weather... I got wicked bad chemical pop, so I'll have to wet-sand everything tomorrow and try again... luckily, I mixed JUST enough paint for a first coat only.. So I'm not wasting a ton of color. I really hope its not as bad as it looks. But, here's some shiney pictures for you thread ******. hehe







More tomorrow. Enjoy for now.

 

its all looking fantastic!!! i hope all the paint matches!! i tried to paint everything at the same time with the same batch to make sure its all the same color. but then again im a rookie and i made it dummy proof for myself.....lol

looking forward for the updates tommorow buddy!

 

Mine is all the same batch... I bought a gallon of color.. Which SHOULD be enough if I don't keep screwing up.

 

niiiice, its like an ubuntu jedi goin' to the dark side

 

wow, I'm a star wars fan too, but wow.

looks beautiful micah!

 

No joke... Nerd alert!

 

looking good what paint is that? are you using clear coat? is it global ppg paint?

what spray gun do u have?

LOVE the work [especialy the booth lol]cant wait till its done.

 

Solvent pop is a harsh mistress.

You bought a gallon of color? Or is that a gallon when you add reducer and hardener? What is your ratio? Either way, that is a lot of paint. You might have to find another white car to paint black!

I bought 2 qts of color (PPG Concept single stage). At 4:2:1 that makes 112 oz ready to spray. I used 52.5 oz to spray 3 coats on my vert. Of course, I am only painting the outside of my car.

I am in the process of wet sanding with 1200 grit now, 2000 to follow.


Good luck!

 

Damnit, hurry up and paint the car! I want to see the back end with the new logos. I may have to steal your idea!

 

Yeah.. 1 gallon (unmixed) seems like a lot until you mess up a large batch of parts, have to sand it all off, and re-do them. Thats what happened with the first set of finished parts. Lots of surface area on those. The hood I messed up twice. Oregon's weather swings up and down rapidly... We mixed in 80deg reducer and by the time we sprayed, the temp was 70 and falling.... This is the wrong season to do this in. the solvent pop ended up curing nice and slow.. so most of the bubbles came out nicely and it laid fairly flat... however I anticipate some wet sanding of the 8 coats of clear I just put on (exaggeration).


Anyways. here's some progress, these pieces didn't come out nearly as well as I had hoped, but will wet-sand/buff out pretty well I think.






Well, thats it for tonight.. Doors are next... Then I finish up the unibody and its done! I can't wait for final assembly.. this crap is killing me.

I estimate when all is said and done, I will have used 3/4-5/8 a gallon of paint (unmixed)... Really is an insane amount of paint. If I have to buy more, I'm going to shoot somebody. hehe.

 

very nice! i love the attention to detail! only thing i would have done different is powdercoating of the engine parts.... very durable... engine paint will dull after a year or so (or sooner if using harsh chemicals to clean engine bay)... but great job!

 

damn that thing is looking good. Great job!