Thats a good'n! Never heard that before. My pal that comes up here and stays on the Boatel has a little black sports car. Acura maybe? Anyways, its black and never a haze mark on it. Of course its never dirty so it only gets hosed off but also gets wiped down with a syntho chamois thing called "Firemans Friend". He lays it flat and pulls it all the way off. Even dew in the morning he's out there. The old gal is gonna be far from perfect, but hopefully pretty presentable. Ive always said Ill take them fat or ugly, just not fat AND ugly. Just enough that I can go out in public with it LOL... ws
Time is on my side.. a Mick Jagger moment LL... Got the whole car sanded to 1500 and its really nice, but will still go up to 2000. Now there is a few Quarters' sized (25 cent piece) sand throughs on the 2 layers of clear. These are where the sags were at and it took this much to make them flat. Very visible when dry, but wiped with cleaner, almost barely visible. A few painters here and a painting forum I'm on have suggested following these steps: A cut and buff (C&B) wont cure it and merely adding color and clear over it may cause a reaction to cured and uncured product. Its best to spot clear it, then color with a CC on top, then sanded back to 2000. With the 1200, I barely picked up any blue on the slurry. I hope I got this right! Any other suggestions? I'm an open book! The two pics are at about the 1200 stage before sanding the whole car. ws http://autobodystore.com/forum/index.php
Ahhh... nothing like a nice leisurely day in the shop, doing a little painting and surfing the 'net. I made the repairs to the paint today, and then closed the door and walked away. It actually took longer to clean the 9.99 detail gun that to do the actual work. Since it was pretty much prepped yesterday, all I needed to do was wipe it down and throw some material at it. The two main faults are shown here. Please compare to the pics in the post above. We'll call the area to be repaired 2x3 inches. I shot a sticky coat of clear on actually 5 repairs. Got the gun going so why not right? The 2x3 repair got about a 5x10 inch base. By the time I was back to #1 (it was 80F in the shop) it was almost dry. Cool. Did a reasonably wet coat of CC on top of that and around we go. Back to the first with a double dose of color, just a tad smaller than the CC base. had the gun turned wayyy down to just throw color at it. I was the master of MY universe for a change. Probably 3 squirts (all the way around again!) and it all matched. One final color shot with the "fan move" to get a perfect blend, followed by a final sticky coat of CC and a final kinda wet coat... just right for a nice block sand with 1500 and 2000, maybe tomorrow or Friday. Believe you me, I can find other stuff to do. Got back in the house and my two quarts of 3M compound and 3M polish were here. A whole day early! The dickheads at the USPS who lose the stuff are probably off with FAKE-IT-ITUS. Thats sad. I know and personally like our mailman. He's a retired armed guard from the nearby nuke plant. He traded the AR for a leather sack. As always... rest in the shade and drink plenty of beer. Well rest in the warm house for now and drink beer and shots of rum! Maybe a bowl tomorrow after bathing 3 dogs, vacuuming and shampooing the rugs in the house. Maybe even shave the gal thats coming over to cut Harry's nappy mess. She's got a bushier mustache than me. THEN go see if the paint needs sanding. Ahhhh... Its always sunny in Two Rivers! ws
Thanks Geoff! Like an old salmon swimming upstream to lay eggs, its a struggle, but natures call! After the roe is under the rocks, and sperminated, we die and float back downstream as food so others may live LOL. Its getting closer everyday. Ill take every single 1% thats tossed at me! ws
Now, is the moment of truth and need one solid, correct answer, I hope. Got my 3M polish stuff and two foam pads so that parts' ready to go. Today I spent 4 hours wet sanding the mid-panel repairs. The surrounding areas mustve been ground with 1200. The repairs were done today with 1500. Truth be said, there was a bit more than two runs to fix, but was trying to avoid the answers from all the guys that know all about painting from reading Rod and custom magazines LOL. Theres a few credible exspurts here and a few that read stuff "in the locker room" hahaha... These repairs being sanded and wiped look pretty acceptable to me. Nows the "biggy". I had some extra time so I did 2000 on one side of the hood. For the uninitiated, wet sanding is a happy medium between too dry and too wet. Once the area is wetted, I control the wet spot (!) with a spray bottle and occasionally rinse out the paper and other stuff in a bucket of clean water. A couple of spritzes is good enough. Now on the 2000 too much is like sanding with a juicy banana peel. Not in the least bit aggressive. Too dry and its a load of junk on the paper needed rinsing. Just right and you can feel it working. Stevie Wonder would make a heckova body guy, just dont let him pick the colors LOL. The 2000 on the hood has a noticeable pattern to it. In the pics I tried to show the inline versus the orbital sanding. Can I swing both ways or is it a "Dont ask, dont tell" thing? Thats a locker room joke haha. Wiped down with some dewaxer, even I'm impressed. I just hope the buffer agrees with me. So does Willy go round in circles, or Because its mine, I walk the line?? Whatcha tink der Luke?? A few days from now is gonna be spring clean up in the yard since the snows all gone. ws
I do straight lines in a criss-cross pattern myself, buddy. Lots of people like doing a circular motion with the sanding, but that isn't how I do it myself. Looks like buffing time to me On buffing, I do straight lines also. The whole length of a panel, and about a 50% overlap. Remember to watch the body lines, edges, and corners. Burn through on the clear is a definite possibility if a guy isn't careful. Keep moving, even if you see spot that is "bad", don't just sit on it. Come back to it after it's cooled off. Everything I do is to avoid swirl marks.
Im on it like white on rice! Still need all day for a 2000 sand though. Got the foam pads today too, so maybe we'll take one out for spin tomorrow... ws
So I guess Im out now! Im a cross sander, unless Im feeling happy , then I go round and round. I sanded that whole damn car with 2000 this morning in an hour and a half. No water outside for a wash yet, so it was by bucket brigade. Got the whole car sanded, then wet wiped twice, fresh water and wet wiped twice again, then towel dried. I even took a soft bench brush and washed out around the glass edges etc. She's a be clean! Got that far and thought to myself, self, whatcha tinkin' eh? Well ya old hoser, why dontcha try the buffer. Listen to the Blasters sometime... they do a tune called "I'M SHAKIN' ". That polish job was the easiest thing Ive done so far this year. Just goofing around, I got the hood 90% done and a fender top in about 15 minutes. The pics are without polish, just buffing compound! Luke... we are back on; Im OK with the man love if you are hahahaha... ws
Instant gratifitification! That 25 lb Milwaukee buffer and foam pad weighed a good 100 lbs when I put it down today. The 6 inch WEN at about 2 pounds was easier to control and way less torque so less chance of burning out. Did the hood again with a bit of finesse once the fear was gone and managed to get the passenger side and trunk done before calling it quits. Whats the consensus on waxing this guy. Wait a few weeks to let the solvents gas off? Theres still plenty to do in the meantime! The last pic is off the hood looking up into the rafters; pretty cool daddio!! ws
Its to shiny now, I can't even tell what color it is anymore! Especially that deck lid, makes a good mirror though! Nice job.
Love the color. Here's mine...but not done by me. I'm impressed by what you've done. Very nice! Mike Garrison does excellent work.
I am very impressed how far one can get cooking a HOMEMADE recipe. I have a lot of respect for your determination and the amount of elbow grease you put into that project. I guess many would have already given up at the first mishaps. You pulled it thru; congratulation! No sweet without sweat
Jim.. that roof is a work of art. From first hand experience now I can tell you how much time and pain meds were involved in making it look that nice. Either you do it yourself as well as you can, or flip open the checkbook and ask "How many zeros behind the numbers...?" Ive always enjoyed doing everything myself; and when I cant and have to pay someone, its a kick in the ah, knees LOL. I came from an old school family of tradesmen, and country farmers. I like that Ralf... No sweet without sweat! I start very few projects that I dont finish, like this one. Last year was the repower with suspension etc, and this year paint. It goes in stages. Its not even meant to be a restoration, just something for yer YA-YA's. Back then, these guys didnt need restoration. But as a 10 year old kid I cut my teeth helping my dad on Model T Fords and Flathead V-8s. Even in the mid 60's, a lot of those were approaching 40+ years old. Heck, Ive probably got maybe 20 years left, and another year on lockdown? Make the most of it guys. Ya never know when your numbers' up! ws
Looking great Billy Boy! You should be all done up after next session it looks like .... as far as waxing, don't do it for 3 months. Then this is the only thing I use, it's actually breathable, goes on and off so easy you're going to be blown away. Little expensive but keeps that shine for 20+ years
