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Been sanding & polishing, and was not very happy with the fact that even with all of the isolation work to do the booth I had more "junk" on flat surfaces than I realized as I was shooting, and it created tiny "flaws" in the reflecting surface I'm sanding with 1500 wet, then 3M white compound on the white foam pad, followed by blue glaze on the blue foam. Late yesterday I went back to one area and using 1500 w/ a rubber 3M squeegee as a block I marked the little spots and went back over the polished area, taking it back to dull but smoother and re-polished with white & blue. What I found is that while it "looked" flat initially, if I looked really close there were small "hills" of clear where the "junk" was, and I needed to apply more attention in sanding. It's not "perfect" but a lot better, and I finally told myself, "It's a car painted in a barn, and every trip will start with 0.6 miles of gravel road, so it's OK!!"

After dinner one of my boys (Ryan, who spent long hours draped over the fenders of his little Fox body Mustang as a teenager) came over to help me guide the engine & tranny back into place. Got it in without any collateral damage, which is a good thing!!

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Today I'll be out to get the hoist off, tighten the mounts up, and get the wiring hooked up as well as polishing out the top (again ) and getting after the driver's side sanding and polishing. Still have the hood, trunk and splash aprons ahead of me, and the trunk and one splash apron may be candidates for re-spraying vs trying to save the clear.

Originally Posted by rspears

Today I'll be out to get the hoist off, tighten the mounts up, and get the wiring hooked up as well as polishing out the top (again ) and getting after the driver's side sanding and polishing. Still have the hood, trunk and splash aprons ahead of me, and the trunk and one splash apron may be candidates for re-spraying vs trying to save the clear.

Splash aprons - one of the reasons I built a lowboy. The other reason? Fenders. Less to fit, less to paint, less to wash, less to polish.