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Chop & Hack!! The site of going through a pretty new body with a sawsall is like free steak and Lobster, I just can't say no or stop!!

Thought I would go down and see how the ol' 48 is doing and there she sat outside of the front door of the shop right where I left her thursday, with no one around. If I didn't have $600.00 of paint locked up in his shop, I may have taken her home. It always seems to be a fight for me to get anything done, I do so want to learn to paint.

It's kind of a body guys' thing.... Maybe from bad fumes????

Brickman....I went through hell trying to get my car painted. I ended up
hauling it home and painted it myself. Don't be afraid to do it yourself if it comes to that.

For you Guys considering painting at home....wash the garage out real good,
seal up the garage doors with rags, wet down the floor, and if possible....put the compressor outside. The compressor stirs up the air too much. I used a box fan to suck the overspray out of the garage. I bought all the stuff, including two guns, all the paint and stuff for about a grand.

....then I had a Guy that was supposed to buff the car for me after I painted it....he flaked out too.....back down to Harbor Freight for a buffer and pads.
The thing is....don't be afraid. I painted everything on my car twice because I made every mistake possible. I even had the paint the hood over because I didn't know to wrap a rag around my head, to keep drops of sweat off the paint....no kidding.

Wait till the Guy at the cruise asks you who painted the car....and you say...."I did, in my garage". (mucho pride)

Daver.

A Pro couldn't have done a better job. Your Tudor looks great.


Years ago I painted my Sons Cal-look VW for him. Painted it in pieces. The one fender got screwed up with dirt, and as a last ditch effort I wet sanded it and buffed it. That fender ended up being the best, smoothest part of the whole car.

When I worked at the body shop, our detail girl saved almost every job by wet sanding and buffing the final job, and we had the best downdraft booth money could buy, but still got dirt and flaws.

Don

Thanks, Don.

True....sanding the finish off your best effort paint job, and then buffing it
back out will make your knees weak, to say the least. This paint is enamel, BTW....not clear over base-coat. This stuff has a clear resin that goes in the last coat, 50/50 with the piant, then thinned for the gun....hardener and fish eye stuff in there too.

I'll tell ya' what....when you finally get the shine back in the paint, and it's all nice and flat and pretty....it's time for a few cold ones.

Daver.

Cut and chop hhmm ill meet you guys at Red Lobster . Its not old enough .

Daver nice work . The paint scheme really stands the lines and form out.

The garage prep is a important as the car prep. I start by blowing it out daily a few weeks before painting . This helps get rid of all the loose stuff .

ol' german milkers trick is a pan with soap (dish soap) put it out at dusk and every fly in the building will be in there before morning.

Very nicely done Daver, I don't know if I am ready for that, I was thinking however that Dave does so many projects that I would trailer my car up there and put up to his shop door. He would just do it thinking it's one of his, he goes through them so fast he'll never notice!! What do ya think?

Originally Posted by brickman

Very nicely done Daver, I don't know if I am ready for that, I was thinking however that Dave does so many projects that I would trailer my car up there and put up to his shop door. He would just do it thinking it's one of his, he goes through them so fast he'll never notice!! What do ya think?

Sure, bring it up!!!! Think we'll have an opening in about....ummmmmm......October!!!!!!

Oh yeah, working on a spoiler for Jackie's Maro, what do ya think?????

Dave, can you get a shot looking at the spoiler from the side?

It appears to be a little long (stuck out from the body). A side shot would show me how far it sticks out from the body.

So far the rear of Jackies Camaro is looking good. I just don't think that you would want a spoiler that detracts from that.

It hangs back over where the rear pan will be by about 2" is all. The quarter photo is a bit deceptive, I know. If you guys would all pitch in and build me my new shop I wouldn't be suffering threw such severe space limitations!!!! When I get this busy, I miss everything about my old shop except the payments and headaches!!!!!

I do have some vacation time coming! And its not really that far from Omaha.

I do think that the spoiler would turn out nice, just like all of your other work that I have seen on here. If you and Jackie like it and someone else doesn't, thats their problem.

Originally Posted by Madman

I do think that the spoiler would turn out nice, just like all of your other work that I have seen on here. If you and Jackie like it and someone else doesn't, thats their problem.

Trust me, it doesn't even matter if I like it.!!! She's gotta be the toughest customer I've ever had!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Trust me, it doesn't even matter if I like it.!!! She's gotta be the toughest customer I've ever had!!!!

You have a really good point Dave. They are the toughest critics sometimes!

The Maro is LQQKin' good Dave. I got mine square enough to drop the glass in. Close enough to start buildin' body mounts.


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