Jim is here and this is about to go down! This is how we left it before we called it a night. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day.
Day 1388 “The Painting Begins”
Day 1389 “Leaky Booth Problems”
Day 1390 “Painting is Done!”
Finally good painting weather.
Black is down.
Badged:
Bone Mask:
2 coats down:
All the coats of base are laid. We peeled off all the masking.
A couple coats of clear down:
Action Shot: (After I ran the second coat, I let the experience take over. Jim shot the final coat)
Final product. And the longer it cured the better it looks.
Got a few runs (my fault) it got cold quick and clear doesn’t like that.
Special Thanks to Jim who stuck it out until the Job was done. The Leak in the booth cost us a day but it came out great!
Day 1392 “The Unmasking”
Starting to unmask it:
I’ve almost got it back together. It’s so dirty from parts being outside in the dirt.
Ditching the fogs:
Dat AZZ!:
Look, it’s a chunk-o-clear.
Debadged, waiting for the new decal:
Just pics: (It needs a good color sanding and buff. You can see some spots where the finish isn’t perfect. Good thing it’s all a matter of time and effort to fix.)
Day 1393 “First Time Outside the Booth”
It has made its first trip outside the booth.
I spent all night putting it back together.
I repainted the mirrors, handles, and locks.
Putting the window seal back on is probably the scariest thing I had to do. Those clips are paint gougers.
Installed the locks and mirrors and put the doors handles back on
Rolled it outside. the booth is empty
Day 1394 “Back at Work”
Day 1397 “Color Sanding”
Well this weekend I started the color sanding. I sanded all the runs out. There’s a few spots I’ll have to touch up later but you will never notice them.
First, the aftermarket fender chipped the front of my door. I had this problem before with that fender. This is part of the reason I swapped it to a factory one. The deer strongly suggested that I not use that factory fender.
Sanding down with 800:
Then 1000 and then 1500. It’s getting very smooth.
This week I’ll be working on it, Sanding with 2000 and then the compounds. Hopefully by the weekend it’ll be shiny once again.