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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Rog, you may already know this stuff, but we had a small discussion (way back when...) about fixing nibs and runs that may apply to some of your work. To my feeble advice a couple real painters chimed in: Paint repair tip.

Bob, I went back and read through the tips, and they are great. Especially Shine's comment that "... the razor blade is just part of it..." My paint guy told me to take a single edge blade and wrap the sides & edge with masking tape, leaving about 3/4" of blade exposed. Use it like a scraper, following the direction of the run (like gravity pulled it), and with careful use it will stop cutting when the run is as thick as the tape. At that point it can be blocked smooth. I took it one step farther and rounded the corners of the blade on a smooth grinding wheel to eliminate any gouging effect on convex surfaces, and I also have been successful doing an initial "shave" of the highest parts, running flat to the surface on the tape, which puts the blade slightly above the surface. Tedious work, but just another step for a rookie painter....

Like many things in building a Hot Rod, if it was easy, everyone would be doing it!!

Roger, you're taking me back to a year that I really don't want to remember. I've painted six or seven cars in my life, but my yellow '34 gave me the most trouble I can remember. It wasn't a new paint system to me either. One point of wisdom. When you're finished, your paint job will look 10 times worse to you than it does to anyone else, because you'll know where all the warts are and where all the bodies are buried.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Roger, you're taking me back to a year that I really don't want to remember. I've painted six or seven cars in my life, but my yellow '34 gave me the most trouble I can remember. It wasn't a new paint system to me either. One point of wisdom. When you're finished, your paint job will look 10 times worse to you than it does to anyone else, because you'll know where all the warts are and where all the bodies are buried.

Yep, I know you're right, Jack. It's hard to stop and say "It's OK", but like you say others will "OOOOH" and AHHHHH", while I say, "But look here, and here, and here!!"

Originally Posted by rspears

Yep, I know you're right, Jack. It's hard to stop and say "It's OK", but like you say others will "OOOOH" and AHHHHH", while I say, "But look here, and here, and here!!"

i have had some bone heads want to pick my cars apart body works over 20years old paint on both is over 15 years old .hey look you have a chip there or boy them doors lowers could be better ? many times i smile tell them it.s the way it came from Gm or ask them if they want to see the 10 spots i have seen that they have not found on my cars

I'll just carry a "Friendly Stick" to whack the first guy who says my car's friendly cause it has so many waves....

you will soon find that most of them guys are the ones that ride there bikes to car shows or have a car far from close to any thing like what you have or paint and fit . thats why i stop going to car shows any more

Originally Posted by rspears

I'll just carry a "Friendly Stick" to whack the first guy who says my car's friendly cause it has so many waves....

i was at a car show with my chevy had three older guys go to the front look down the side of the car then go to the back look down the sides did for some time?? did not say hi or any thing to me what the hell . i walk up to them looked at them.i told them if you find any thing to let me know

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

i walk up to them looked at them.i told them if you find any thing to let me know

I had a couple folks do that to me when I had my Mustang.. They asked if it was a true GT I said yes. They mentioned it didn't say it on the lower sides, I said no, I removed the badges 'cause I like it better without it. They said I ruined the car! I laughed and told'em to buy it from me for 20 Large and they could fix it!!!

Then I asked which car was their's so I could pick it apart.. they just stammered something and left... dumbasses!!

Car Shows----------------

I kinda like the summer time cruise nights(as a spectator(and I take my camera))

The SHOWS----------------are pretty much disgusting, damn trailers take up so much room for blocks around that I can't find a parking spot big enough for my F350 crew cab-------

Check writers--------------------

Wagon wheels(30+) on 100k motorcycles-------------

Engine covers and neon lights

loud sterios

I think my wife threw out all the trophies from the ISC shows--------only throphy left around here is on low et from Bakersfield and some WKA Eagles from the boys karting and a wall plack and small trophy for being 1964 Soldier of the Year for 2nd Inf Div (befoe Nam but during civil unrest at Selma)

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH------forgot a premeir event---Los Angeles Auto Show-----VIP nite where all the celebs go---cocktails, orderves(Crab legs/claws,etc) Our funny car was an invited car to be in the entrance lobby(by the front doors)-----the tv / movie people started spraying the engine down with something to kill the shine so there wouldn't be any reflections------------We removed the car from the show lobby and loaded it into our trailer parked in the street where all the limos and such were dropping off the STARS/VIP on the RED CARPET--------------

I still like the small one's put on by a local car club, more of a social gathering of gearheads then anything else! The big shows, been there, done that. (Ain't going back.) I still go to a few of the local one's, more to watch the people looking at the cars and the usual comments they make. There's always a few "trophy hunters" around and they do their usual thing of crying and whining about whoever gets a trophy. If I should get a trophy, I like to give it to one of the kids who are always hanging around with their big smiles and glazed eyes!

I think it's human nature to criticize rather than compliment. I find myself on overload at car shows, imaging all the time and money in each car or truck. When the evil person on my shoulder says "Geeze a 20K paintjob, flawless and they painted it Pepto Bismo Pink!" Then the outside voice says wow nice car, sure got a lot of work in that! Now days I realize what it took getting there, vs. mine in pieces at home in primer and a body you could play connect the dots with. I don't think I'd do well putting mine in a show, since the same dumb comments that pop up in my head would get me upset when it came to someone's negative comments on my work, but then again I did my work myself on a budget so my end product can't compete with someone's 100K project! I guess that's why rat rods are popular in primer and distressed paint because it's not about the paint alone.

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.

No reason to go "show quality" paint on a driver, it just ain't gonna stay that way!!!! Car looks great Roger, anxious to see it back poundin' the pavement!!!!!

Your Car looks great (nice reflection in the Door), and after putting the Engine in you must be getting excited to get it on the road-

I am not looking forward to the Paint part (as I know how picky I can be), and any time I color sand I envision the times that I was too aggressive and went through the clear ( )

Very, very nice, and I can't wait to see it finished!