Thread: The overspray has settled

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Looks awesome, Matt - I laud your creativity. This is what makes this whole hot rodding thing so much fun. I bet you'll have just as much fun in this bad boy as one you spent $15K on for paint! Maybe more because you'll drive this car and make memories galore!

Well done! What an encouragement to a lot of us on this site who have a "work-in-progress"...

Glenn

Originally Posted by Matt167

hopefully in a couple weeks, I'll have the interior in.. I will have the outside emblems and hood ornament on in a couple days

Sure ya will Matt.. I said the same thing after shooting the 442 on Memorial weekend,Dang things been about to work me to death, may finally finish it this weekend. Lets see mount and balance the TA radials,paint the ralleye stripes on the hood and then outline em with double pinstripes,Align the front end,fix the broken A/C high side line and charge it up with R134A,install the front fender chrome,paint the hood nose piece and install,paint the hood louver bezels and install,etc.etc.etc. Well maybe by next weekend.

I know I can at least achive the goal of putting the emblems on... I did some custom paint work on them about 5 years ago, and they have been wrapped up in storage waiting for this

It was fun painting it.. I was used to siphon feed guns, but Walmart had the gravity feed gun, so I bought it, and it laid the paint down perfect.... all in all, it's proof you don't need expensive equipment.. If I had better conditions, it no doubt would have come out flawless... 3 quarts painted the car too

Originally Posted by Matt167

I know I can at least achive the goal of putting the emblems on... I did some custom paint work on them about 5 years ago, and they have been wrapped up in storage waiting for this

It gets real exciting when ya start peeling the masking off. Doesn't it ???
Looks good Matt. My first car was a 50 Chevy.

It's still masked for now.. theres no masking touching paint/ metal so it should be good

Who's paint did you use?

Originally Posted by Matt167

It's still masked for now.. theres no masking touching paint/ metal so it should be good

I meant that you kinda get that warm fuzzy feeling when you peel the masking off and see what you have acomplished....

Originally Posted by HWORRELL

I meant that you kinda get that warm fuzzy feeling when you peel the masking off and see what you have acomplished....

I know.. still waiting mine out, can't wait to pull it out in the sunlight tho

Originally Posted by glennsexton

Who's paint did you use?

PPG Delstar, polyurethane acrylic enamel.. it was custom matched.

Originally Posted by HWORRELL

I meant that you kinda get that warm fuzzy feeling when you peel the masking off and see what you have acomplished....

Just have to keep everyone away for a day or two. Everyone that doesnt know any better just seems to have to touch it to see if its still soft.

Matt.... I think it looks great! I agree with HWORELL....its just too cool the day you get to unveil your freshly painted ride! Exciting!!

Looks like you did a good job Matt. What kind of respiratory did you use? I have priming to do before winter. The reason I'm asking about the respirator is because I just lost a friend to respiratory problems. About twenty years ago he was watching me mess around with cars, I painted a few in my garage, and I had an explosion proof fan plus at the time a good respirator. My friend started doing quite a few jobs in his small garage without the proper equipment, I tried to get him to practice safety but him being a young guy at the time, at least younger then me, he didn’t think it would be that bad. His life was cut way too soon, you can prevent lung damage but you can’t reverse it. Anyway nice job, and be safe.

The first car I painted was a 55 Chevy 2dr. ht. out side open air. I had help from the best neighbor a kid could have. He brought his compressor along with his spray gun; all I had was the paint supplies. It turned out nice; at least I thought it did. The year was 1965 I had a three day pass from the Army so we painted it.

Richard

Originally Posted by ford2custom

Looks like you did a good job Matt. What kind of respiratory did you use? I have priming to do before winter. The reason I'm asking about the respirator is because I just lost a friend to respiratory problems. About twenty years ago he was watching me mess around with cars, I painted a few in my garage, and I had an explosion proof fan plus at the time a good respirator. My friend started doing quite a few jobs in his small garage without the proper equipment, I tried to get him to practice safety but him being a young guy at the time, at least younger then me, he didn’t think it would be that bad. His life was cut way too soon, you can prevent lung damage but you can’t reverse it. Anyway nice job, and be safe.

The first car I painted was a 55 Chevy 2dr. ht. out side open air. I had help from the best neighbor a kid could have. He brought his compressor along with his spray gun; all I had was the paint supplies. It turned out nice; at least I thought it did. The year was 1965 I had a three day pass from the Army so we painted it.

Richard

I have an AO saftey, paint and pestacide respirator listed for isoscynates.. I bought 4 sets of cartridges and switched b4 they were used up. also painted with the door open for ventillation

Hey congrats Matt. Car looks really nice. Good job! Have fun cruzin.