Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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I can really relate to both of those situations.


But, I am one day ahead of schedule ! I wanted to get the T body primed by Sunday PM, but we actually got it done tonight. (Dan has waaaaaaaay more energy than me, and keeps suggesting things, like "we could have it in primer tonight if we really tried)

So, about 9 PM we started the final sanding and filling some low spots with filler, and by 12 we were ready to shoot. I let Dan do the actual priming, he has better eyes than me, and he laid on 3 heavy coats of 2 K primer. It really brought out a zillion little pinholes in the body, but that is just what we wanted. Tomorrow I'll start wet sanding the primer, and Monday I'll pick up some spot putty and fill all those holes and voids. After that we can lay on some more primer and do some more block sanding.

I think I am going to paint it myself, for a couple of reasons. My bodyman buddy seems to be pretty busy, and also, we have done everything else on the car, so it will be nice to say we did it all. (except for upholstery) I can control the time factor better too..........my fear is it will go into the shop and sit there for too long. This way I can maybe even have it in color by the end of next weekend.

Here are some pictures of what we got done tonight.

Don