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Looking more and more like a camaro everytime I see it Pro70z, a little remnent of the ol' girl is good, gives her soul. I can see that car going down the road already!!

Very nice work Dave, I love that color, no wonder the kid is hooked!!

Thanks Brick... The color kind of grows on you, I guess. I didn't like it at first, but now I kinda like it. Having fun helping him, he's a very fast learner, too. Think he'll make an A-1 Hot Rodder!!!!!

Thanks guys . LOL

Pro definitly taking shape. Dont worry though just as your finishing the panel up Goodmark will be stamping it. Suprised they havent since all the full bodied cams going on now.

Dave trucks are looking good not that i have any favortism or anything. Color on Chevy looks good in pics has to be hot up close. The 71 is looking good .

Brick you been sneeking by the paint shop wimdows lately.

Here's my truck in 20 yrs when it needs redone im shipping it to S.D.

Heck, don't wait 20 years, I'd like to go to work on it when it's still all new and clean and stuff!!!!

Dave now that woudnt be any fun. LOL Oh but i do like em kinda clean if i have to work on them

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 .

True, Bob....I did the same thing. There are rafters and a storage area above the car that had mucho dust up there. Another trick I learned purely by accident....put a bucket of water out in the garage near the car the night before the "Big Spray"....for some reason, every insect in the place decided to commit suicide and drown themselves in the bucket. Don't ask me why....

Daver.

Never heard of that one with the water . I continually spray bug killer i hate the spiders . Keeps most insects down. I allways hang the trusty fly strip up also . There may be one that wants to be a hood ornament .

Originally Posted by Daver

True, Bob....I did the same thing. There are rafters and a storage area above the car that had mucho dust up there. Another trick I learned purely by accident....put a bucket of water out in the garage near the car the night before the "Big Spray"....for some reason, every insect in the place decided to commit suicide and drown themselves in the bucket. Don't ask me why....

Daver.

Neat trick on the water bucket, got to give that one a try. Daver, it sure does my heart good everytime I see the Ford engine in your Sedan!!!!

I have the fly strips hanging in the shop all summer long, really helps.

Another old trick in controlling the dust, I use floor sweeping compound once a week, usually on the Friday clean up. I blow the dust off all the lights, etc. and when I painted the walls I used a semi-gloss white paint. Really helps brighten the place up.