nice!
Great job, looking forward to seeing this finished…
Fuckin’ A, this makes me feel old, I need to get back to spending all my time and money on cars. I’m jealous.
X…
Took a look at it this morning…eh, not 100% about it, but it’ll be ok after some work. something flew into it right on the ledge of the top of the passenger quarter (along the bottom of where the quarter window goes) and I’m going to have to sand it and touch it up with a little paint and spot-clear. It’s also way more orange-peely than I wanted it to be, but I guess that just means more wetsanding and buffing.
shit’ll buff out! 
That is some solid night’s work right there
:bigtup:
Hell yah loving your work ethics
I didn’t feel awake until about 11am …maybe 35mins after slamming a 24oz MONSTER lol. UGH.
I have band practice and an appointment with my personal trainer today, but going to attempt to find time to sand out the spot where a moth messed it up on the passenger quarterpanel and do the spot repainting. that way tomorrow I can wetsand and buff the whole shell before I put the glass back in
Looks good man, progress is great. Told you that you’d love that gun, they’re so nice.
You should try thinning the paint a little more with reducer or a quality thinner to get it to lay down better. Or if you’re using lacquer thinner it might be low quality, making the paint dry too fast. You’ll also want to check your clear, you might not be able to wet sand it that quickly.
you never sand sealer, and you should be laying paint right after the sealer flashes, not a day later
car is coming nicely, i want to see it finished
its tough keeping shit clean when spraying in a garage. whenever i was painting i would colorsand after the basecoat and then spray clear. gives a nicer finished product and if shit does get in there you can get it out before spraying the clear for an easier fix. razor blades work the best for minimal mess up when getting the crap out too.
*You never sand FRESH sealer. If sealer is let go longer than 8-12 hours then you have to sand with 400 dry or 600 wet before topcoating… for most 2k sealers.
But I agree, if you can do it in 1 day that is by far the best outcome.
So I went at it again after work and the gym (yes on 3hrs sleep)
blocking the high-build on the hatch
all blocked out
Then I started working on the wing from way earlier in the thread
Then I spent about 2hrs stripping the messed up paint and sealer off the bumpers.
Tomorrow I’m going to re-scuff the bumpers, clean the living hell out of them with prep-all, and paint them along with the hatch. If I think I can make the time I may try to finish the wing first so I can paint that as well, leaving nothing left to paint besides fenders and hood later down the road. I don’t have time to finish/mold/re-make/paint a set of fenders for the Letchworth G2G
:bigtup:
Stay tuned, going to be another major update before I go to bed tonight.
I’m not feeling well right now, so I’m going home sick at lunch time :snky:
lolz
went and picked up a pressure gauge for the DeVilbiss and was able to dial in the spray pattern WAYYYYYY better due to it. I let the pics do the talking…
finished mod’ing the RS wing to utilize factory brakelight:
then fixed the corner that broke off:
then Checko scuffed it for paint:
Oh yeah, while I was working on that dung-pile of a passenger fender, Luke and Checko also re-scuffed the bumpers
and also the gas door:
Then it became time to start the paint process.
Sealer:
Base Coats:
Two coats of clear:
SUUUUUUUPERRRR happy about how everything went AND came out tonight. Even fixed the spot where the moth eff’d up the paint on the passenger quarter. Gonna let it all cure til saturday morning and spend the day assembling the car.
Yet another big thanks to Luke and Checko for their volunteer’d time and superb efforts to aid me in this labor-intensive build. Wouldn’t be NEAR where I am without their help!
Getting there!
Hell yah
Just you wait until sunday man…JUST WAIT! lol