1963 Dodge Dart for the Wife....

What a crummy day. Storm moving in tomorrow so today its cool, cloudy and typical high desert winds before the storm.... Spent some time on the Dart but after 2 good days I only put in 3 hours this morning.. It is getting very close.... The hood is clearly a mess but its ready for high build and see where we are. The trunk is ready for high build as well after a few touch ups spots with epoxy. Cleaned up and put her back in the garage. If you not feeling like your wasting sand paper your not changing it enough. I use 2-3 pieces on each block per panel. The poor Coronet will never feel clean again!

Yes @crashtech I see the low spot in the trunk :p


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Well did not get to go to the big Mopar show in Phoenix so I worked on the Dart.....

Sprayed on a reduced coat of SPI epoxy to seal the places I sanded through and the glaze. Went to town to get a hair cut and lunch with the wife and youngest while we tracked the oldest make a 5 hour trip to Flagstaff by stalking her on Where's My iPhone. How did my parents live without that feature......

Barry said I could spray high build 4 hours after the thinned epoxy if it was out in the sun and over 70. So then I spray a lot of cups of high build. The trunk and valance need more work but the rest of it this should be the final blocking of high build. Moving to 320 grit. Then 2 coats of epoxy and 500 grit to finish it out.

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And High Build Time......


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Man another raining day in the desert...... Working in the garage for a few hours till I got bored. This is the time where you must take your time and if you get tired/rushed you get to do things all over again......

Should be self explanatory. Just sand easy, change the paper often and don't sand through. Fill what you have to to make it perfect.

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Took the day off to replace the water heater. As I got frustrated with it I would move to the Dart since I have to put it outside to work on the water heater. Got the LH side all blocked and the hood. The hood is 80% better but still has some low spots. Finally got the fitting to stop leaking and we have hot water. Decided to shoot a coat of reduced epoxy on what I had blocked to get. What a difference it makes to start with a straight car..... This thing with all its little dings and dents is 10x more work than the Coronet or Duster......
 
Those cars with all the little dings and dents are what they make polyester primer for.
Takes something like this:
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And transforms it into this:
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Still need to guide coat and sand but so much less work than with filler.
 
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