Rick Shatswell
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Good evening,
After looking at this forum almost daily for the past year, I feel like I needed to register and post a big "thank you" for all the knowledge and tips I've compiled.
I completed several frame off restorations over the years, but always left the body work and paint work to my favorite body / restoration shop. I would strip the car disassemble and weld any needed sheet metal / rust repairs. At that point I would build some casters for the body and deliver to the professionals. The last one I did , the paint and bodywork was approaching $30K. It was exactly what I wanted and looked fantastic, but the fact is if I'm going tto keep playing with these old cars I need to also do the bodywork and paint in addition to the rest of the restoration.
So , I purchased a 1972 duster that was buried to the rockers for who knows how long. It was nearly free so I decided it would be a good first candidate to learn on.
Watched a bunch of U tube to start the planning process and assembled required tools. Already familiar with the disassembly and rust repair. Media blasted the car and put in epoxy primer. I didn't know about SPI or the forum yet so got most of my stuff from Eastwood including a paint gun and an inflatable paint booth from amazon. I'm not one to skimp on tools, I just didn't know any better . The good thing is I haven't used anything else so I don't know how good or bad they really are
Somewhere along the line I stumbled on this forum it's been invaluable to me.
Ended up staying with the eastwood epoxy and primers just because i stated with it and didn't want to introduce something new. Went with the Motobase paint in Sassy Grass and the SPI universal clear.
The whole care is blocked in 400. This week I got the hood, Trunk and both doors sealed, based and cleared.
I'm a real perfectionist and I definitely see some things I wish were better, but overall, it's hard to not be really happy with the progress and results given I never painted anything except rattle can stuff.
attached are some picts of the panels after sealing, then in base, then with the clear. The clear pictures are just after I turned off the fans per the instructions.
Not sure If it come out in the pictures, but I do have some little spots I think I dirt in the clear. I didn't notice them in the base, just after clear. I was afraid to touch it just yet but will see if I can feel them in the morning. Not enough lights in my booth for sure and old eyes don't help.
Next week I start spraying the body shell.......
After looking at this forum almost daily for the past year, I feel like I needed to register and post a big "thank you" for all the knowledge and tips I've compiled.
I completed several frame off restorations over the years, but always left the body work and paint work to my favorite body / restoration shop. I would strip the car disassemble and weld any needed sheet metal / rust repairs. At that point I would build some casters for the body and deliver to the professionals. The last one I did , the paint and bodywork was approaching $30K. It was exactly what I wanted and looked fantastic, but the fact is if I'm going tto keep playing with these old cars I need to also do the bodywork and paint in addition to the rest of the restoration.
So , I purchased a 1972 duster that was buried to the rockers for who knows how long. It was nearly free so I decided it would be a good first candidate to learn on.
Watched a bunch of U tube to start the planning process and assembled required tools. Already familiar with the disassembly and rust repair. Media blasted the car and put in epoxy primer. I didn't know about SPI or the forum yet so got most of my stuff from Eastwood including a paint gun and an inflatable paint booth from amazon. I'm not one to skimp on tools, I just didn't know any better . The good thing is I haven't used anything else so I don't know how good or bad they really are
Somewhere along the line I stumbled on this forum it's been invaluable to me.
Ended up staying with the eastwood epoxy and primers just because i stated with it and didn't want to introduce something new. Went with the Motobase paint in Sassy Grass and the SPI universal clear.
The whole care is blocked in 400. This week I got the hood, Trunk and both doors sealed, based and cleared.
I'm a real perfectionist and I definitely see some things I wish were better, but overall, it's hard to not be really happy with the progress and results given I never painted anything except rattle can stuff.
attached are some picts of the panels after sealing, then in base, then with the clear. The clear pictures are just after I turned off the fans per the instructions.
Not sure If it come out in the pictures, but I do have some little spots I think I dirt in the clear. I didn't notice them in the base, just after clear. I was afraid to touch it just yet but will see if I can feel them in the morning. Not enough lights in my booth for sure and old eyes don't help.
Next week I start spraying the body shell.......
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