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The DEMONX 1970 vert project Pt2
Jethro:
looks good:pepper::pepper::pepper:
wabco40:
--- Quote from: demonx link=topic=7212.msg1045936665#msg1045936665 ---Spent a bit of time yesterday and today messing around with the inner skin of the drivers door.
Heres a few pics:
Epoxy - 2 coats
Primer - 3 coats
I sanded the primer back with 320 and then 600 ready for color and then decided I wasn't going to be happy with the appearence of the factory seams etc, so I then used PPG A661 PE Stopper (A filler specific for fibreglass body work) to neaten up the messy factory look.
I then reprimed and sanded back to 600 before shooting the PPG Viper Red - 3 coats
The color doesnt turn out real great in this mobile phone pic. I'll have to take some more in sunlight once the paints cured
Waited an hour after the last layer of red and masked off the black section, shot 2 layers of PPG Black and 3 layers of PPG 800 clear with a mattening agent in it so the black area will have a satin look.
Tomorrow I'll unmask this and tape off the black area to shoot 3 coats of 800 gloss over the red.
Hello Demonx, Your door looks good. I did the same with my doors and filled the gap between the skin and steel frame. Also filled the spot weld divets on the frame to smooth things out. I have left the inside of my doors body colour and also painted the hinge bolt covers body colour. I am not sure how is is going to look until I get the doors back on!!! I may end up doing what you have done and paint it satin black.
Its good to see you have cleaned up the forward jamb area. It makes a big difference in appearance from the standard factory bonding adhesive mess.
Brad.
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demonx:
Only update I can add is that I have the ability to destroy everything I touch!
Yesterday I finished the 2000 sand of the quarter I repaired. ( I had to respray another section on the same quarter last weekend) - It came up pretty good and you cannot see the repair at all. Completely blends in at every angle I stand, even when I get right up close I cannot see the merger.
I then commenced to wash the entire rear with water to remove dust and then polish it with a 3M polish called "Perfect it" which the paint shop told me was the best they have.
My waffle pad was a bit old so I bought a new one and went with the 3M pad reccomended on the tub of polish which turns out to be a bit more abrasive than the old one I was used to.
Somehow due to my lack of polishing experience I managed to polish through a couple of edges back to the primer which on a bright red car stands out like dogs balls and I think I may have slightly damaged the clear in a couple spots.
In a nut shell: After the polish it looks great in the majority but some areas it looks crap.
I guess unless I respray it's now a "looks great from 1 meter away" paint job.
Add another "Not happy" to my painting thread!
Jethro:
Demnox,
:grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr: But just think of the up side by the time you finish this paint job you'll have it down pat!
wabco40:
--- Quote from: demonx link=topic=7212.msg1045938182#msg1045938182 ---Only update I can add is that I have the ability to destroy everything I touch!
Yesterday I finished the 2000 sand of the quarter I repaired. ( I had to respray another section on the same quarter last weekend) - It came up pretty good and you cannot see the repair at all. Completely blends in at every angle I stand, even when I get right up close I cannot see the merger.
I then commenced to wash the entire rear with water to remove dust and then polish it with a 3M polish called "Perfect it" which the paint shop told me was the best they have.
My waffle pad was a bit old so I bought a new one and went with the 3M pad reccomended on the tub of polish which turns out to be a bit more abrasive than the old one I was used to.
Somehow due to my lack of polishing experience I managed to polish through a couple of edges back to the primer which on a bright red car stands out like dogs balls and I think I may have slightly damaged the clear in a couple spots.
In a nut shell: After the polish it looks great in the majority but some areas it looks crap.
I guess unless I respray it's now a "looks great from 1 meter away" paint job.
Add another "Not happy" to my painting thread!
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Sorry to hear about the trouble your having with your paint job.
Where abouts did you cut through to the primer?
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