Restoration & Modification Projects > Restoration Projects
The DEMONX 1970 vert project Pt2
demonx:
About an inch long line near the drivers side door (on the edge) then about a two inch line on the same side wheel arch.
It's only on the sharp edges.
I'm undecided if I'm going to leave it as is - or sand the whole rear down and paint it from scratch. Thing is if I do it all again whats to say I don't stuff it up again!
wabco40:
--- Quote from: demonx link=topic=7212.msg1045938197#msg1045938197 ---About an inch long line near the drivers side door (on the edge) then about a two inch line on the same side wheel arch.
It's only on the sharp edges.
I'm undecided if I'm going to leave it as is - or sand the whole rear down and paint it from scratch. Thing is if I do it all again whats to say I don't stuff it up again!
--- End quote ---
I know its to late now but you can lay masking tape along the sharp edges to protect them when buffing.
There is less paint buildup on the edges and its very easy to cut through.
demonx:
I'm moving onto the decklid while I decide what I'm going to do with the rear. At this poit I'm thinking to sand it all back to the primer and respray but I might have to wait till the end of the paint job to see how much paint I have left as I don't want to use another color mix.
Decklid: Strip the paint and I'll have to grind out every corner of it's frame as it's shattered. They must have really misstreated this thing - how does it shatter like that at every corner? Will have to grind out and replace with new fibreglass.
What a pain in the butt. I was hoping the decklid would be a quick project!
demonx:
All my spare time this week was spent working un the underneath of the deck lid. Glad I don't have to sand that again.
I sprayed the epozy and primer in one sitting yesterday - but I'll have to leave it till tomorrow before I shoot the color and clear. I leaned in the past not to rush anything that has this epoxy. If I was to shoot it today I'd risk it bubbling up. Better to play it safe and only do the job once.
Epoxy (two coats to help with adhesion)
Two full coats of primer (I mixed this with half the amount of thinner to allow it to high fill slightly)
demonx:
I was meant to spray the color and clear today but I wasn't happy with the flash times for the base coat due to the cold weather, so I sprayed the base coat today and I'll shoot the clear tomorrow just to be safe.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version