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The DEMONX 1970 vert project Pt2
demonx:
--- Quote from: Thunder Kiss link=topic=7212.msg1045936294#msg1045936294 ---Does your insurance policy cover you for 1 free windscreen per year?
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Yeah it does. Thats how I got this one. It's how I'll be getting it replaced when the cars on the road also.
demonx:
Have not made an update for a while.
I've been on holidays and getting stuck into the body of this thing. Lots more sanding and paint prep.
Today I sandblasted the inside metal skin on the drivers door and shot a couple coats of PPG Epoxy sealer on the thing (just the door).
Since I've been struggling so much to get this thing done I've decided to break down the body work into sections so I can manage them in smaller projects. I've bought all the red in one hit so as the color will be continuous over the various spray sessions, but it will be getting done part by part, panel by panel over x amount of months.
Baby steps to keep me motivated.
silver1:
I would edge out all you're panels and body[paint the insides only] then fit and align all the panels then give it a final rub and paint the outer all at once.Odds are you'll chip panels while aligning them and you may even find they didn't fit as good as you first thought and you will get an even peel in the outer paint finnish.Just my opinion.:beer:
demonx:
I was going to do similar process, however in reguards to the even peel comment, I'd find any peel unacceptable. I'll be rubbing the clear coat back to 2000 grit so I have zero peel!
Door painting process I had in mind:
Paint the inside of the door off the car up to the colour and clear coat stage
Mask off the inside of the door & attach back onto the car
Finish the outside body work on the door skin so it lines up to the body
Remove door and paint jams etc
Paint the door skin and install later on after rest of car is painted.
It's a bit of extra stuffing around, but it means I can get into the hard to reach sport and make sure they're all taken car of.
demonx:
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.
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