But youre not building a Mustang... Shouldnt you be driving to Fairmont/Cyclone week? Oh wait
There is a middle ground CHRIS,...(see I used your name too, Chris.)
PPG branded would be the middle ground. Probably a couple of hundred extra for the stuff over the entry level product. I don't know,...if there was a difference other than durability, I'd consider it, but this car will live inside. Exposure to the sun will only happen when Dave, and I drive to MW in 2017.
But youre not building a Mustang... Shouldnt you be driving to Fairmont/Cyclone week? Oh wait
Unbelieveable... There are guy's,.....then there are guy's.
If you lived in this City,...I'd be the guy that you'd hide from every other thursday night....
*" Dammit!!!! Turn out the lights!!! That stinkin' guy is out there wearing a "Dave's the Man" T shirt in the driveway again! What did I ever do to deserve this?"
So Mike, it's Memorial Day. Surely the German bastards don't have you working today?
What's on the plate for the day?
They do,..and I have to go.So Mike, it's Memorial Day. Surely the German bastards don't have you working today?
What's on the plate for the day?
Surely you told them that they would have to shove it up their ass, did that not work?They do,..and I have to go.
Well. It's time for our nightly recap of Mike's day.Surely you told them that they would have to shove it up their ass, did that not work?
The key to me is painting orange first and then go back and put the black on after that cures. Doing it this way will leave you a far less defined paint line. Plus the black will have the appearance of a factory styled decal. Much more professional looking that way Mike. I've masked off countless panels to spray a matte/semigloss finish after painting the vehicle, it won't be a big deal.Off today, but again, I gotta give up part of it to another customer needing some adjustments.
Since I'll be halfway downtown, and the real reason for the un-necessary blather is to reach out to @Davedacarpainter, and verify that I'm only buying a gallon of paint, and the slowest activator, and reducer available.
So I'll call this update the "Hey Dave, Whadya think about this" update?
I was thinking in the interest of saving time, that I'd paint the undersides of the trunk and hood in lieu of your eventual arrival here.
Additionally, there are the small pieces that got hurt that'll need a recoat, so maybe buy an additional qt. in addition to the gal?
And,...In addition to that,..I've got areas that are gonna get painted Satin black:
Excepting the hood, the Tail light panel; grille, all grille mesh ( exhaust, vents, gills,) and the top of the doors. Painting these before hand will allow us to mask those small areas off so the orange will butt up to it, as opposed to having to mask off a whole bunch of orange to paint a small amount of black. I was just planning on rattle canning those areas But I'll leave that to you to tell me whether or not to go through the process, and use spray-able paint there alternatively
The hood will also get a significant portion of the center painted satin black, but that two tone I'm gonna have to defer to you. I can/could do that on the bottom of the hood so again that'll be done. I've had really good luck with that satin, It is the paint that is in my engine compartment, on the dash, and door bars,..so I have sprayed it before.
Your thoughts here DavedaGerman hater?
As far as goals for the day, I've actually given up on actual "goals".
Now days, if I make any progress where at the end of the day, I'm not looking at a re-do, I'm good. I'll get the fenders done I know,..and that'll lead me back to the hood, where I should get some significant time spent on it before I call it quits.
The key to me is painting orange first and then go back and put the black on after that cures. Doing it this way will leave you a far less defined paint line. Plus the black will have the appearance of a factory styled decal. Much more professional looking that way Mike. I've masked off countless panels to spray a matte/semigloss finish after painting the vehicle, it won't be a big deal.
I would put the black on after if it were my car Mike.
If you want to paint the little parts that need orange ahead of time that will need the black on it as well, then I'll show you the way I mask things up that works for me.
The extra quart of paint couldn't hurt.
Go ahead and jamb the hood and deck lid. That'll save us time.
I'll have to call you and talk over the whole thing soon. Get it straight on what we want for a booth and all.
Mike, you're car will look so damn nice after we shoot it! Sanding it down with that 800 will leave you with a stunning paint job! You'll see my friend.Finally!
An entire day dedicated To the Monster. No 86 Mustang w/ a locked up Smog pump to confuse me, No goup of friends coming over to hang out at the Wife's Mobile Home Spec 24' above ground pool,...matter of fact,....NO wife. She left to go to her Mother's house this morning to help out with her surgery.
So like I always say........
While that cat's away,....this mouse will play.
Now,...at the end of the day, I'm filthy as all three pigs, and as banged up as Jack after he rolled down the hill. I can barely walk.
But,...I did get some stuff done.
The tagline says that a Gila Monster sheds his skin in early June. I.I.I..can't say for sure if the ones in Arizona do, but I know that the one that lives in Alabama sure the hell does.
If there is anything good that can come out of the bad thing that is having to repaint a car right after it was repainted, It's that now I can say definitively that those long assed quarters that were really straight, have now become laser straight. After several hours of doing the Karate Kid Shuffle......( Wax on,.......Wax off,......Sand a the floor,......Paint a the fence),... wetsanding the Monster's skin off w/ 800 grit paper has netted me just that.
That "progress" brought me to lunch time. I took a break, and came back down. I drug the fenders outside shot them w/ a couple of coats of primer, and put them in the sun to dry.
Then,......the hood. The wonky ass center line, primer needing to be stripped back off,....oil canning, stinkin' hood.
This Hood.
I started sanding the thing, but since there is no under hood structure, the thing just flexes like mad. Nothing to be gained by going any further until I fix that.
Why is there no under hood structure you may ask,......Well,......because the center rib had dents in it. The under structure obscured the center rib. I had to cut it away. When I did that, that left the hood very flimsy.
I came up with a Home Depot solution.
I welded a shelf standard in the middle of the hood. ( Kinda looks like a scary Halloween mask don't it?)
It burned through the bondo on top, but this hood is such a mess, I wasn't close enough to care about that.
But it don't oil can anymore.
I hope it's not a typical "Do it over 4 times Mike" thing for me,...but what the hell,...everything else has. Why should I expect any less? This is after all, the redo of the other hood I trashed after making a set of scoops that I had to remake, that I decided not to use, and made these instead......So in hindsight,....I've already did the hood 4 times. Maybe this time will be the last?
But, what about the fenders?......You keep saying you're working on the fenders,.and those stupid things are never in any pictures...
Ok......you're right.
Here those dorky looking things are.
And I'm looking forward to that,...especially if the stuff we talked about happens as well. That paint is dead flat when you look at it straight on,.absolutely zero gloss. But in every shot there is still reflections of stuff. (i.e. you can see the Jeep in the quarter, you can see the garage door in the roof),...I'm guessing that that is happening because there is such a flat surface now?Mike, you're car will look so damn nice after we shoot it! Sanding it down with that 800 will leave you with a stunning paint job! You'll see my friend.
You're car deserves respect, we'll make it shiny so people will come look at the btchin' details of this monster.
Good job Mikey.
yep, correct.And I'm looking forward to that,...especially if the stuff we talked about happens as well. That paint is dead flat when you look at it straight on,.absolutely zero gloss. But in every shot there is still reflections of stuff. (i.e. you can see the Jeep in the quarter, you can see the garage door in the roof),...I'm guessing that that is happening because there is such a flat surface now?