It was about dang time!, 1.5 years |
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It was about dang time!, 1.5 years |
toon1 |
Dec 23 2010, 10:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 29-October 05 From: tracy,ca Member No.: 5,022 |
About a year and a half ago, I stripped the car for body and paint. all the way to the metal.
I was a HUGE process since it was the first time I had ever done that type of work. sand and fill, sand and fill. I have MAD respect for the body and fender guy's. I still have some work to do, like the front and rear valences, rockers and interior. The Teener came out great. For the rist time in a year and a half, I got to drive it yesterday (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) Did a 40 round trip to Bass pro in Manteca. Man! it was a great feeling! All the old smells of the teener, you know, fuel, exaust, all the quirks..HAHA, It was like hooking up with a model, looks great on the outside but bitchy and emotional inside..LOL Actually the car ran great! Yep it was a good feeling PICS. TO FOLLOW |
toon1 |
Dec 23 2010, 01:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 29-October 05 From: tracy,ca Member No.: 5,022 |
I shot the car with 2 stage, Omni base coat/clear coat. I was able to get 3 coats of clear with the omni clear coat.
I wanted a little more protection after the cut and buff stage so I sanded the clear with 600 and added 4 more coats of clear. For the additional 4 coats I used a product called Omi-cron. It was $176 for the 2 parts and made almost 2 gallons total. The product is great, It mixed easy and was VERY easy to shoot. I waited 6 weeks to do the final cut and buff and that was too long, I should have done it within 24-48hrs while the clear was still soft. It would have definitly made a diffrerence on the final outcome. Those are the live and learn things associated with the first time. Overall I'm happy with it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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