It was about dang time!, 1.5 years Options

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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


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Thank's again Guy's.

Cairo94507: Yep, you can still see the brake light, These cars are so low, the car behind is looking down on the back... even if they where on a small Honda it would still be visable.

Panelbilly: I am going with black on the valances and Rockers( They will be done after Duck seson...HEHE) All the Omni material(base and clear) where shot on the same day. I sprayed the Omi-Cron Clear About 3 months after(after last Duck season...HEHE). The Omni products had plenty of time to cure. I wish I would have sanded the Omni clear with a 320 or 400 instead of 600 before laying down the Omi-cron.

I felt the same way you do, wait til it hardens before cutting and buffing. I was worried about burning though. BUT, the info states to cut and buff 24-48 hours after shooting.

Here's what I found, sanding was not a prob.. When I started the buffing process, I was having a hard time getting the sand scratches out.In turn, this made little ripples in the final finish that I think would not be there if I did it within 24-48hrs.

This was confirmed by the guy I bought the material from. Live and learn.

arkitect: Omni paint is great for the DIY'r or first timer. It's really easy to mix and shoot and fairly cheap. I had a little experience with painting but never painted a car. I shot all the jambs and underside of the lids to get familiar with it and get the gun setup and away I went. The base coat dries real fast so if there are any runs they can be taken care of before the clear goes down. It's hard to run the base coat, it's real forgiving.

Dan's Autobody in Manteca has all the supplies, good prices too. they are only 20min. from you.

I will try to get some before shots up, I had to wipe my computer and all the pics are on another hard drive and I need to get them off of there......and I suck at computers