Ok,a little touchup on 69 Chevelle SS

[GDwrench]

Originally Posted by shadowgray396

Class "A" work. Looking good. Keep us posted on your progress.

Ray

Hey thanks you guy's for the comp's. I was thinking I would put down some of the process of this type of work incase someone wanted to take a stab at it themselves.. If nothing else,too show what it takes to do this type of work in your own garage.....It's good stuff for "Father / Son" projects too,good bonding time. My Dad learned me when I was growing up !!! (Now it's my trade)


Well, we're in prime now. I tried too keep the material in as tight as I could covering the filler while still getting a few nice coats over the feathered paint also......Many people will use the tape as a border and flow the primer right over the taped off area...This is a NO NO !!! If you apply this material over a sharply edged tapeline the solvents in the primer will swell up the old paint next to the tape,but not under the tape (you see what I mean ??) and that will create a line you can never get rid of unless you go back and "strip" all the material back to bare metal...not very efficient money or time wise...So here's some more photo's

I did end up taking off the decklid because there is some flaking off paint in the gutter that Dave wants me to take care of while I'm here,hopefuly you can see it in the shots.

[GDwrench]

Ok, the primer I put on can be sanded in an hour or so but I prefer to let it set at least 24 hrs so It can get nice and hard for better holdout when topcoated.... Believe it or not optimum wait time on this would be about 6 months or so !!!

So during the wait after I primed this evening I started to tape up some things that will remain till the job is completed... Can't sit around waiting for primer too dry !!!!

[Hank70SS]

Nice work, I'm getting in line with the other guys that need some paint work.

[GDwrench]

Today after work I blocked down the primer I applied yesterday,and I used 240 grit exclusively.You can see some areas where I did not get enough material off before it was primed.It's hard too judge when your dealing with repair area of these size's not to mention a gradual curve with a negative radius of this length....can be somewhat tricky

But it did turn out nice after one blocking. I put three more coats of primer on the area's with some extra reducer in the mix so it lays a bit flatter/smoother for easier final sanding before the topcoats. If things go well I should have the custom mixed paint tomorrow and possibly spray color/clear tomorrow night

Here's another round of shots.............

[GDwrench]

I also got some primer on the rear gutter........