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08-16-2014, 05:24 PM
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I got to 2000 pad wet sand the door and fender. Takes what 10 minutes. But it is completely ready now. I have scrutinized it. Redone things. Re-primed it sanded and worked on it some more. Last time Charlie Anal looked at it he didn't say a word grumbled and left. I wet it down and moved the spotlight around and looked for waves. I got to go re-stock up on some things monday I believe is the day. 100 more miles of masking tape. I sure burn that stuff up. Gallon of reducer, Another gallon of clear. I burn that up alot to. Side stuff dent fixes for freinds etc etc. I need pinstripe tape for the stripes. I got a gallon and a half of laquer thinner for gun cleaning so i going to get another gallon of that. I think I done with the 5 gallon cans for a while. I just want some extra when I am done. I gonna do my buddies motorcycle when this is done this winter. So all that aside now I got to scrub the basement and get all this dust i carefully got in every nook and cranny down there. Clean the car real good under it every where get all the dust gone. I got light fixtures and spotlights to mount. Heavy plastic to make a paint booth with. Car is ready now i switch gears to get the garage ready for the car. For the pics or it didn't happen portion of the program. Here is the offending seam. It primered here before it was sanded. But it is sanded and ready now. In the curved part it was getting wider than the rest of the seams on the car. I was rounding the corners and it looked good before i did it. Then it was a Greek Tragedy. Yes i actually went and measured them all with calipers and made sure they were all the same. Except the side seams of the hood. I just aligned it centered at the nosepiece and went with it. Needs the room because the chevelles hood hinges are a wild affair even when right closing. But it closes with out hitting any where. I screwed with those hinges a month it seems like getting that mess working right. 
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08-16-2014, 05:52 PM
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If you run out of things to do just let me know. lol
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08-18-2014, 09:12 AM
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It is getting cleaner down here. I made my supply run and got a new mask to. I dont think the compressor has been cleaned since I got it. Today I going to touch up the color inside the door jamb on the fender then back to mopping floors.
   
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08-20-2014, 04:02 PM
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I got 10 hours in today. I got the garage done except one peice of plastic that goes over the garage door. Then it wont open so I will do it last right before I mask the car to the ground. I leaf blowered the car and entire garage. Then mopped the floor for the 3rd day straight. it out to be getting cleaner. Cleaned the car and started masking. I got the trunk and the drivers door ready. It is thunderstorming now and supposed to the rest of the week. So with luck the car and the weather will meet after that. No dust from all the rain. A few days of decent painting weather. Garage starts out good because it is air conditioned. It is dry in there. But once the paint blower starts it just sucks the outside in.
Tomorrow I got work to do all day so I wont get much done. But I still pluggin away at it.  
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08-20-2014, 05:12 PM
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Things are looking pretty good! As meticulous as you were with block sanding and the primer, I can wait to see how the paint turns out. Have you painted much before?
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08-20-2014, 06:48 PM
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I did it some in my late teens. In barns no less in true hillbilly style. Then 5 years ago I gathered what i needed. Compressor with proper CFM rating. Monster air storage tank. Good guns and hoses water trap etc etc. LOL I even refused a house and got this one because it had the big garage. I just knew somehow. You grow up but really you never change. I can't afford to have it done. It expensive enough just buying supplies. I knew this car was finally coming along. Frame finished rebuilt the front and rear end. Metal work done then the long journey doing the bodywork. Most of the time i was working only on the weekends if i had time. Building houses and remodeling houses took all my time. Like building part of mom's house last summer. Now I am semi-retired and got the time to do more. I wanted this car bad enough to build it from scratch. I sure can't afford one. So I had to get with the program. I grew up as a kid watching Jim Garrard paint cars. He did cars for shows. I am not a pro but i seen it done and know what should be happening. I do the best I can. I am not the best. But i don't suck like i used to either. This has been a dream to do this since i was a teen. I had 20 chevelles back then when they were cheap. But i just dealt with what I had and made them look as best I could. Then they got to expensive and I gave up on them. Got a bike a while. Then I saw my car my color with a big block. I had to have another one. I paid way to much for this rust heap and I been trying to make a decent car out of it every since. I look at it and it gives me shivers knowing what I done and it getting so close to the day I can fire it up and drive it. This is the last thing i painted if it turns out as well I be pleased. I never even buffed it out. This one is definitely getting sanded and buffed.
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08-20-2014, 07:02 PM
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That van looks great and its got my picture on the tag ,one of my friends calls me PeckerHead because of that emblem. I had some hats printed up with that logo and PeckerHeads Car Club on it and gave her husband one .
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