I'll keep an eye out for a nice switch/key set.

And thanks ^^ Unfortunately my stint in RI is over, however I do intend on returning on occasion. So the chance of seeing me still exists.





Anyways....

Went in today. Untaped the two tone pieces. They turned out surprisingly nice considering the abysmal prep work that went into them.





Sprayed the driver's door. I'll pick it up tomorrow.








And I loaded up the hood, and driver's fender, and they are now safely at home awaiting placement on the car.


Today/tonight's goal is to spray the front and rear bumper with the black first (again two tone)

Then tomorrow, I finish the prep of the body. and spray that. Along with the gray on the bumpers.

Then I assemble the thing. So it's looking like maybe as early as Saturday/Sunday potentially for a drive.

That would be nice.

as promised. Me likey.

Some contrast.




I didn't spray the black. Mainly due to lighting/space constraints. I'll instead do this tomorrow morning, first thing.

I have errands to run in the day, so that will allow the paint to set up long enough for me to continue once I return tomorrow evening.

So close.

Days spent on project to date: 36

Total money spent on project to date: $889

This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Apr 10 2014 06:28pm

Entering the final stretch!

Sprayed the black for the two tone on the bumpers this morning.






Just got back from picking up the door.

I'm currently waiting for the black to set up a bit more, then I'm going back out there to finish the prep on the unibody.

My goal is to spray the rest tomorrow morning....Or even sooner if I can manage.



More throughout the day....

PLASTIDIP DAT SHIT YO....DIP YO CAR.

Dip cost around 300 bucks to do a car.

The paint job on this beaut is 74 dollars.

It was a thought. Dip is 'spensive.




Well tonight, not the greatest of news, but not horrible either... I got to spray....But....A couple minutes after beginning to spray, the sun vanished (a lot sooner than I thought, whoops) and it cooled off quickly.

This is what happens when you spray paint on a cold panel..... And then try to see if more paint will help the situation; Fun fact, it doesn't. Something I KNOW, however I almost always habitually try to "save it".




I continued to spray the rest of the car with basecoat only. Luckily from initial inspection no defects elsewhere. However, lighting was poor at this point and I decided to wait and sand out the recoat lift/crackly cold paint defects in the morning, and spray once more when the temperature is up again.





http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc327/twofortyz/IMG_20140411_202138999_zpsbrj0vogf.jpg

Looks like decent coverage overall, for the most part. I wont know for sure until I see it in the light in the morning.

Some spots obviously need more, but I will wait til I touch up tomorrow.

Hopefully, I'll have more luck then.

Anything worth doing never comes easy.



Days worked on vehicle to date: 37

Total money spent on project to date: $889

Milestone achieved: Painted.


Spraying the body went about as well as I could ask for, considering the conditions.

I'm just glad to see no more crinkly paint.

I'll assemble the second I won't damage the paint by touching it.

HUZZAH!

Tell that paint to hurry up and cure. Been waiting to see this for a long time.