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Man....finally getting down to prepping for paint on the 85LS2 project car. The LS2 will be here next week!
We have had several challenges here. One, the car has been painted no less than SIX times in the past with not once being taken down to the factory sealer! We started with the old razor blade...one scrape at a time. We followed by 180 DA on the whole car. We then used a red rattle can spray bomb and dusted the car. This was followed with an 11" long block wet sand (guide coat) to look for the low spots, razor scrapes...etc, Once those were located and filled with icing catalyzed glaze, we moved to primer.
Once in 2K primer, we dusted the car in a black spray bomb and started the process AGAIN. There has been significant work to fit the bumpers to the car as good or better than factory. As you see, this is a 85 with 91-96 panels.
The other challenge was the collision repair. After pulling the frame I hit the net and local scene for used parts - including a passenger door, hood, right side fender, right inner fenders, front bumper...and other supports.
Yesterday we spotted in all the areas we found and filled during the second guide coat. Next, after a 400/500 wet dry on the whole car, the bumpers and doors come off. They will be painted seperate from the car...and the car will go in the booth for the hood, jams, and quarters. It will all be black...and super slick with minimal overspray and factory coating around the edges.
The whole thing is here:
http://www.mcspeed.homestead.com/Frankenvette.html
It was:
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However, this is how it looks now.
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We have had several challenges here. One, the car has been painted no less than SIX times in the past with not once being taken down to the factory sealer! We started with the old razor blade...one scrape at a time. We followed by 180 DA on the whole car. We then used a red rattle can spray bomb and dusted the car. This was followed with an 11" long block wet sand (guide coat) to look for the low spots, razor scrapes...etc, Once those were located and filled with icing catalyzed glaze, we moved to primer.
Once in 2K primer, we dusted the car in a black spray bomb and started the process AGAIN. There has been significant work to fit the bumpers to the car as good or better than factory. As you see, this is a 85 with 91-96 panels.
The other challenge was the collision repair. After pulling the frame I hit the net and local scene for used parts - including a passenger door, hood, right side fender, right inner fenders, front bumper...and other supports.
Yesterday we spotted in all the areas we found and filled during the second guide coat. Next, after a 400/500 wet dry on the whole car, the bumpers and doors come off. They will be painted seperate from the car...and the car will go in the booth for the hood, jams, and quarters. It will all be black...and super slick with minimal overspray and factory coating around the edges.
The whole thing is here:
http://www.mcspeed.homestead.com/Frankenvette.html
It was:
However, this is how it looks now.
artyon:
