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After several months of slow body work, today was the day to breakout the FinishLine paint gun and put some color down. I am totally comfortable with mechanical work but I do recognize the artistic aspect in body and paint work and I have only painted one car previously. I have been collecting up parts as they have become available. Repaired some stitching on one seat and sent the other out to have one vinyl panel replaced. Sand blasted the seat frames and painted them before reinstalling the foam and vinyl. So most of the interior has been repaired, refurbished and redyed. It's all ready to go back in. Had the chance to meet up with Minor Gonzales down in Torrance CA and work some parts swapping. Glad to have an H-Body Guru on this side of the country.
Back to the paint. I have been dragging my feet a bit just because of a lack in personal confidence with body and paint. Reading and watching Eastwood videos. I went over some areas several times, hammer and dolly work, sealing, filling, sanding, blocking and reworking an needed. Then a coat of PCL Polyester Primer-Surfacer. More guide coat and blocking, spot priming, more blocking. One defect after another discovered during blocking, but everything was taken care of. A last coat of Sealer Saturday and the Judgement day, today. A final sanding with 600 for the metallic. Surprise, surprise, not a single run in the two color coats or the three clear coats. I'd like to think it was all me, but the 90 degree weather may have helped. I'm glad that is past me.
Next weekend I will be hanging the doors and fenders and back to my comfort zone with the mechanical work and interior pieces install.
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