About to paint my car: Video
#1
Video 
Hey all.  Here is a quick video update on my 71 progress! It's finally back from being saftied, and we've been sanding the heck out of it the past few days.  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-YdNBOe...sp=sharing

-Jonner B
Reply
#2
Looks real good. Are you going to be painting it yourself? I've shot a couple complete cars in my day, but never more then daily driver quality. Just don't have the knack for being a great painter. The one thing I can tell you is Preparation! is 90% of a great paint job. The better the prep, the better it will look, simple as that. Good Luck.

JTS
Reply
#3
(09-19-2019, 10:59 AM)JTS71 Mach1 Wrote: Looks real good. Are you going to be painting it yourself? I've shot a couple complete cars in my day, but never more then daily driver quality. Just don't have the knack for being a great painter. The one thing I can tell you is Preparation! is 90% of a great paint job. The better the prep, the better it will look, simple as that. Good Luck.

JTS

Thanks!  Yes we are painting it ourselves.  We have done extensive prep work, lots and lots of sanding!  We also did our research and used really good quality paint and clear coat.  Unfortunately we had some unexpected things happen in the middle of the last coat of clear!  The air compressor stopped working, causing the paint to go on thick (a few runs) :/  And at one point the air line somehow literally unscrewed itself and the hose went flying around the room.  Also water seemed to be an issue even though we had 3 water filters in attempt to stop it.   In the end however, it turned out alright.  Its not perfect but it's pretty good.

-Jonner B
Reply
#4
Sounds like you had some scary stuff happen, as an air hose blowing apart, would scare the heck out of you when you're trying to concentrate on painting your car. Fortunately you said the runs happened in the clear. That's definitely the easiest place to fix them. A trick I learned that saved hours of trying to sand the run out. was to take a hard backed razor blade, lay it flat against the car, and carefully slice the high spots/globs of the run off. Then wet sand the rest of the imperfection out, Then buff, and polish as usual.  Hope it helps. 

JTS
Reply
#5
Sounds like you had to deal with a few unforeseen problems.

I am looking forward to seeing how the job turned out for you.
Reply


Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  White Shaker, what paint to use?? Petrolhead 1 8,244 11-15-2016, 12:29 PM
Last Post: twotime
  Paint on noroz 9 21,641 05-02-2015, 06:50 AM
Last Post: noroz
  Assembly after paint ylwhrse 5 15,572 07-20-2013, 02:53 PM
Last Post: ylwhrse
  new paint bluestang 3 11,606 10-22-2012, 11:11 AM
Last Post: Rare Pony

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)
[-]
Latest Threads
What's One More Iron In The Fire!
Last Post: fram lee666
03-18-2024 06:21 PM
» Replies: 125
» Views: 238018
"Jacobra"
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
06-30-2023 11:13 PM
» Replies: 86
» Views: 150589
My old Queensland Ambulance
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
06-30-2023 11:08 PM
» Replies: 5
» Views: 1677
New member from San Jose, CA
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
05-09-2023 08:39 AM
» Replies: 12
» Views: 3953
Saving Seatbelts
Last Post: Jim
02-19-2023 10:23 PM
» Replies: 2
» Views: 9108
Sourcing new wheels
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
01-25-2023 02:34 PM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 1992
Shaker Air Filter
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
01-08-2023 02:24 AM
» Replies: 3
» Views: 1464
1971 Mach 1 parting out interior parts -...
Last Post: ylwhrse
12-22-2022 01:38 PM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 640
Painting
Last Post: Rare Pony
12-14-2022 06:24 PM
» Replies: 2
» Views: 1964
WELCOME ALL NEW MEMBERS INTRODUCE YOURSE...
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
08-31-2022 01:36 PM
» Replies: 82
» Views: 156971
1970 mach 1 matching numbers
Last Post: Kstweeter
08-31-2022 10:31 AM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 1086
Brake booster/servo hose length
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
08-23-2022 09:40 AM
» Replies: 7
» Views: 2990
New Member
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
08-20-2022 11:18 AM
» Replies: 2
» Views: 1496
smooth window operation on 70 Mach
Last Post: CUSTOMMISER
08-15-2022 12:10 PM
» Replies: 2
» Views: 1468
Blinkers on solid
Last Post: busted21
08-09-2022 03:58 AM
» Replies: 14
» Views: 8681
Blinkers on solid when lights on.
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
08-08-2022 12:06 PM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 1718
351 cj running hot
Last Post: busted21
08-08-2022 12:13 AM
» Replies: 5
» Views: 3402
Major Winter projects
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
07-09-2022 05:12 AM
» Replies: 49
» Views: 20964
Happy Fathers Day!!!
Last Post: JTS71 Mach1
06-20-2022 02:34 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 1681
1969 Raven Black 390 Looking For
Last Post: mason1958
06-11-2022 09:48 AM
» Replies: 10
» Views: 15074

>