Here we go:
Nothing spectacular about the paint job other than it cost next to nothing in supplies and your life in labor.
Disclaimer: The car has not been wetsanded or polished yet. I needed the car, as its my driver, and so I put it back together after the 8th coat and drove my 1,000 mile trip. I have been driving it almost everyday since. Its been curing these past 3 months and I will get on it during my Thanksgiving holiday.
I cant post comments between picts so you will just have to figure them out as we go.
The car was originally black and I wanted to bring back the flavor of that by painting the tail in black. That led to the blood-line stripe becoming black as well. Played with that for a little while and got what I think is a nice compromise.
I realized how easy it was to paint it this way so I went and found a color I liked and mixed it into the Interlux Marine Paint I have been using for years on the boats I have built or owned.
The key is to thin it to the consistency of milk, and to wipe it down between coats and sanding with mineral spirits and denatured alcohol.
I removed everything I could and taped off what I couldn't.
I'm pretty adept with using epoxy, so I used West System to mix up the filler and patched the surface rusted areas.
I sanded the body down with 400 grit wet/dry and checked for smoothness. Its not perfect but was ok for my needs at this time.
The process goes something like this: Apply 2 coats and then sand with progressively finer paper, starting with 600.
Use a dense 4" foam roller and a 3" foam brush for 'tipping' out.
Wipe down with mineral spirits and let dry before the next coats.
8 coats took 5 days to apply.
Again, I have not done the final wetsanding or polishing, but its amazing how good it looks without.
Thats about it. Here are the picts.
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