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90droptoproc

I have been slowly building up all my supplies and tools and such to repaint my Vert for abit now, and due to its daily driver status I will be doing it in stages (meaning I will bodywork and spray a section at a time so I can drive it home from my work area each night)
I started the actual work today and got the left fender, door, and quarter done before I had to clean up for the day.

I am getting rid of the tu-tone as you can see, and some things like the handles and trim and such are being painted also (not my idea, the last repaint covered em all, so now I gotta)

does anyone here have any knowledge on colorsanding an acrylic enamel singlestage paint, I need to know how long to wait till I can sand it smoother.

before

after todays work

and a quick photochop for a concept

please be gentle, after all it was a really crappy midnight cranberry flaking paint job before.

but I would like to know about the time needed to fully cure and any opinions people might have,

thanks
Rich

blue89 · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:09 am Post subject:

I like it.

I dont think that the enamel will dry hard enough to sand. But if its possible, i would wait at least two weeks, especially with the cold weather. Looks good though!

PS. The gray seats I still have in my garage look EXACTLY like what you have in the Cavi.

chevymad · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject:

Been awhile since I looked any of this up.. But if I remember right it had to cure a month before color sanding/buffing. Of course that will also depend on what hardener you use. My last single stage job I used a urethane hardener in the enamel. Came out much glossier then the standard hardener.

iansane · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject:

Actually looks pretty good. Smile

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

looks good to me.

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject:

looks pretty good to me Rich!

90droptoproc · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:33 am Post subject:

WOW!!! thanks guys, I was really expecting to get burned for working on a fwd beater Laughing

90droptoproc · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject:

so I finnaly got to talk to the owner of the paintshop at my work(uses the same paint all day) and he says it should be fine to colorsand anytime after 2 days so I am just waiting for some time to get out there and do it Very Happy

I hope it turns out ok, but the bodywork on the door is pretty bad, I want to find a replacement, but it is hard to find vert parts around here right now Sad

90droptoproc · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:41 am Post subject:

well I havnt done much more with the paint, but here is an update

this is it after the paint and before anymore work

I changed out the rear trunklid and added the later model wing

and then I made my new hood hinges

blue89 · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject:

Rich, what did you do to your hood?

iansane · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject:

I've kinda wanted to do that to my bird. You should try it and then sell me the hinges. Smile

90droptoproc · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 12:56 am Post subject:

Ian, that reminds me, afew people have asked me to do this for them around here locally, what do you think I should charge for this as a drive in and drive out type of thing?

iansane · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:44 am Post subject:

Oh man I have no idea, how long does it take you to do?

90droptoproc · Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:50 am Post subject:

few hours, I would like to set aside a day to be sure

blue89 · Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 11:09 am Post subject:

what hinges did you use? They look like camaro hinges.

90droptoproc · Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject:

LOL no they don't trav!!
they are buick hinges, you should come up this weekend and check em out in person Very Happy

blue89 · Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 1:41 pm Post subject:

I should huh? We're brewing more beer this weekend. Lol. What ever day I don't brew I'll try to come up.

How do you stop the hood from hitting the front bumper? Looks like its got some angle there.

iansane · Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject:

Are those from a mid 80's buick? I think I've got a set of those. It's originally got the crossbar that connects each side. Got more pictures? Couple hundred per job if it's a from scratch thing and less if you've done it before? No idea on pricing.

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