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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #120 on: Tuesday,December 19, 2017, 06:19:06 PM »
Spectacular!

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #121 on: Tuesday,December 19, 2017, 07:36:52 PM »
That car is going to blind people in the sunshine!

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #122 on: Friday,December 22, 2017, 04:09:14 PM »
 Hard to take a good picture of black paint 😳 most of car has no orange peel  and no swirl or scratches. I need to do edges and fed compartment and engine section.

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #123 on: Friday,December 22, 2017, 04:23:51 PM »
You painted your car without a booth?! Amazing!

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #124 on: Friday,December 22, 2017, 04:51:55 PM »
Yes , No booth . Spray color , clear coat within 30 minutes , let dry approx 20-30 minutes bring outside to stop the smell . Work the next day sanding .  Painted my Vette  and my Camino and others the same way.
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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #125 on: Friday,December 22, 2017, 11:15:25 PM »
I do like the 'vette.  :)

Ok, I know I'm on the wrong side of the pond for these but I've loved the shape ever since my uncle sent over a book on the cars for a Christmas present when I was a  kid. It's big feature was the Mako Shark version and we had nothing like that over here at the time - that image is still fresh today !

Question - are you using a mechanical polisher or is it all hand polishing ? Whatever you're doing it's just stunning.....


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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #126 on: Saturday,December 23, 2017, 04:38:45 AM »
 All mechanical ,except for edges and tight areas. After painting wait the recommended time to cure . Then
Sand high spots out as you do with the primer but with 800 to 1000 initial cut. i use mostly all velcro pads and dics.

    Very important FREQUENTLY check the sanded area with a rubber squeegee pad . As the glossy areas disappear step up the sanding grit 1500,2000 buff with coumpound and redetermine if more sanding is required, . Meaning do you see any inperfections you are not happy with,now is wipingtime to keep sanding ...sometines going back to 1000 and bring it back up to 2000..then rebuff with a cutting pad at a slow to moderate speed. More on that later . Remember slow and wet wiping area as you make a pass with a orbital sander.

  Now if your happy with area time now to step it up ,attach a sanding pad  sponge pad on sander which i like to keep on sander as to protect the edges of a panel against burn through. 
  Attach a 3000 pad, 4000, and 5000 ,sand an area in slow passes for approximately 4 good passes each. 3m has a great product that is expensive 10.00 dollars each in the 3000 and 5000 but all you need is two for a complete car.
The velcro equivalent is .80 cents. Will post a pics on equipment mentioned
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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #127 on: Saturday,December 23, 2017, 06:01:22 AM »
 Here are some tools.

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #128 on: Sunday,December 24, 2017, 01:29:43 AM »
Thanks for posting the pictures of your tools, it's an area that I know zero about but would like to learn more.

We're similar in our approaches to painting cars, although I try to get as good as possible a finish from the gun, invariably there are sections that need polishing. With my Elan I have a good finish with reflections almost as good as yours (red doesn't have the same effect though), but that's because it's a small car and quite curvy, so the paint flows well.  And with a small car it's easy to hand polish.  I do a similar process to yourself, I used up to 1200 to get it matt & then cutting compounds - G3 paste, a fine "T-cut" grade and finally polish.

With the Europa and the large flat areas I have always needed to polish and I must admit, I get tired doing it by hand. The car is ok but I put enough paint on that I know it could be better, hence the question on tools. I've been hesitant and wary of burning through the paint, but what you're doing has convinced me to look again.

I can see you have an air tool but is the one at the back electric ? I prefer electric as my compressor is only 9cfm (and noisy) which is probably borderline for pro tools, so if you have any advice on what I should look for I'd be obliged.

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #129 on: Sunday,December 24, 2017, 05:46:01 AM »
 The one above the 2000 grit is the only January  :BBQ:  electric tool. It is not god for small , tight areas however .
This was the most difficult car to spray the entire car without overspray. I thought I would just spray a section at a time but taping areas would be time consuming. So I took the best start to finish path.
Yes I agree to get a good flow to the finish coat and I can do that most of the time without running the paint.

Doing small areas with the Trizact pads by hand or by machine will protect against burning thru because of the sponge backing, and I also place the sponge backup pad in picture on sander Velcro pad to prevent sander from digging in when changing directions of the sanding.
There are numerous foam pads for cutting, polishing and finishing . McGuire’s has a great video on you tube where the polish out a car for 8 hours with 6 guys ,(boring), but we/ I can fast forward and get to see what the pros do.

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #130 on: Sunday,December 24, 2017, 09:32:12 AM »
does the use of foam pads prevent it digging in or overheating ?  Interesting if so, but as I said it's an entirely new game to me. I think I'll spend some time browsing youtube and see what's there.

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #131 on: Monday,December 25, 2017, 05:09:38 AM »
Yes it does help in both. Slow and easy with light passes
Door jamb and sail panel polished.

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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #132 on: Tuesday,December 26, 2017, 04:55:27 AM »
 No burn thru on door interior. Window section was sanded by hand.
I left a lot of defects in this area that I usually take out
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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #133 on: Tuesday,December 26, 2017, 12:59:40 PM »
Polished out and finished edges
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Re: 1970 s2 0453R Reassembly
« Reply #134 on: Tuesday,December 26, 2017, 05:00:23 PM »
Outstanding! You're going to blind other drivers in the Florida summer sun!