1972 Canadian H-Code 340 Dart Swinger Special Resto - Finally started!
Been busy blocking this thing out and for those that are new to prepping your own car this is the block or one of similar size that will get you a very straight paint job. The guide coat, in this case the last coat of grey primer, reveals the areas that are still a bit low and need some additional fill when I re-prime. Most of these areas are so close to being flat that when I re-primed you could not see them as being low
An example you can see in these two spots, the first one as I begun to run out of primer around this spot, its evident that the area in which the orange peel is still untouched by the sand paper is too low. Any additional sanding will simply create high spots surrounding this low area so it needs a light coat of filler to fix. The spot just above it, thou the grey might indicate it is also low, the sand paper has removed almost all of it indicating that its very close to being as flat as the yellow surrounding it and when re-primed it will likely be very straight. I will put a couple extra coats on these grey areas regardless and give them a light blocking referring to the pictures I took so I can remember where they were.
Prepped up the inside of my doors and applied some sound deadener on the inside of the door skin, so they are ready for a re-prime on the outside and some colour on the inside,
Then mask off for the black,
The hood and the trunk lid needed some work, the hood had hood pins holes that need to go away since that wasn't original. The trunk lid need a bit more work then I thought to get it straight but that got done and primed them then blocked them and re-prime and then got the inside painted,
Still making progress heading to the September long weekend where hopefully I will get it all painted, today is a day off, thank the lord!
Been busy blocking this thing out and for those that are new to prepping your own car this is the block or one of similar size that will get you a very straight paint job. The guide coat, in this case the last coat of grey primer, reveals the areas that are still a bit low and need some additional fill when I re-prime. Most of these areas are so close to being flat that when I re-primed you could not see them as being low
An example you can see in these two spots, the first one as I begun to run out of primer around this spot, its evident that the area in which the orange peel is still untouched by the sand paper is too low. Any additional sanding will simply create high spots surrounding this low area so it needs a light coat of filler to fix. The spot just above it, thou the grey might indicate it is also low, the sand paper has removed almost all of it indicating that its very close to being as flat as the yellow surrounding it and when re-primed it will likely be very straight. I will put a couple extra coats on these grey areas regardless and give them a light blocking referring to the pictures I took so I can remember where they were.
Prepped up the inside of my doors and applied some sound deadener on the inside of the door skin, so they are ready for a re-prime on the outside and some colour on the inside,
Then mask off for the black,
The hood and the trunk lid needed some work, the hood had hood pins holes that need to go away since that wasn't original. The trunk lid need a bit more work then I thought to get it straight but that got done and primed them then blocked them and re-prime and then got the inside painted,
Still making progress heading to the September long weekend where hopefully I will get it all painted, today is a day off, thank the lord!