1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto

Slowly moving forward...then a little back. Sanded the entire drivers side to take care of the orange peel effect of the sealer due to incorrect gun settings and eliminate the runs I got. That went well, slow, but well. Got pretty much all of the runs on the passenger side taken care of as well, just need to lightly sand the entire side smooth like the drivers side.

This is where the backwards momentum comes in. I thought I noticed a couple cracks in the primer on the cowl so I took a closer look. I turns out there are (were) a few, all on the passenger side. So, I took out some more aggressive sandpaper (180) and sanded it down to bare metal again. something must have reacted in that spot with the primer. Must have been contaminated in some way, just not sure how. Either way, I'm glad to find it now, not after color and watching my nice new paint job (hopefully :) ) crack and peel. Then I went over it again up to 400 grit to feather it out and will hit it with a shot of sealer and hope it doesn't react again.

Plan is to finish smoothening out the passenger side, touch up any spots I blew though taking care of the runs (and cowl issue), then shoot the color inside. I've lost a good day so far, maybe more on my plan, but still hope I can recover and get color on the inside this weekend, monday at the latest.

More to come