The Great Pumpkin - '71 Duster
Primed the trunk today. This was a mostly redundant exercise because there was a lot of original paint left but I did have to grind down some areas that had surface rust so it was all uneven. I figured it was best to start with a uniform bottom layer before spraying the color. Besides, the epoxy will also seal the bare areas. The ground-down areas will get high-build primer to fill them in.
Also took some time to polish one of my no-name Mickey Thompson valve covers. These things were pretty crusty and required a lot of elbow grease to get them to this point. This was all wet sanding starting with 600 grit up to 2000 grit, then metal polish and some time on the buffing wheel. Can still see some sanding marks and they're nowhere near perfect but at least they're presentable. I guess that's patina?
Not too bad.
More to come.
Primed the trunk today. This was a mostly redundant exercise because there was a lot of original paint left but I did have to grind down some areas that had surface rust so it was all uneven. I figured it was best to start with a uniform bottom layer before spraying the color. Besides, the epoxy will also seal the bare areas. The ground-down areas will get high-build primer to fill them in.
Also took some time to polish one of my no-name Mickey Thompson valve covers. These things were pretty crusty and required a lot of elbow grease to get them to this point. This was all wet sanding starting with 600 grit up to 2000 grit, then metal polish and some time on the buffing wheel. Can still see some sanding marks and they're nowhere near perfect but at least they're presentable. I guess that's patina?
Not too bad.
More to come.