Jeep 4.0 in 69 Barracuda
With parts needed for other work to be completed I have jumped into some body prep. As I can not afford to pay a body shop to work on the issues of my barracuda, I am going to target as much as I can on my own. This will be in large part the body dings. I am going to be plasti dipping the car. The products from Dip Your Car are really on the level of peel-able auto paint now.
In prep for spraying, I am pulling all the black off to the green oem color as much as possible. I thought the car was rattle can black primer and paint. As I hit it with 500 grit, I found it was some form of black paint and grey primer. What these pictures dont show is how much of the black paint is flaking off exposing the oem green which is why I believed it was rattle can.
All the black left behind is where a ding or a crease is. On the front fender, you can see where the square marker has been covered over.
And of course I need a picture including my little helper.
For those who have not seen this, Plasti Dipping has come along way from its beginning. With Color shifting and Pearls to High Gloss. A test was done where DYC took a bare body panel, sprayed it and left it for 1 year. When the plasti was pealed back, the bare metal was still clean of rust. Also look at the cars I touch, they are not honda civics. Higher end cars with paint 1 would really care about.
I have 3 colors I am considering (In order of consideration), below are youtube videos from the company...
(Short videos [5 - 7 min] where reveal is about half way thru video)
1) Wicked Wine
2) Persian Blue
3) Frozen Blue
And for those who are interested, here is a 6min video of the pealing process. Much like vinyl wrapping only with no glue to clean up.
With parts needed for other work to be completed I have jumped into some body prep. As I can not afford to pay a body shop to work on the issues of my barracuda, I am going to target as much as I can on my own. This will be in large part the body dings. I am going to be plasti dipping the car. The products from Dip Your Car are really on the level of peel-able auto paint now.
In prep for spraying, I am pulling all the black off to the green oem color as much as possible. I thought the car was rattle can black primer and paint. As I hit it with 500 grit, I found it was some form of black paint and grey primer. What these pictures dont show is how much of the black paint is flaking off exposing the oem green which is why I believed it was rattle can.
All the black left behind is where a ding or a crease is. On the front fender, you can see where the square marker has been covered over.
And of course I need a picture including my little helper.
For those who have not seen this, Plasti Dipping has come along way from its beginning. With Color shifting and Pearls to High Gloss. A test was done where DYC took a bare body panel, sprayed it and left it for 1 year. When the plasti was pealed back, the bare metal was still clean of rust. Also look at the cars I touch, they are not honda civics. Higher end cars with paint 1 would really care about.
I have 3 colors I am considering (In order of consideration), below are youtube videos from the company...
(Short videos [5 - 7 min] where reveal is about half way thru video)
1) Wicked Wine
2) Persian Blue
3) Frozen Blue
And for those who are interested, here is a 6min video of the pealing process. Much like vinyl wrapping only with no glue to clean up.