1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto
I am sorry to report that I will be taking a serious break from my car. I just can't handle working on it after what happened this past Wednesday. I was wetsanding on the car and noticed a chipped spot on the door and noticed it looked like it was peeling. Well some of you already know what happened. The whole side of the door looks like this now.
I was heartbroken after all the work I've put into this car. Been bummed all weekend. Johnnydart cheered me up a little. I still can't believe the paint just peeled right off the car. Painter made a catastrophic mistake and now the car needs to be stripped back to bare metal in order for me to have any piece of mind at all. My painter knows he is fired as of today and I owe him nothing more than what I have given him thus far. He really owes me a partial refund since everything on the car is useless.
He did offer to strip the car back to bare metal and trailer it to whoever I plan to use as a new painter. We are still friends but the line is drawn and there is no going back. Should have seen this coming a year and a half ago but gave him the benefit. I now am much wiser and will not make the same mistake twice because I will either paint it myself or find some who is not a junior chemistry student who happens to paint cars.
I'll probably take a few months off from the car while I search for a reputable painter and study up on painting myself.
Maybe this is a good time to work on the 68 dart a little to get my mind of the valiant.
We'll see how it goes and I'll update when something good happens.
Dave
I am sorry to report that I will be taking a serious break from my car. I just can't handle working on it after what happened this past Wednesday. I was wetsanding on the car and noticed a chipped spot on the door and noticed it looked like it was peeling. Well some of you already know what happened. The whole side of the door looks like this now.
I was heartbroken after all the work I've put into this car. Been bummed all weekend. Johnnydart cheered me up a little. I still can't believe the paint just peeled right off the car. Painter made a catastrophic mistake and now the car needs to be stripped back to bare metal in order for me to have any piece of mind at all. My painter knows he is fired as of today and I owe him nothing more than what I have given him thus far. He really owes me a partial refund since everything on the car is useless.
He did offer to strip the car back to bare metal and trailer it to whoever I plan to use as a new painter. We are still friends but the line is drawn and there is no going back. Should have seen this coming a year and a half ago but gave him the benefit. I now am much wiser and will not make the same mistake twice because I will either paint it myself or find some who is not a junior chemistry student who happens to paint cars.
I'll probably take a few months off from the car while I search for a reputable painter and study up on painting myself.
Maybe this is a good time to work on the 68 dart a little to get my mind of the valiant.
We'll see how it goes and I'll update when something good happens.
Dave