1976 280Z Restoration Project

[ConVerTT]

Congrats Mark !!! Looks fantastic!

[Patcon]

Your clear catalyst was probably a little slow. so the flat areas laid down better but the verticals sagged a little bit. A little more flash time between coats would help with that. Some of that is just experience and feel, hard for us DIYers to develop those skills unless you paint a lot

[wheee!]

Your clear catalyst was probably a little slow. so the flat areas laid down better but the verticals sagged a little bit. A little more flash time between coats would help with that. Some of that is just experience and feel, hard for us DIYers to develop those skills unless you paint a lot

100% agree with you. The garage was “warm” but not really more than 16 degrees I guess. More flash time would have been the answer. Unfortunately I couldn’t see the clear coat well in the tent through the face mask regulator. Experience would have told me to go slower and maybe use a faster catalyst. I used medium.


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[240260280]

WOW LOOKS GREAT!!!!!

[Casey_z]

23 hours ago, wheee! said:

Yeah, sometimes it gets ruff...!


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Ruff?

[wheee!]

This made me laugh, then cry a little...




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[Patcon]

Yeah 16d C is borderline for paint. Faster catalyst would have helped. Still it looks great!

[wheee!]

Another shot in more sunlight...




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[ConVerTT]

Yummy!!!

[rcb280z]

Sure is pretty.

Love the color!

[240260280]

Reminds me of @rossiz's beauty! 

[rossiz]

Sure is pretty!!
I wish my paint still looked like that! The PO did a clear coat and it started getting dandruff a year or so ago. All the sky-facing surfaces have peeled up like a 3rd degree sunburn.