1971 HLS30-14938 "Lily" build

[Patcon]

I noticed some of the sets were backordered

[Patcon]

Pretty much finished with 400 dry

will wet sand at 600 over the weekend

The biggest problem now, is my back is pissed!!!

I'm hoping to wet sand this weekend, retape the car and clean up and be ready to spray by Monday. Might spray the car this coming Thursday. We'll see..

[DC871F]

On 12/15/2021 at 9:04 PM, Patcon said:

Blocked some more tonight

The little flaws on the roof after they're spot filled

I use blue tape to help crispen the body lines. You sand up to the tape. Then move it to the other side of the line and do it again

Below the body lines tomorrow hopefully. I probably won't color this weekend because it's supposed to rain and I don't want to fight the moisture. So I will get set up and ready for color. Might color over the Christmas holiday with my new Xmas present paint gun 😉

I have body molding that I'm going to put back on so I dont have to do this step.

[Patcon]

Yes, the bumper rail hides most of the crease line

[Patcon]

So Saturday I got all the wet sanding in 600 done

[Patcon]

Tonight, I worked on wrapping her back up again

[grannyknot]

What colour are you painting her?

[Patcon]

10 hours ago, grannyknot said:

What colour are you painting her?

She's going to be that yellow that is already on her. I jambed the car out a few years ago but decided on moving my paint edge, so I am shooting over some of the existing single stage

[Patcon]

Well, I'm unhappy!

That's really an understatement. I'm absolutely pissed!! 🤬

So I ran the heater in the shop for a while to warm it up. Degrease the car and tack it good. Wet the floor down, ready to spray

Using a Tyveck suit I had and I have found that tucking paper towels into my gloves prevents dripping on the panels

So I am running a white sealer coat. The P sheet calls for one "medium coat to coverage" Well that's not gonna happen!!!

Even at the coverage level where it runs, it hasn't covered the grey primer. The yellow needs a white base or it's a different shade when shot over a darker base

Not only did the sealer run really easy but I have tons of sh!t in the paint. I mean everywhere! I have no idea where it came from??

I had planned on sealer, then base coat, then clear. Now I have to sand again and get dust everywhere which will just compound the problem. and I will have to seal again.

So frustrating...

[grannyknot]

Yikes! Why do you think it ran? Was the body too cold, sealer out of date, something about the new gun?  Great idea about the paper towel.

[Patcon]

2 hours ago, grannyknot said:

Yikes! Why do you think it ran? Was the body too cold, sealer out of date, something about the new gun?  Great idea about the paper towel.

I really don't know. That is part of what's so frustrating.

The shop was about 64 degrees when I went in this morning and heated it up to close to 70 before spraying. I am using a normal activator. I assume they offer a faster catalyst which might help.

I can rule out the new gun, because I didn't use it. The sealer wanted a 1.5 tip and the new gun only has tips up to 1.4. So I used my old gun. I didn't get runs on the left side of the car where I laid a flash coat down and then a second flash coat. It almost covered with two flash coats.

The bigger problem than the runs is the trash.

I always have some trash in my paint no matter how hard I try, but I suspect the sealer. I have had it for a while but not an unreasonably long time. There is trash in the rocker panels and low on the rear valance. So probably not airborne dust.

I also should have tried to get the runs off the car before they cured. They are gonna be a pain to deal with...

I think my next step is to pull an old piece of sheet metal out of the pile and prep it to 600. If it's not windy outside tomorrow I will shoot sealer on it. If it has tons of crap in it then it's nothing to do with the shop and it's in the sealer.

[Patcon]

https://www.chevelles.com/threads/nason-primer-sealer.344661/

This might be an apt description

"looks sandy"