Its proving a slow time consuming process. Having a fairly averaged sized garage isnt helping as we can either do the body or parts. The body needs to dry before wheeling out and then we do what parts we can. It does help having a big gas blower/heater though to keep the temperature up. On the body, the door jambs and the drain trough around the bootlid were done. Also a couple of little hard to get areas within the engine bay were hit again as I wasnt happy with the paint coverage. I also etch primed the POR15 areas inside the cabin and on the parcel shelf. Bloody lot of time is taken up with masking!
We managed to get all the hinges done and the inside of both the back doors. During the week I sanded the inside of the hood down as there was a lot of crap that had blown out onto the paint, during the first hit. Thats been re-painted also and has turned out really good, though I will need to get a brush through into all the holes in the inner, so that you cannot see any non-black areas. All the panels will dry for the week and then next weekend Ill hang them on the car, to be ready for the exterior paint. Might strip and paint a whole lot of bolts too, for the hinges. Heres a tip. never sand using thinners. I was re-sanding one of the door inners as the paint had reacted with some of the deadner in a small area, and i was using a cup full of water (or so i thought) wwhen sanding. Little did i know my mate had piffed the water and was using that mixing cup to add thinners to paint! Here I am wondering why the paint was all going sticky!! Should of smelt it, but it was quite hard to smell anything after spraying all day.
guess you have to laugh about it but it ended up wasting a fair bit of time. turned out good in the end.
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