'83 Cutlass Cruiser Build Thread
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Metallic paints are always tougher to match and blend...temperature, air pressure, and humidity change the way the paint dries, and how metal flakes lay in the paint. Great bodywork will make a crappy paint job look amazing...but bad bodywork will make the perfect paint job look crappy!
Blake, I would have gone the same route with your chip repair! Oh, and I love the classic colour you used on the wagon.
Blake, I would have gone the same route with your chip repair! Oh, and I love the classic colour you used on the wagon.
Thanks you guys!
Got my samples in the mail today...
What do you guys think?
I wish there was more sunlite, but the clouds don't want to cooperate...
Got my samples in the mail today...
What do you guys think?
I wish there was more sunlite, but the clouds don't want to cooperate...
Second from the left is my choice... richer colour. How does it hold up to UV? I'd hate to see it sun fade to a bad pink colour!
Second from left is my favorite too. The others look like original on the bigger wagons. Nothing wrong with that though.
Time for an update!
August was busy, but I was able to at least keep up some progress...
I got a lot done, but not the type of stuff that photographs well, if you know what I mean.
Most of what it boiled down to was that I was too lazy to do my homework as to what I was going to do about the woodgrain...
I needed to pick a color, a material, find a vendor, and see if I even felt comfortable doing it myself or having it done by the pros, etc...
These types of things don't go well with my level of A.D.D., so I simply just put them off until I finally hit the point on the car that I couldn't go any further without the woodgrain. Which is pretty typical for how I do things...
So as you saw, I at least made the first step several weeks ago by getting some samples to stare at for several hours.
Well I made my final decision and ordered the vinyl on friday!
I'm not going to say which shade I picked, other than it is not one of the four samples I posted lol...
Those samples were 3M vinyl, and the amount I need to do the car would've cost almost $700! Yeah, see why I've been dragging my feet?
I ended up finding another brand, that only makes 1 color for less than 1/3 the price. That solves the color choice problem haha!
So instead, I'm getting enough material to do the car plus extra for when I inevitably **** it up, on sale for $140.
Plus $40 for another roll of pinstriping tape, and even if I screw it up so bad that I have to completely redo the whole car, TWICE, I'll still be money ahead of buying the fancy stuff... That's a decision that makes itself!
The only thing I've got for you guys that was picture-worthy is the the freshly sanded and buffed header panel...
August was busy, but I was able to at least keep up some progress...
I got a lot done, but not the type of stuff that photographs well, if you know what I mean.
Most of what it boiled down to was that I was too lazy to do my homework as to what I was going to do about the woodgrain...
I needed to pick a color, a material, find a vendor, and see if I even felt comfortable doing it myself or having it done by the pros, etc...
These types of things don't go well with my level of A.D.D., so I simply just put them off until I finally hit the point on the car that I couldn't go any further without the woodgrain. Which is pretty typical for how I do things...
So as you saw, I at least made the first step several weeks ago by getting some samples to stare at for several hours.
Well I made my final decision and ordered the vinyl on friday!
I'm not going to say which shade I picked, other than it is not one of the four samples I posted lol...
Those samples were 3M vinyl, and the amount I need to do the car would've cost almost $700! Yeah, see why I've been dragging my feet?
I ended up finding another brand, that only makes 1 color for less than 1/3 the price. That solves the color choice problem haha!
So instead, I'm getting enough material to do the car plus extra for when I inevitably **** it up, on sale for $140.
Plus $40 for another roll of pinstriping tape, and even if I screw it up so bad that I have to completely redo the whole car, TWICE, I'll still be money ahead of buying the fancy stuff... That's a decision that makes itself!
The only thing I've got for you guys that was picture-worthy is the the freshly sanded and buffed header panel...
Looks great, Blake!
I don't blame you for not ponying up $700.00 for the 3M vinyl woodgrain. That's too rich for anybody's blood. I'm sure you made the right choice. 3M products are great, but hold on to your wallet.
How is this stuff applied, by heat gun?
I don't blame you for not ponying up $700.00 for the 3M vinyl woodgrain. That's too rich for anybody's blood. I'm sure you made the right choice. 3M products are great, but hold on to your wallet.
How is this stuff applied, by heat gun?
Jack, the vinyl is applied dry, then squee-geed down, and then the heat gun activates/cures the adhesive...
Practiced on the flat panels before I tackle the 1/4's and fenders... Got all 5 doors done saturday.
Here's a little teaser for now...
Practiced on the flat panels before I tackle the 1/4's and fenders... Got all 5 doors done saturday.
Here's a little teaser for now...
Looks great Blake! I've been wondering how it's been going for you. I'm glad to see the great progress.
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