HAFRODs 78 Aeroback Salon build
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That's what I did before putting the topcoat on it but I wet sanded it to 600 guess I was just being anal 🙂 Lots of guys like using sealer though, but unless it's for a specific reason I use urethane before color. Looks good, can't wait to see it painted!
Still didn't get the car wet sanded. I finished out the underside of trunk lid and got the final prime on it. I built a fixture shaped like a T for my mirrors. I bolted them to the fixture and got them primed. I have a hole drilled in the T handle to hang them on a wire. Worked awesome. I've had a really bad fiasco with the firewall. Before I traded it to my buddy, I had smoothed the center of the firewall. I had a used Hurst Olds emblem epoxied to the firewall and moulded it in. It looked stamped. When I got the car back, the emblem had a chunk broke out of it. I removed it and reworked the area smooth. He had painted the firewall gloss black and did not finish cleaning and smoothing the drivers side of the firewall. He just painted over the factory sealer crap. So, most of the day went into that firewall. I got it looking pretty nice but had to get some high build on it to block it out. I'll post pics after its painted to save my Photobucket storage. Every day I get closer and spending the extra time here and there is going to pay off big. I'm really excited now cause its close to spraying the shiney stuff 8)
I got most of the car wet sanded today. And to think, I get to do it again on the sand/buff. I don't think I'll be able to paint till Thursday but we'll see.
Was working hard on it today when my wife calls me around 1PM. Says there's a guy at her work wanting to buy her XLR. She told him the Kelley Blue book price for retail and he said he'd take it. We were just discussing a couple weeks ago about selling it and getting a Hell Cat Challenger. I took him the title, we got it notorized, and off he went. Simplest car sell I've ever done. I lost a 1/2 day and don't know if I can get it done before noon tomorrow or not. Gonna try though!
Its in the 40s and the wind is terrible again. I cleaned out the garage and used my leaf blower to remove dust and dirt from ceiling, lights, walls, and floor. It was bad. I will hang two rolls of plastic to make a makeshift paint booth. I decided to not paint with the weather like this. I watched a movie and it was killing me to not be working on it. I grabbed my front fender side marker lights. They have faded from years of the sun. I used a gray scotchbrite and scuffed the hell out of them. I used a silver paint pen on the raised edge. I bought some enamel pearly fingernail polish that looks like signal amber. I poured a little urethane auto clear in a cup, mixed in the hardner, and poured in the nail polish to tint it. I put it in my touch up gun and shot on a few coats. They're not as dark as I wanted but at least they're gleaming again. I'll get some pics later. I bought some red pearl nail polish to do the rears too but the rear markers are buried in a box in my shed.
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