With the seam sealer sanded and blended nicely, it was time for my least favourite chore, masking.
Got the mixing station all set up...
...and away we go! First, two coats of epoxy:
The following two pics are of the areas that I sanded the seam sealer. As you can see, they’re all but invisible now. A far cry from the factory’s abuse of it!
After a 90 minute flash time, it was time for some color. Yes you can do this. The process is referred to as “wet on wet” and is commonly used in production shops where sanding of the primer isn’t required.
First coat of color:
Then the second. The first coat covered fairly well, but was still a bit transparent due to trying to cover a darker color with the white.
Much better with the second and third:
After it had a chance to cure overnight, it was unmasked and I could finally inspect the fruits of my labor. Here’s the end result. My apologies for the repetitive camera angles, but with it being at the back of the garage there’s only so many angles I can get.
I decided to quickly mock up the taillights to add some color and see how it’d look:
Today it was time to start thinking about reassembling the back end. Initially I was going to replace the trunk weatherstrip seal with a new one, but after spending some time and elbow grease with the original, it cleaned up quite well.
The other thing I got done today was to clean, scuff and sand the tank filler neck and cap. Once that was done, they received two coats of satin clear to preserve that OEM raw steel look:
And that’s where I’m currently at guys. I’ve also reinstalled the rear wiring harness, and I guess now it’s time to start thinking about refinishing and painting the lower license plate filler panel and quarter extensions.
But that’s for next time! Till then,
D.
Got the mixing station all set up...
...and away we go! First, two coats of epoxy:
The following two pics are of the areas that I sanded the seam sealer. As you can see, they’re all but invisible now. A far cry from the factory’s abuse of it!
After a 90 minute flash time, it was time for some color. Yes you can do this. The process is referred to as “wet on wet” and is commonly used in production shops where sanding of the primer isn’t required.
First coat of color:
Then the second. The first coat covered fairly well, but was still a bit transparent due to trying to cover a darker color with the white.
Much better with the second and third:
After it had a chance to cure overnight, it was unmasked and I could finally inspect the fruits of my labor. Here’s the end result. My apologies for the repetitive camera angles, but with it being at the back of the garage there’s only so many angles I can get.
I decided to quickly mock up the taillights to add some color and see how it’d look:
Today it was time to start thinking about reassembling the back end. Initially I was going to replace the trunk weatherstrip seal with a new one, but after spending some time and elbow grease with the original, it cleaned up quite well.
The other thing I got done today was to clean, scuff and sand the tank filler neck and cap. Once that was done, they received two coats of satin clear to preserve that OEM raw steel look:
And that’s where I’m currently at guys. I’ve also reinstalled the rear wiring harness, and I guess now it’s time to start thinking about refinishing and painting the lower license plate filler panel and quarter extensions.
But that’s for next time! Till then,
D.
