I went from working on my mustang 24/7 to working on my thesis 24/7 september 16th. I hoped to finish it so I could graduate in december, well I missed a deadline and had to postpone graduation until the spring. That was okay though because it meant I could go back and finish my paint job. I really want to get it done so I can drive my baby again.
If you've been following my paint saga, then you know that I sanded through the clear in a couple spots while trying to knock off all the orange peel. That was, I thought, a minor set back. Then the guy at the paint store, who has been right about everything, looked at the pictures I took of the car and the orange peel, and told me I needed to wetsand the whole thing and then reclear it.
Well I started resanding the stang last week. I didn't want to make more work for myself so I was sure to leave a bit of the orange peel on my stang after I went over it lightly with 600 grit paper on a block. Got done, washed the car, and was able to get the dadgum waterstains off in time to head out to the drag strip for a few runs in my roomates 05 GT.
We got home and I went straight back to work on the car. Hood's ready for the stripes and then clear, trunks ready for clear, and I started masking the car. (figured on shooting it tomorrow) Anyway, I was looking at the fenders and I noticed that my fiberglass hood had rubbed through to the base in a couple spots. I had only sanded the fender lips in a couple spots to remove imperfections in the finish, and I got to wondering if I shouldn't just reclear the lips.
I was able to find a data sheet for the clearcoat with some really good instructions on applying it. I thought that was cool until I read where I needed to remove all gloss from the cured clear before applying another coat.
Great.
So I'm going to go in search of 3M 600 grit scuff pads tomorrow, and a heater for the garage since stupid winter is coming again. Dark at 6:25pm, I want to slap whoever came up with daylight savings time. I've got to go over the whole car, even the areas I didn't plan on reclearing incase of overspray. Wee more sanding.
Maybe I'll be finished someday.
If you've been following my paint saga, then you know that I sanded through the clear in a couple spots while trying to knock off all the orange peel. That was, I thought, a minor set back. Then the guy at the paint store, who has been right about everything, looked at the pictures I took of the car and the orange peel, and told me I needed to wetsand the whole thing and then reclear it.
Well I started resanding the stang last week. I didn't want to make more work for myself so I was sure to leave a bit of the orange peel on my stang after I went over it lightly with 600 grit paper on a block. Got done, washed the car, and was able to get the dadgum waterstains off in time to head out to the drag strip for a few runs in my roomates 05 GT.
We got home and I went straight back to work on the car. Hood's ready for the stripes and then clear, trunks ready for clear, and I started masking the car. (figured on shooting it tomorrow) Anyway, I was looking at the fenders and I noticed that my fiberglass hood had rubbed through to the base in a couple spots. I had only sanded the fender lips in a couple spots to remove imperfections in the finish, and I got to wondering if I shouldn't just reclear the lips.
I was able to find a data sheet for the clearcoat with some really good instructions on applying it. I thought that was cool until I read where I needed to remove all gloss from the cured clear before applying another coat.
Great.
So I'm going to go in search of 3M 600 grit scuff pads tomorrow, and a heater for the garage since stupid winter is coming again. Dark at 6:25pm, I want to slap whoever came up with daylight savings time. I've got to go over the whole car, even the areas I didn't plan on reclearing incase of overspray. Wee more sanding.
Maybe I'll be finished someday.