Forgot how bad I hated bodywork

[CarMichael Angelo]

I remember now though, and HOW. (put a blob on, sand, reveal low/high spot, add another blob, sand,....sand,....sand,)
I am so damn burn't out, I am almost to the point of compromising the standard of quality I'm gonna settle for just to get it done.
If you are a body man, KUDOS. I have spent at least 40 hours on this nose and hood, and I'm still not done. If I was a "professional" It'd be done.'

I thought there was a bunch of dust from grinding,..Naaaah! now the blue dust is everywhere, and it makes the grinding dust look like clean air.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

[FoxGT87]

i was wondering how your eye was healing and how the progress was coming with your car.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

I've actually been working w/ it for about 10 days now. It has went from no depth perception and 20/70, to marginal DP and about 20/40. Doc says everything is how it should be (no ancillary damage) but my vision may take up to 6 months if it comes back any better than it is. I think it'll get better, It seems to be better every day.

ON a thread related note:

I look to post pics tomorrow or thursday. The entire front end is basically done. I still have to deal w/ the lower front fender (there is a slight mis-match and 5 holes to weld shut since removing the lower front fender skirt)

I'll do the grille tomorrow. I have duplicated the billet grille on an Eleanor mustang. It's heavy though, (relatively speaking) and I still don't know if I'm gonna go w/it.

I do have a body work question, hopefully a "body guy" will read and answer.
I have put the work I've done in etching primer. I plan on adding a high build primer on that to block down, if I come across a small imperfection that I need to add polyester putty to, can I put it on top of the primer? I'm pretty sure I can, just want to be sure.

 

[LarsD]

Can't answer your question, but glad to hear your eye is doing better.

 

[RacEoHolic330]

What you are doing with your car isn't bodywork. It's art. So, it's understandable that it takes so long..

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

What you are doing with your car isn't bodywork. It's art. So, it's understandable that it takes so long..

Ohhhhh it's ART,

Now I know why Van Gogh cut his ear off.

Being an artist makes you CRAZY!


J.K. Thanks....I think?

 

[MAC'n89Blckstng]

Hey, I do this stuff for a living. Im currently taking a break from an AAR Cuda I'm doing in the shop, an its going to be black. Best way to do body work on a panel is to coat the ENTIRE panel with filler and block it down. If you find a low spot again, coat the entire panel again. Sounds like alot of work, well, it is, but it will come out alot straighter and you wont chase the low/high spots around as you would if you just filled only the low spot.

 

[MAC'n89Blckstng]

Oh, and after your body work is almost perfect. Get yourself a sprayable filler and shoot the whole car and block that down with a nice loooong block with 180 then prime it. I use UPOL Reface on every car I do and its amazing stuff!

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Hey, I do this stuff for a living. Im currently taking a break from an AAR Cuda I'm doing in the shop, an its going to be black. Best way to do body work on a panel is to coat the ENTIRE panel with filler and block it down. If you find a low spot again, coat the entire panel again. Sounds like alot of work, well, it is, but it will come out alot straighter and you wont chase the low/high spots around as you would if you just filled only the low spot.

Thanks, I've found that out the hard way, I was only filling like 3/4 of the area around the problem, and by the time I got that sanded down to see how the low spot was doing, a new high spot would show up.
DONE with that plan, I found out that if there was a problem, the WHOLE area had to be recoated. The biggest pain in the ass is that I'm using a hand(long) block, I only have an air DA, and I don't have to tell you that I don't use that to get a panel straight.

 

[90lxcoupe]

on my car they did all the body work, then 3 coats of primer(not 100% sure if it was etching primer.), sanding it between each coat, and a final coat of yellow primer before the basecoat was applied.

 

[MAC'n89Blckstng]

Yea, I only use air tools to rough in body work. I have a 36 inch durablock and its my best friend. I love that thing. This Cuda I'm doing is a huge project but its going to be black so its gotta be perfect! Good luck with the project!

 

[smokin joe]

Mad Mike by the time you are done with that car it is going to be awesome. It gets frustrating at times but in the end it will be worth it.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Mad Mike by the time you are done with that car it is going to be awesome. It gets frustrating at times but in the end it will be worth it.

Thanks, I know it'll be worth it in the end. It's just the whole freakin desert that I got to cross before I get to the shade at the end, that's the problem.