azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
New project is a 69 Super Bee. Bodywork mostly done with a few spots to rework. Then all the prep and paint. Going to be the newer Mopar Octane red.
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300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Is the truck yours?
mrfury68
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Nice Bee and truck! Keep us posted on the progress.
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
No that belongs to my buddy and the Bee is for one of his customers. The truck is affectionately known as the "Tun ner"
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
Octane Red is a nice one. Looked at a Scat Widebody with peanut butter guts in that color.
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
I'm not sure they made a bad color for 22 or 23.
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The bee will be nice, but I like the truck.
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
Gloss primer...
It still looks good on those cars.
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
I guess. Still out of all the colors probably the least appealing.
To me and you yes, they've sold a lot though . The cars do look good in that color skin.
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
I'm not a fan of those grays but all the manufacturers offer them and you see a lot of them so I guess I'm in the minority.
71Polara383
Kid with ballcap
I wasn't much of a fan of the Granite Crystal at first. But it definitely grew on me.
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
Made some progress over the last few days. Fixed a couple minor imperfections, caulked some seams and the drip rails. Now it's in the booth ready for final primer.
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
Final primer.
OldWarHorse300
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Looking good . What's your favorite paint brand, and what body filler you are using specially in hot Arizona whether? Just asking..
Regards,
Mika
Regards,
Mika
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
Over the years I've mostly used PPG products but lately they've been kinda pricing themselves out of the market. This car is going to be a very expensive red. PPG wanted $1600 per gallon and we need 2 gallons. Matrix brand was about half the price and is a high quality system so that's what we're going with on this one. As far as filler any of the brand names are good. I usually use Rage by I think Evercoat.
commando1
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What does 1600 paint give you that the others don't?
azblackhemi
Old Man with a Hat
Good question Stan. Well compared to the low line paint systems the high quality ones do give you much better coverage and durability. Now in this case PPG versus Matrix I'm not sure PPG is giving anything for the higher price. I'm going by recommendations from others though since I haven't used the Matrix line before. When done I will let you know my experience with Matrix.
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