My Next Victim

[commando1]

No secret just a lot of time and effort. First thing I do is while 2-3 coats of clear are recommended I apply 4. This allows me to sand out any and all imperfections plus adds more depth. I color sand using a foam block on flat surfaces starting with 1000 grit. Next I go over it with 1500 and finish it with 3000 on a DA sander. This is done wet with dish soap in the water to make the paper slide. I then start buffing with a wool pad and extra cut compound. Mequires or 3 M both give good results. After all sand scratches are gone I use a less aggressive compound and a foam pad. I never use the most aggressive foam pad because they will burn the paint if you hit a surface with the edge or stay in one spot too long. Next step is a polish with an even less aggressive pad and last is a glaze either with the softest pad or by hand.

My hand just fell just imagining all this.
Do you have any fingers left or just 5 little stubs,

 

[azblackhemi]

My hand just fell just imagining all this.
Do you have any fingers left or just 5 little stubs,

Well Stan I have to admit at 68 it's not as easy as it was at 28 but my hands are still working! I just keep on doing while I still can!

 

[azblackhemi]

Off the rotisserie and back on the ground. Tomorrow we'll start putting the sheet metal back on.

 

[azblackhemi]

Back together. All that's left to do for me is paint the black.

 

[azblackhemi]

All ready to spray the black. It's 113 here now so I think I'll wait until about 5 am tomorrow to paint.

 

[live4theking]

Did you work early mornings before you retired too? I sure would've with that heat.

 

[azblackhemi]

Did you work early mornings before you retired too? I sure would've with that heat.

Absolutely! The day starts early in Phoenix summers. When I work for myself it's no later than 6 am start. When I worked for Phoenix Transit System I worked a lot of midnight shifts. That's the best way to beat the heat!

 

[3175375]

Absolutely! The day starts early in Phoenix summers. When I work for myself it's no later than 6 am start. When I worked for Phoenix Transit System I worked a lot of midnight shifts. That's the best way to beat the heat!

My cousin lives in Tucson and he had a cement truck show up at 3:30 AM to pour a patio.

 

[azblackhemi]

Put the hood and header back on and I'm done with it!

 

[cuda hunter]

What type of paint did you use? Is it organasol?

 

[azblackhemi]

What type of paint did you use? Is it organasol?

No we used regular hot rod black, no texture. That's what the customer wanted.

 

[PH27L7]

Beautiful work! That AAR is just screaming for a 4-speed

 

[azblackhemi]

All done. I will have to put the vinyl stripe on and black out the tail panel at a later date but it will be leaving this week.

 

[cuda hunter]

Beautiful art right there! It was fun following along, thanks for including me!!
Never did see the fender tag on that car. Did you paint it anyways?

 

[azblackhemi]

Beautiful art right there! It was fun following along, thanks for including me!!
Never did see the fender tag on that car. Did you paint it anyways?

I did paint the tags. I'll get a picture in a bit.

 

[azblackhemi]

Beautiful art right there! It was fun following along, thanks for including me!!
Never did see the fender tag on that car. Did you paint it anyways?

 

[cuda hunter]

Such a sweet tag. I love seeing AAR tags. All lining up and everything correct(416). It's got a few of my favorite codes on it! N44 and N94, not to mention A53...

Thanks a bunch!

I'm curious, what were all the holes drilled in the inner fender by the tag for ?

 

[azblackhemi]

Such a sweet tag. I love seeing AAR tags. All lining up and everything correct(416). It's got a few of my favorite codes on it! N44 and N94, not to mention A53...

Thanks a bunch!

I'm curious, what were all the holes drilled in the inner fender by the tag for ?

LOL, that's just a piece of cardboard the tags are screwed to. The other holes are from painting bolts. Normally I'd screw it right back on the car but the inner fender is new and there's no mounting holes.

 

[cuda hunter]

LOL, that's just a piece of cardboard the tags are screwed to. The other holes are from painting bolts. Normally I'd screw it right back on the car but the inner fender is new and there's no mounting holes.

That makes since with the bubbles. Couldn't figure all that out. thanks!

 

[The Goose]

That makes since with the bubbles. Couldn't figure all that out. thanks!