Finally finished the block sanding Saturday morning, so I shot it with 2K primer, and wet sanded it today...
Then shot it with "Hot Rod Black" satin acrylic urethane... I'd call it about 60% gloss, which is pretty close to what I wanted, and should be easy to match and touch up if needed.
Now I can work on putting the dash all back together, and finish installing the Vintage Air. I'm also done making dust, fumes, smoke, and welder flash, so pretty much the rest of the project won't have to be delayed by not allowing the kids in the shop with me. All the metal fab and body work was really tough to make time for, which is why it's been apart for over 2-1/2 years now.
SteveS said
May 20, 2013
And now I see why I should have spent more time on my firewall. Wow, looks great!
Derek69SS said
May 20, 2013
You did it the right way... yours is done.
I spent months on this. Being picky about the firewall probably added a year to the project (which seems ridiculous now) but it's finally done and I can move on.
dashboard said
May 20, 2013
Having seen some of the work that was done before the paint went on it's very impressive. Do you have a target date for wheels rolling?
Derek69SS said
May 20, 2013
I'm really trying to make Car Craft... don't want to miss that again.
SShink said
May 20, 2013
Derek69SS wrote:
I'm really trying to make Car Craft...
That's two of us...
Looks great Derek. Very professional looking.
Lost in the 60s said
May 20, 2013
it DOES look great but in hindsight, some of what we do does seem overboard, eh....
You're NOT alone in the catagory..
Enganeer said
May 20, 2013
I'll give cudo's for an excellent job. I need to do something like that for my Elky.
I'm finally making progress again...
Finally finished the block sanding Saturday morning, so I shot it with 2K primer, and wet sanded it today...
Then shot it with "Hot Rod Black" satin acrylic urethane... I'd call it about 60% gloss, which is pretty close to what I wanted, and should be easy to match and touch up if needed.
Now I can work on putting the dash all back together, and finish installing the Vintage Air. I'm also done making dust, fumes, smoke, and welder flash, so pretty much the rest of the project won't have to be delayed by not allowing the kids in the shop with me. All the metal fab and body work was really tough to make time for, which is why it's been apart for over 2-1/2 years now.
And now I see why I should have spent more time on my firewall. Wow, looks great!
I spent months on this. Being picky about the firewall probably added a year to the project (which seems ridiculous now) but it's finally done and I can move on.
I'm really trying to make Car Craft... don't want to miss that again.
That's two of us...
Looks great Derek. Very professional looking.
You're NOT alone in the catagory..