Am I done sanding the body?

[Dave Tabor]

Ok, on to the body.

The car is go-cart-able and the electrical is done/tested.

I ground all the seams, used a Dremel to grind out any gelcoat or bubbles, filled with West Systems epoxy and then a few go-arounds with Rage Gold and block-sanding.

The next step for me is to spray Slick Sand Primer and sand and spray and sand.


Am I ready for this step?


The goals for the car are a 10-footer track car / street flogger. I figure that I have about 40 hours in the body so far (all this week). The final color will be white in single-urethane.


The body FEELS smooth but my hands are not trained for this. I was tempted to float the whole body in Rage but I suppose that's what the Slick Sand does. The doors have been fit and I'm not going to fill anything between the body and the doors- they look good to me and it took hours to get the doors hung/sanded to fit well (enough). I'll be cleaning up the door-hinge cutouts.


I appreciate in advance any feedback or guidance.


Thanks,

Dave

GenIII Coupe #17

[BC Huselton]

I would suggest you spray Epoxy Primer over any of the places that you have sanded through the Gel Coat and over all of you Rage work. Do this prior to your Primer / Surfacer. This will help prevent any of your repair work blistering up when it gets heat on it...like the sun. Then put a Gide Coat on your Slick Sand, use a Long Board with 220 to level it all out. More Slick Sand, Guide Coat, Long Board w/ 400 / 600 / then your single stage.

Jeff at Whitby Motors is the pro to answer this...your can trust his advice. He has seen and done it all with these cars.

[Dave Tabor]

Ok, here we are after Slicksand, blocking, 2 coats of epoxy primer followed by high-build urethane primer.

Used a 3M Accuspray setup.

Dave

[Mark Eaton]

Wow Dave, that looks really good!

Mark

[John Dol]

Looks like your ready for a crazy vinyl wrap!!
Just kidding that looks smooooooth.
Well done

John

[Dave Tabor]

After 2 coats of epoxy primer and 3 of high-build urethane primer (Summit brand).

Looks good to me and I'll get the body on the car next weekend after I apply some undercoating to the exposed areas of the body (not much really).

Then, it's reassembly time- it's all plumbed, wired and seats/sliders have been previously fit.

I'll drive it like this for a while and then perhaps wet sand it and shoot the final color in my garage.

Dave
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[John Dol]

Dave,

Wow, your not worried about getting all this work damaged before you will apply paint? Seems like the opportune time now to paint it as well.
Looks great!!

John

[Dave Tabor]

John,

No, I'm not worried. I'd be more worried of scuffing if it were painted the final finish.

I'll do that with the body on the car and in my garage.

This primer will get wet-sanded anyway so I could tolerate some dust, etc. from doing these steps outside.

Dave

[Dave Tabor]

...Leaving it in primer to get it on the road asap.

It's just re-assembly now as it's all been built once before.

Dave

[T6Ted]

Looks great Dave!

I am planning on the same type of build for next year. A track car first and then add small things in the years to come.

[John Dol]

Looking good Dave, be on the road before you know it!

John

[Jimtmich]

looking good!

[HCP 65 COUPE]

Some primers can absorb humidity and other chemicals (Ie Oils,tar,bug guts ect) from the air you may be better of just spraying color now or risk possibly priming and sanding 1 or 2 more times.