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cdurbin328
11-07-2023, 07:47 AM
Finished the paint and clear over the weekend.
Turned out great. I rented the paint booth on the Air Force Base which made things nice.
Shout out to Jeff Kleiner for the extremely helpful pointers. I'm fairly new at the paint/bodywork stuff so his input was a life saver.
Now on to final assembly!
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Mike.Bray
11-07-2023, 08:09 AM
That looks nice!!!
Jeff Kleiner
11-07-2023, 08:44 AM
There you go! Nice color combination :cool: It's going to look great after the cut and buff.
Jeff
cdurbin328
11-07-2023, 09:07 AM
[QUOTE=Jeff Kleiner;541504]There you go! Nice color combination :cool: It's going to look great after the cut and buff.
Jeff[/QUOTE
Thanks Jeff!
I'm very happy with the colors and how it turned out.
Definitely need to cut and buff. I have some orange peel in a few spots. My compressor couldn't keep up with me. I laid down 4 coats of clear.
Thanks again!
kirby
11-07-2023, 10:20 AM
That looks amazing. I love the color combo.
gbranham
11-07-2023, 10:53 AM
That looks awesome! Congrats! Cut and buff, while super tedious, was the most rewarding part of my body work and paint phase on my MkIII. When you hit it with a DA for that final polish, it reveals itself in all it's glory. Have fun!
I would suggest taking all the external accoutrement off before you do it, though. Headlights, tailights, etc...Maybe you have those bit temporarily mounted for these pics.
Jeff Kleiner
11-07-2023, 11:42 AM
I would suggest taking all the external accoutrement off before you do it, though. Headlights, tailights, etc...Maybe you have those bit temporarily mounted for these pics.
FWIW, I always do cut and buff with the body still off of the car, and before all of the lights, latches, etc. are installed. It kind of makes a mess with the wet sanding slurry and water plus the flung compound and it's dust.
Jeff
gbranham
11-07-2023, 11:44 AM
FWIW, I always do cut and buff with the body still off of the car, and before all of the lights, latches, etc. are installed.
Jeff
Yep, same. I've only done a few cars, and I learned on the first one that stuff slings everywhere, and is nearly impossible to get out of the nooks and crannies.
cdurbin328
11-07-2023, 11:52 AM
FWIW, I always do cut and buff with the body still off of the car, and before all of the lights, latches, etc. are installed. It kind of makes a mess with the wet sanding slurry and water plus the flung compound and it's dust.
Jeff
Hey Jeff.
Roger that. I just stuck a few things on temporarily to see what it's going to look like.
Thanks!