Ok
One last update then I'll have to quit for a while. Besides I think this is kind of like pulling out home videos when company comes over. You usually are the only one interested.
I don't think I'll be able to work on the car for a week. I have to go out to the new farm and Bush Hog a years worth of weeds all around the homestead and front yard, about four acres worth. Then I need to start the remodeling of the old house. Need to fix some termite damage to the sill Plate and floor joists. So I am starting two projects. I'm gonna be a busy guy.

Yesterday I reinstalled the rear bumper cover.
Today I finished sanding the rear deck and sprayed on two wet coats of Slick Sand. It's a great high build primer and covers up a lot of little nicks and scraches. But it won't cover everything as you will see.

When I was spraying the rear bumper the hose got stuck under the wheel and I turned to free it but I forgot to let go of the trigger and kept spraying.
As a result I got a big run and some serious orange peel. That isn't a real big problem because I have to block sand anyway and I'll fix it then. But the good thing is it made me notice a couple divots I missed when filling all the little dings. So I'll fix those too when I block sand.
Hopefully I won't have to spray any more Slick Sand on the rear deck. The stuffs expensive.

BOY, I'm away for the day and you start rubbing it in! At least I admitted I did it! Great job, Bill, that Vette's really gonna look good when you're done!

Bill great job and please do not stop the home videos we love em!

LOL I now will have to admit I was the one who put the crack in the front bumper. I was moving the car forward in the garage to get a little more room behind it and bumped the shelving unit at the back of the garage.
Barry, I hope I can live up to the expectations. I know painting takes a lot of skill and experience and I do not go into this blindly. I am going to practice on a few other items before I spray the Vette.

Yup, I did it

Yer doin a fine job, Bill....and we LOVE the vids! Congrats on what you have done to date....it'll be really nice when you get to a stopping point. I say stopping point because we all know, they're never finished! 

Joel
Thanks for the encouragement.

Never finished is right. It is Monday morning and I need to be somewhere else but NOOOOO Here I am. I decided to do a little work before I left and this is the result.

I want to stress the importance of using two hands on the bigger sanding block. As you will see the paper has build up in the center. That's because I was only using one hand while filming. I had to hold the camera.

But I believe one must always give back to the community.
I don't know If I should post this one somewhere else on the site. I can or if the moderator wants to move it.








|UPDATED|7/16/2012 11:04:31 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|

I'll move it to the "Body" forum, since that's the major theme of the thread.  Keep on posting!

Thanks Bill, you are really giving some very informative instruction. I'll be doing this during this coming winter.

I sure hope the information I give is correct. Otherwise there's gonna be some angry folks out there.

I wasn't going to post another video for a while but I thought this one would help some one.

I am learning as I go and if I can prevent someone else from making my mistakes that's a good thing.




|UPDATED|7/23/2012 11:33:47 AM (AZT)|/UPDATED|

No sense rushing it at this point, Bill! If you do you'll be kicking yoursef a long time! Good info, too! Can't wait to see the paint go on!