was cleaning out and de-dusting the garage when ups pulled in the drive.... woo hoo paint is here.

so the driver unloads 3 boxes and left.....what 3 of 6 missing 3 boxes. tracked em to a diffrent branch they got seprerated in shipping should have the rest tomorrow. oh well wasn't ready to spray anyway..but i might of...

here is the two colors bases.

the blue is the body being topped by cobalt blue candy and the grey is the gfx. it is platnum pearl.

what you guys think of the color choices?

 

heres is the garage de-dusted, what a mess that was. to bad i gotta do that 3 more times or so before i'm done.

 

last pic for thread here is an idea of what all the stuff needed looks like but less 3 boxes so there is more cans o stuff.

 

Those colors should look really good! But DAMN you got some rusty rotors! Might wanna fix that!

 

yep been sitting for 3+ years.

all that stuff will be in the trash before it sees the road anyway.

after paint i plug in tranny

and finish up with suspension and wheels.

probally going to do jus a simple brake job and wait on the 4 disk set up. unless i can find a deal somewhere

 

That's good to hear. We let our van sit in the driveway for a year or two, and the rotors completely rusted out. They still looked shiney on the outside, but when you tried to drive it, and pressed on the brakes, it would crush the rotors! So yeah. Just thought I'd share

 

any other comments?

 

Can't wait to see that when your done. That is going to sweet together.

 

That blue is pretty sweet looking not a big fan of silver but they do look good next to each other. I have been looking for a blue i like.Make sure u post some pics when its done.I have painted in a garge worse than that.Yours is spot less compared to mine lol. How u like that Zgrip?

 

I think it'll look great, I've always liked the blue/silver combo.

Is this your first attempt at painting, or are you pretty experienced?

What did you pay for all the paint, including primer?

 

Jay

the z grip seems to work nice, its been a long time since i used bondos. but it goes on pretty smoth and is not very chalky. i have not found any lumps in it either.

oneblinky, this is my first real paint job i have done other little projects and repairs but nuthing this extensive.

Jeff

 

ok so ups brough the last two boxes i said no 3 and he looked and said woops your right.

so any way i have all my paint now to bad they shorted me all tech papers damn fools for the money i spent ya think they could get it right. oh well found the info on the web so tomorrow i pick up my air dryer and air machines for venting and off i go with the first primers.

hopefully if all goes as planned friday or saturday paint will be flowing, i just hope it flows where i want it too.

wish me luck

thanks

 

good luck just don't rush it. Should be all good

 

Is that Omni reducer I see?

I know for a fact that you want to stay within brands for paint jobs, so if you use HOK primer, use and HOK paint. I am pretty sure that Omni is the type of reducer you want to use with PPG paints. I am not positive. But I just wanted to say something before you potentially ruin all the beautiful paint.

BTW, dont forget to wet the floor before you paint.

 

thanks for the heads up i thought the same thing, so i called when i recieved my order and all ppg primers and such will work with hok products. they sent me the omni to save a few buck on their epoxy. i do have the hok sealer and 2k product for over the omni.

oh and the omni reducer if for the omni epoxy primer

Jeff

 

good eye on the omni here is what the pile looks like with the last 3 boxes delivered. shew lots of stuff. i got a write erase board to list it all and the ratios to save me time and make double sure i have all the mixes right.

 

I went with the cheap ebay stuff... So my pile is significantly smaller , but what the hell.


I'd suggest going to your hardware and grabbing on of these, they help a buttload.

 

haha. You will spend over a grand on paint and supplies but your table is a piece of wood and two saw horses.

Classic

 

Priorities man, priorities.

He's got them straight, do you?

 

you may want to look a little closer...... that is a stainless steel elevator door, you can beat the crap out of it and it won;t dent. takes two people to lift

 

man thats gonna look awsome once you get it laid on the car cant wait for some after photos.....

 

you can follow my progress under the new post project restoration part 1. i;ll try to do daily updates or as progress warants

jeff