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Old 05-12-2005, 01:56 PM
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Thumbs up Painting the Beast
The process has begun...

Right now the Beast sits in the driveway de-spoilered (with the holes filled in), with about 2 dozen patches where the paint has been sanded down to the metal. The front bumper took about a half hour to sand due to all the little rock chips, and I discovered a large dent in the rear bumper from when I had to drive over the curb to move in to school. Bondo work begins once I grab myself a cold soda. Pics to come later tonight.

Words of encouragement/donations are welcome (donations are prefered )
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Old 05-12-2005, 02:03 PM
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I think you have enough of my money ...best of luck to you man!
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Old 05-12-2005, 02:08 PM
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Way to go you staying Purple? or are you going with something else?
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Old 05-12-2005, 02:13 PM
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I think you have enough of my money ...best of luck to you man!
Remember, I just barely broke even

P.S. I'll have the speaker out to you next week provided you still have the car come the weekend.
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Old 05-12-2005, 02:17 PM
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Way to go you staying Purple? or are you going with something else?
I'm painting my Claret, not the Purple one. The color is a secret. I'm going with a Urethane Acrylic rather than an Enamel due to better wear and less runs.
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Old 05-12-2005, 02:29 PM
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The process has begun...

Pics to come later tonight.
Good luck. Have fun. Take more pictures of your process....so we all can do it by our own next time...
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Good luck Steve! It's nice to see people tackling their own paint. Did you end up getting any books?

Remember, don't rush it. Any little flaws you find now will look 10 times worse after paint!

If you have any questions along the way, shoot me a PM and I'll try to help the best I can.
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I'm painting my Claret, not the Purple one. The color is a secret. I'm going with a Urethane Acrylic rather than an Enamel due to better wear and less runs.
Paint it copper

I feel "blue" not knowing color your car will be.
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Some pics (3 more in my locker):


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Good luck Steve! It's nice to see people tackling their own paint. Did you end up getting any books?

Remember, don't rush it. Any little flaws you find now will look 10 times worse after paint!

If you have any questions along the way, shoot me a PM and I'll try to help the best I can.
I got the Auto Paint Handbook as you recomended. Some of the information is a little outdated as far as the composition of the paints, but it has some very good tips on masking and painting.
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Paint it copper

I feel "blue" not knowing color your car will be.
I was going to do copper, but I was worried about resale.

Plus the gf said copper was too "ghetto" and she wouldn't be seen in it
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Yea i will probably still have teh beAst this weekend
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Good luck Steve! Can't wait to see the final outcome!!!

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to check the body work(Bondo) just give it a spray of black Krylon. It is a little trick of the trade. don't over do it, just dust it to see where there may be inperfections.

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to check the body work(Bondo) just give it a spray of black Krylon. It is a little trick of the trade. don't over do it, just dust it to see where there may be inperfections.

Tom
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