My 71 Maverick Grabber Build.....

Frank remember most of the car is painted so u could in fact assemble the rest and come back to the paint that way you wont be so worried if you scratch it on the build up...I know it gets frustration but keep it up u have a sweet car there...

 

Aussie has a good point. Put the rest of the car back together. Put your vinyl roof back on and the front and back glass and paint the whole car at once.

 

youve got us addicted to this thread because you are building an awesome car but dont let us rush you into doing anything. if the paint is frustrating you move onto something else..like the drivetrain or whatever...that would also give the paint some time to dry and gas out real good. best of luck.

 

I don't know about perfect but I will be much happier with it, I notice the same things I'm fixing in other peoples paint and that bothers me to look at..... The worst part is just having to take the time to do it over, it just sets me back on other progress.....

Not so discouraged, just aggrivated I have to take the time to do it over when so much more I could be gettin done.....

Thanks, I am not overly concerned about scratching it while working on it..... I do custom work and ground up builds for a living now, and I work on some high dollar stuff with much more expensive paint then mine and manage no to scratch them.....

The vinyl roof was just a though to fix the screw up while wet sanding, I have since decided I don't want to add it.....

Thanks, trust me I am in no rush..... Unfortunately working around the paint is not an option for me, the shell needs to be painted so I can move forward with progress..... It's just the order in which I like to get things done..... I don't think the paint needs any more time to dry, it's been over a month now since I sprayed it.....

 

I did a little more sanding this morning..... I blocked out the bad spots I found and filled/sanded what was necessary..... Next I wet sanded everything with 400, I am about 80% done with this on all the external surfaces except the tail light panel..... After that I will get the door jams, widow opening and such sanded and ready with the 400..... After that I am going to go over everything with 600..... Then it should be ready to repaint.....

Now I just have to figure out what I want to do about paint..... I like the color I have, but I am considering doing it in a solid(non metallic) single stage paint, instead of base coat/clear coat for ease of touch up or repair dwon the road..... I just can't decide so at this point I am not rushing anthing.....

Here's what it's looking like right now.....

 

Go With the Base clear. It's more work now but a better result, and you will thank youself in the future.

 

Go with the solid single stage. Your color is too close to mine.

 

You're not going to paint the inside floors again are you? How about grabber blue?

 

what about a a flat blue?
i have seen flat black and od or olive drab green. but never a flat Ford blue. im just sayin
what ever happens keep up the pic.

 

Not worried about how much work it is at this point, just need to decide what's best for me.....

:16suspect too funny.....

The inside floors are really only painted with POR15, they have a slight blue tint to them just from whatever overspray got on them from painting the outside.....

It's not a problem to get what ever color you want in a flat of satin finish, I just don't think that's an option I want to use..... The pic's and updates will contine as long as I see interest in the thread, and there seems to be no shortage of interest with all the comments and responses.....

By the way, Thanks to all for the interest in the build.....

 

This morning I finished up the exterior panels with 400..... The I got the ends of the quaters, trunk jam, rear window opening, front window opening, door jams and door post areas all sanded with 400..... Just have around the cowl area to do with 400, and then I will go over all the jam/window frame areas with scotch brite to get in all the low areas of the spot welds and such..... After all that is done I will resand all the outer panels with 600, then it should be ready to paint again.....

Here's some pic's of the jam/window frame areas I worked on today.....







and here is the area around the cowl that is leaft to do.....

 

Lookin good!

So, the old sanded blue is gonna act as a colored ptimer, right? How does that affect the next base coat of color? Is it like using light gray versus dark gray primers? Do you have to worry about it?

 

Get some flattening agent, and spray it with clear, it would be a nice Satin Blue.
I've been sanding drywall all day, I'd much rather be sanding a car

 

I will use a colored sealer on it before the base coat the next time, and use the same sealer so all components will be painted over the same color base.....

No satin for me..... I don't know if drywall or the car is better, my fingers were hurting after all that jam/window frame sanding.....

 

I made a decision, I am going to repaint it with the same color base/clear that is on it now..... I decided today mainly because I really like the color..... I ordered the sealer and a couple other things I need tonight.....