More progress

[bwilson27]

Well, I finally got my air plumbed into my garage properly, instead of running a hose through the door to my back porch, were my compressor is. I bought a HVLP spray gun, and bought 2 quarts of primer and a few other chemicals at a local auto paint store. The primer and chemicals alone set me back $215 bucks.
I've got everything sanded down and ready to go. I just need to clear out my garage, get some fans with filters, some brighter lights, drop cloths, etc, and a good respirator, and I'm ready to go.
I also welded in the side marker lights in, like you did.
I plan on doing the actual bodywork after it's all primed.
80% done, 70% to go!

[azruss]

Dont know why you would waste all the expensive primer before body work. once you start pounding, filling, or welding all the primer will have to be removed from the affected areas.

[bwilson27]

Dont know why you would waste all the expensive primer before body work. once you start pounding, filling, or welding all the primer will have to be removed from the affected areas.

Epoxy primer, to seal the bare metal. My welding is done, and yeah, I'm going to put filler over the primer.
Primer is PPG NCP271.

[azruss]

make sure you rough up the area where you are using filler with at least 80 grit or rougher. If you have any more pounding to do, it will loosen the primer where you work the metal, so that primer has to go. I'm using Northstar epoxy primer and have been very impressed with its durability. Has great fill ability and very sandable.

[bwilson27]

Yeah, my car has been sitting bare for almost a year. I continually have to re-sand it to get spots of surface rust that have been put there by hand prints, etc. I've studied everything I could for quite awhile now to prepare, and I get helpful directions from the manager of the auto paint store on Bell & 28th St.
I'll re-sand the whole thing once again with 80 grit and wipe it down with degreaser-waxer before priming it. Then, yeah, rough up the areas to be filled.
I don't have many dents that need to be pounded, I've already smoothed a lot of them.

[azygoustoyou]

Woohooo! I finally was able to wash the car. One more warm day and I'll start putting some stuff on.

[wachuko]

The wait is killing me man! And it is not even my car, lol.

Looks awesome!

[azygoustoyou]

I just started back on it. I'm putting in the sound deadening. It's not that fun either. I didn't like how the frenched in fog lights look so I ordered some Harley Davidson front turn signals to put there. It will fill the hole and look a lot better than the fog lights. I'm not sure if I'll be able to use these lights. Figures something new just sitting around. I'll keep the updates coming.

[bwilson27]

You mentioned that you had welded on the rear corner pieces- Won't it be difficult plumbing in the fuel filler pipe and hose now? I was gonna do this myself, until I considered that. Anyway, thanks for updating!

[azygoustoyou]

Not at all. If you look under the back of the car you will see that you can still get your arm within that area. If you do weld those on, make sure you seal and coat the inside of the fenders really good. You won't be able to get to them after they are welded.

[azygoustoyou]

The second day is over and my fingers hurt. But it's coming along. I bought two boxes of the Eastwood sound deadening for the car. You get nine sheets in each box. I used six sheets to get this far. It's looking good and is waterproof. I tried two different rollers. You definitely want a metal one. The plastic one doesn't work well. I also used a plastic handle off a dust brush to help in corners and hard to reach areas. It feels good to see some progress.

[So Cal Mark]

it looks great, but if it's waterproof how will the water get out once the car fills up?

[azygoustoyou]

Once I get tired of my new hot tub, I'll poke a hole.

[Fiat88]

When I did mine with Dynamat I found the roller next to the metal worked well. That was a fun project and then I used aluminum tape to seal the seams. Looks great!

[azygoustoyou]

I did the same covering the seams. You can see the reddish lettering on the tape.