Okay, finally, here we go with
colour!!!
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First some gray sealer... |
...next, Bright
Red makes its appearance!
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Why is the painting being done in the shop 'outside' the paint booth?
Since there is no hoist in
the booth, it was the only way to get underneath.
The underside is done in acrylic enamel for its coverage
qualities and ease-of-touchup later on down the road. |
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After
this acrylic enamel dries, I'll attach the various underside
brackets with rivets and it'll be time to tape off the entire
underside and then paint the topside in basecoat/clearcoat.
Yes, it's true that Chevrolet did
not paint the underside of these cars.
However, I pulled out the title and guess whose name is on there.
No, it doesn't read "Mr. Chevrolet". 
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Here's the ground-coat (sealer). |
Ground-coat finished. |
And, here's the base-coat. |
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Next,
the doors, hood, lower rear valance, and the headlight buckets &
bezels.
Following that, it's time to paint the black stinger on the hood.
Then, it's time for clear-coat and final buff-out. |
On the day we
painted the body we also re-drilled the hood numeral holes and primed
the
hood. Did you notice the doors at the rear left? They'll be painted soon
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Ahhhhh..........clear-coat. |
This is how the hood stinger was
laid out,
by Kurt's very experienced hand. |
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The doors are hanging in
the booth after painting.
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<------- Do you
recognize this piece? |
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The painter in his domain.
This is Ron - owner & 'Painter
Extraordinaire' at
Classic in Oshawa
(now located in Lindsay,
Ontario) - www.classicpainting.ca
New phone number 705-359-2015 |
I would like to express my sincere
appreciation to Ron, Kurt and the boys for
putting up with my almost daily visits, my jumping in and getting dirty
and my
dipping into the fridge....not many shops let you get this involved with
a project.
Thanks Ron!
This, gentlemen, is the
place for custom paint in Southern Ontario.
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