Rusty's not very quiet cuda progress

[RUSTY Cuda]

Jeeze, I'm loosin it, I was supposed to thank Charger man, it was he who was the other half of the we, saved my butt from sledgin the quarter, fogged em up & mostly worked the lines, then I brought my undercoat gun over to his place & got a few spots he welded in the rear rails & a couple of other spots he missed, got a lot done(between the two cars)& with the good BS while workin mucho better than workin alone, besides the fact I was at a loss , didn't really know what to do next on those panels!!!
Thanks Cman! [smilie=e: Rich.

 

[73roadrunner]

[smilie=a: are ya having fun yet? [smilie=e:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

There are "moments" [smilie=e:
but lately very few & far between
[smilie=e: as a consolation, decided to start up the 74 (been bout 2 weeks) so I let it run & charge the battery while I was cleaning up, gotta tune that baby, the whole yard stunk bigtime, but the ole lope a the cam was sweet music to clean up by! [smilie=e: Rich.

 

[divingtigger]

Looking good, you are a better man than I Rich, I would have given up after the second painting, and I am doing black on mine [smilie=2:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Finished off the sandin on the rest a the quarters tonight so if it's nice tomorrow nite i hope to shoot the prime ,loosin sat this week gotta go help my parents a bit, so maybe i'll sneak out early on the boss at work fri & get somethin done! [smilie=e: Rich.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Not a lot a progress, sanded out the primer & the lines are gettin decent, still a ton a sandin to do, need the weather to hold out another couple a weeks, or i may just shoot whats left a the cheap paint on there to seal her for winter,cleaned up the garage a bit, moved all my paints into the house, gettin ready for the next season! [smilie=s: Rich.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

The verdict is in, I still suck at body work, took a half a day off & sanded everything down & prepared (appearently not very well) to shoot some paint.
but she's sealed up for winter, I guess closer to right than before, but still a ways to go.
had one other issue, bout 10 spots where the paint just blistered up, I think the acrilly clean didn't dry, can't think of anything else to cause that.
drivers side!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

those spots were on the roof & in the chanels around the trunk, hopefully just a sand out & reshoot???
pass side looks decent, still some sanding scratches I missed!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

& a new wrinkle, well actually a dent, how did I miss that, little off center to the rear of the hood, this one you can feel!!!
But now I can take a break for this stuff, rebuild my patience, she's been really testing me, maybe a little mechanical work on the 74, regroup for a while then start on the small parts in the shop! Rich.

 

[beeper*71]

regroup for a while then start on the small parts in the shop! Rich.

Sounds like a good plan Rusty...nice to see it all sealed up! [smilie=e:

 

[viking]

good job Rusty! [smilie=e:

 

[XLR8R]

[smilie=e:

 

[69.5CUDA]

how did the paint blister?..wrinkly (useualy solvent not drying)or open spots (oil from hands or other source)that show the paint under it?

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Wrinkly / crackly, I think it was the acrilic cleaner, cause most was in the channels ?

 

[69.5CUDA]

definatly the cleaner...had it happen before....next time wait a lil longer after a wipe down...also what may help ya is hose the car off with an air sprayer to asure you that everything is off of it prior to paint

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Cleaned up the shop today so i could work on some car parts, got a few of those cleaned up for paintin too!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Mixed results on the paintin again, hinges ok, a bit a dirt on the header, hope that will sand out without ruining it, the rest of it came out nice, front valence good & rear valance blistered like a lobster on the beach! [smilie=e:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

shot a bit a clear too, the hinges are done, the front valence is a bit OVER done, some serious drippage there, but I think in the clear I have a chance a sandin it out & not have to do it again! we shall see! [smilie=e: Rich.

 

[beeper*71]

Mmmmm, shiny. [smilie=c: [smilie=e:

 

[giowest]

Great work Rich!.