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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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finally painted car this weekend. had tons of problems with the dupont primer, had lots of cracking issues. finally sanded them out and coated with spi epoxy. used morton basecoat and the spi universal clear from spi. the products and support from spi was fantastic, can't say enough about them.



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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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lookin good! all that in one weekend?

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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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What a great transformation, congrats on a job well done!
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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nice job!!
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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Lots better
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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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I just posted a thread about the thought of painting my Vette, instead of paying someone else to. This thread helps. Looks great. Do you have any pics of your paint tent? or fabbed paint house? If you don't mind, I would like to PM you and ask about your proccess.....
Looks Great!!
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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Is that the same car?
Very nice job.
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SPi Clear, Thanks for the info.
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by capecorvette
Car looks great.

In this pic it looks like you do not have t-tops at all, kind of an interesting look?
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 08:21 AM
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thanks, painted car in a pro booth i borrowed for the day.
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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Nicely done.
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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Nice job. Swato is right, it looks like the T tops are molded in.
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Very nice job.

I just painted mine last week, so I know the work involved

Good job
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Old Jun 30, 2008 | 11:31 PM
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That is going to look great all back together!
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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 06:14 AM
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Your car looks great!! I can appreciate all the work going into that.

Just painted my '76 3 weeks ago. We're in the middle of buffing and putting it back together. Still got about another 2 wks to go.
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