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Old 03-28-2019, 09:23 AM
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Looking good! Did you rent time at the paint booth or are you having it done?
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Looking good! Did you rent time at the paint booth or are you having it done?
ive actually been taking classes at the local community college, they’ve been very accommodating to allow me to complete my own personal project. Someone’s actually donate another vet to the school and you can see it in the back ground!
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Looks familiar!! Anticipation of finished product is like Christmas as a kid!!!
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Lookin' good! Classic white 80 Corvettes are favorite.
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Painting the jambs is not nearly as fun as it sounds... but hopefully it’ll be all done next week
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Painting the jambs is not nearly as fun as it sounds... but hopefully it’ll be all done next week
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Lookin' good! Classic white 80 Corvettes are favorite.
Absolutely! Can-Am White here in Whitesboro, TX!
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Super Nice paint job!

Any advice and learnings that other paint newbies need or would like to know??
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Very nice job ,That's going to be one sleek looking corvette.
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Looks fantastic! nice work!
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Probably too late now, but did you consider replacing the front bumper cover? Doesn't seem to line up very well on the driver's side. Not sure how it attaches near the marker light, but maybe try shimming it?
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Probably too late now, but did you consider replacing the front bumper cover? Doesn't seem to line up very well on the driver's side. Not sure how it attaches near the marker light, but maybe try shimming it?
hi KWIL, yes it was considered but money...
what was done is all bolts were loosened to insure I would not create a paint film connecting the bumper and the body. So once the bolts are re-installed hope the bumper will fit well.
a-lot of work went into reworking the front noise of the bumper and it seemed to come out pretty natural!
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Super Nice paint job!

Any advice and learnings that other paint newbies need or would like to know??
Hi 20mercury!

I highly recommend taking a course at a local community college if you are lucky enough to have a school teaching the trade. Living in Michigan, cars and industrial education is available. Truly you need instruction and patience, I’m not saying you can’t learn online, but, working with professionals really helps!

Something that helps me tho, is looking at the over-all project as a timeline and EVERYTIME you spray primer/sealer/paint/clear, is like “saving” and is difficult to return from.

Another piece of advice is that primer is your only true “sealer” I did not prime the headlight baffles and they experienced some surface reactions. The car itself did not 👍

finally if you take a college course the shop itself is really cool 👍

3 corvettes at Oakland community college
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