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As we entered phase two of the painting of Old Rusty I was feeling quite happy, if a little apprehensive about whether all the preparation had paid off. Today we sprayed the centre of the car only in preparation for the silver viper stripes like the ones on Ollie’s car. But, as ever, it didn’t quite go to plan…
After the first coat of silver (metallic) things were looking good, the surfaces all looked smooth and free of any marks. It was the second coat where things started to go wrong; to my horror the paint started to craze badly in a few more noticeable areas. You’ll se from the photos the roof, boot and particularly the back end were looking less than perfect!
Although it doesn’t look like it we’ve been hard at work prepping the car for paint, and phase 1 of the painting has begun! After profiling the rear arches and making the terribly moulded fibreglass rear valance fit the whole car has been sanded to within an inch of its life, and has claimed the fingerprints on my right hand as compensation. Today saw the primer sprayed on to the car, all done in our humble little home garage…
