Paint Advice - Thank you

["Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxx>]

A big thank you to all of you who responded to my request for advice on 
painting procedures.

I had given this project a lot of thought as I moved through the restoration 
process and was quite confident I was approaching the paint the best way 
possible based on what I was trying to acheive as an end result. After 
talking to this experienced painter last Saturday I was second guessing 
myself but after reading all of your responses, I'm sure I need to stick to 
my guns and find someone who is willing to do it my way.

Just to be clear, the car was completely stripped with the exception of the 
rear suspension and the front subframe. I started with a self etching primer 
over the bare metal followed by an epoxy primer, followed by small amounts 
of filler, followed by a high build primer surfacer, followed by a sealer. 
The door jambs, trunk drip rail, and firewall as well as all of the inner 
fenders, inner doors, braces, and the underside of the hood and trunk were 
all painted at the same time prior to the body parts being installed. Once 
the new detailed front suspension and brakes were installed, I installed the 
rebuilt engine/trans before installing and aligning the fenders, hood, rad 
support, doors, and trunk lid so I wouldn't run the risk of damaging the 
engine compartment installing the engine later.

Once everything was aligned, I backtaped all the seams and masked the car 
extensively before applying the building primer and repeatedly blocking and 
priming along with a final guide coat until I was sure the car was straight. 
The car has been sitting in a dry garage for about one year with a sealer 
primer being the top coat. My intension is to sand the car well and apply 
another coat of sealer/surfacer and sanding that prior to applying the 
paint.

With carefull backtaping, I've found that very little overspray gets in to 
the jambs so I'm confident I won't have any major problems keeping the jambs 
and under hood clean. My only real concern is that all of the dust inside 
the car doesn't become a problem and that the reassembly of the car doesn't 
cause any noticeable damage.

Sorry to be so long winded!

300ly, Ryan Hill '65 300's

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