Sanding Sux!!

[minendrews68]

I'm sanding the door jambs and doors getting closer to painting my Camaro. Man I hate the tedious sanding and filling, and sanding and ....... well you get the picture.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

Don't give up, bud.. you can do it!

[thumper877]

I hear u there. Especially when ur finger tips get so sore from the paper. But think of all the money ur saving not paying anyone to do it.

[minendrews68]

I guess that is a good point....

[jlcustomz]

A common saying among guys,,,,,, If it sucked, you'd like it.

Seriously though, I always tell people when they see a really slicked out car & they want something like that that you have to work for it if you want to be above all the average crap. You want to be above average don't you? If it was effortless, any lazy moron could have something nice.

Just think ahead to what It'll look like when you're done & can say, yeah I did all that. Also find a happy place for your subconscious mind to be in while the rest of you is tired & bored to tears.

Well, that was my pep talk. Get your butt back to work.

[minendrews68]

And off to work I go...
I agree, i could've been done a long time ago, and like I said to my son, "If I wasn't so dang picky I'd already be done with this thing"

A common saying among guys,,,,,, If it sucked, you'd like it.

Seriously though, I always tell people when they see a really slicked out car & they want something like that that you have to work for it if you want to be above all the average crap. You want to be above average don't you? If it was effortless, any lazy moron could have something nice.

Just think ahead to what It'll look like when you're done & can say, yeah I did all that. Also find a happy place for your subconscious mind to be in while the rest of you is tired & bored to tears.

Well, that was my pep talk. Get your butt back to work.

[Jetfixr320]

And when you think you are done sanding, Sand it 1 more time!

[minendrews68]

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[Cornbreadx]

Took me 4 weeks including weekends to get the doors and door jambs done on my 1st gen. that's every evening and all day each sat and sun. It was the biggest pain, but well worth the results in the end if you take your time. Can't tell you how much better a car looks when the door lines and body lines are all to spec and even!!

[minendrews68]

That's about right, I've been two weeks on the passenger side already. But it's sure looking good so far.. Still a pain in the butt though.

[jlcustomz]

Don't make me tell you again, back to it.....



Just trying to be encouraging.....

[MuscleRodz]

you could always bring it down the street to me to do it, but now you understand a little better why paint jobs cost so damn much.

[minendrews68]

Thirty years ago I used to do some custom painting, I've got some pics of my '67 Camaro I painted back then. I never did do one as intense as this one though. I also was thirty years younger....

[jlcustomz]

FYI, found out last year taking magnesium tablets twice a day greatly reduced the amount of cramps (including hand cramps) I get. Thought that was subject related.

[minendrews68]

I just thought sanding sux... I've been sanding the underside of my deck lid. The little "nooks and crannies" , now that sux! But thankfully, I've got the underside of the hood to do too. (lucky me) Oh well, when it's done It'll be water under the bridge. I'm going to post a couple of pictures of my '67 Camaro I had 30 + years ago.. Honestly though, to laughing at the paint job, just remember it was the "era"

[minendrews68]

OK, like I said, don't laugh at the composition of the paint job...