Mystic Angel Update

[1BADRS]

10/11/08*
Been at it all evening. Picked me up a gravity fed gun today. Talk about a difference!
I sure hope the hell I get used to using it prior to actually painting the car.
LOL!
Anyway, Got the inner fenders finally cut in. Im ready to put em back on probably tommorrow
after they dry real good. I went ahead and painted the rocker panels as they are the
roughest part on the whole car next to my firewall art!
I went ahead and cut the rocker panels in cause I knew the passenger side is going to need
some skimming in. I figgured since black shows everything, id go ahead and shoot em
the final flat I plan on painting em with, let is dry real good, skim the few low spots and
reshoot a couple more times. Ought to be fine by then. No I don't plan on leaving the black
overspray on the door hehehe..

[1BADRS]

26 pics today....
http://www.68camaroproject.com/showt...sted=1#post763

[1BADRS]

10/19/08*
Angel Update
Well I was on a roll like butter today when the compressor decided to poop out on me on the
last couple of passes on the hood. Have no idea what happend. It did not throw a breaker,
and Ive hit the reset button, but no go. It tries to fire up, then nothing.
So that is the second time the compressor has laid down on me while trying to paint.
May have to stop the project long enough to figgure out how im going to either rent one or
buy another. Woe is me.

[1BADRS]

10/25/08*
Angel Update
Well today I picked me up a small 22 gal 5hp compressor at a local pawn shop.
Picked it up for $125 which is about as much as I would have had to put into the other one
that quit. Good thing about this one is it will keep up with me pretty much so that is a
plus in itself.
Got a layer of primer on it today. I still have a few spots that keep turning up over and
over again, maily the same areas I have worked and reworked about upteenth million time.
Lol.. Not sure how that happens. Anyway, wont be too terribly bad. Still have a few small
spots to fix. I should be able to knock most of those out tommorrow. For all tense and
purposes im about 97% ready to paint. Next door buddy happens to know someone in his church
that works for english color, so he is trying to hook me up a bargain on my material.
My guestimate is I will have the car painted by thanksgiving weather and finances
permitting. That will still throw me a month a head of planned schedule.

[WS6]

how do you manage to keep dirt out of the primer and paint?

[1BADRS]

how do you manage to keep dirt out of the primer and paint?

hehe..
Good question. I have been lucky so to speak so far. I just make sure the wind is not blowing or has died down before I hammer down on the trigger.

I have to do it like ol school days plus 1 more added handicap.....

No Garage............................

[WS6]

I was gonna ask also if your neighbors hate you? Good luck keeping the dirt out of the paint.

[Swiftandswank]

does that compressor have a water seperator?

[1BADRS]

I was gonna ask also if your neighbors hate you? Good luck keeping the dirt out of the paint.

Neh... I think they all enjoy the show....

I dont know how many times people just come slowly cruizin by in the circle in front of my house..

[1BADRS]

does that compressor have a water seperator?

That compressor is dead.
Not using it any longer.
But no, it doesnt. Only got in trouble by it one time.

[derekf]

I'm wondering if Mesquite High or Eastfield will rent out their booths.. might be an alternative to spraying outside.

[1BADRS]

I'm wondering if Mesquite High or Eastfield will rent out their booths.. might be an alternative to spraying outside.

I seriously doubt they would.
But, if need be I may rent a storage room just enough to git r done.

[1BADRS]

[jy211]

Check with your local paint shops..I know around here they rent out their booths for a day or so to pocket extra money....

[Paul_J]

Wow! Just keep doing what you're doing. You should be the poster child for "just getting it done!" I can find a hundred excuses why I haven't worked on my car and you just blew away about 20 of them.

Keep it up!

PS, take the money from that newspaper subscription you aren't using and get a cheap water separator! LOL

[1BADRS]

Never mind the white masking tape as it was for reference.
Can anyone give me proper measurements of the D 91 "bumble bee"
stripe thickness?
Its like pulling teeth trying to find anything on the internet, and I see no reason to buy stencils if I know what to go by.
Forget eyeballing it, as I can make a stright line bought as straight as ______ _____ you fill in the blank!

[brrymnvette]

You could make a "tarp garage" someone on here is doing it with their Chevelle build on the west coast. Blue Chevelle, can't remember much more.

[dhutton]

I've seen booth for rent signs in the local paint supply shop. Check your local shops. The one here is English Color.

Don

[1BADRS]

You could make a "tarp garage" someone on here is doing it with their Chevelle build on the west coast. Blue Chevelle, can't remember much more.

I am considering this as well. They have nice ones at the local hardware store for about $20...
You can park a car under em. Plenty of room, and would be a cheap fix for the issue. I don't really feel like spending extra time just to sand bugs trash and debris out of the paint..
So yes, thanks for reminding me about this.
In fact it is in my day to day diary to use this method.
I have given up finding any cold hard facts on the stripe dimensions.
Even looking at the factory assembly manual, the numbers are greek to me. Like .24, .1.18, .14, .2.08 ect.
I think they (Chevrolet) were smokin crack back in the day as either I am either way too ignorant to figgure it out, or its some sort of code.
I can read a ruler fairly well in both 10ths and normal scales.
I think 1968 was too early for them to be metric listings and measurements. If someone can open theyre factory assembly book and decipher for me, in laymens terms I am all ears. If you need a page or a revision date I can get that too. Ill even go to the length
of trying to scan a page.

[dslwizard]

I know it's hard to do one of these when you don't have all the places and equipment. Keep up the good work! I am in Texas and the weather is tough here sometimes.
mike