Looking good! Thanks for the update.
SGTPauls 68 Charger RT project
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Thanks for the comments and the likes. Not glamorous work but I've been sanding my *** off. Guide coated and filled where necessary the roof, 1/4s, tail panel, rear valance, filler panel, and rockers. Should be pretty smooth and flat now. Will hit it with more primer and a sand out with 320 and hope to be done with those areas of the body before the body shop gets it. Lost my body shop since he is down three people and can't really do this kind of work now. So I've been searching for a new place with help from people here at this thread: Detroit area body shop wanted
A few pics of my progress:
I build this caddy for my sandpaper so i can stop getting them confused up. Top row is adhesive back and bottom row is bare.
A few pics of my progress:
I build this caddy for my sandpaper so i can stop getting them confused up. Top row is adhesive back and bottom row is bare.
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Well I'm working on it but just don't feel like I'm moving forward very fast.... Got the deck lid and right door reprimed after sanding and working on getting all the trim, taillights, and emblems fitted so the holes are all correct before I start repriming for hopefully the last time for the roof, 1/4s, tail, and rocker areas. Some of the AMD trim holes were off a bit and I had to do some messaging around the taillights, grrrrr..... But better now than a oh crap moment after it's all painted. I have a emblem question thread here 68 charger emblem questions if you could help me out with some answers that would be appreciated. Also gutted out the old seam sealer and the minor rust along the roof rails - saw a thread here about needing to do that so I did. Great meeting a few of you are Carlisle as well. One day this car will be there. Also think I might have found a painter!! A few progress pics below. Thanks!
mr. b
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looking good keep up the good work
Finally some visible progress. Touched up the DP90 and cover it with evercoat finish sand polyester primer per the recommendations of my painter. Thick stuff. Only 60 min pot life. took a while to figure out the spray settings. Next I'll sand out the inside of the trunk and then the deck lid. Then I'll hit the body I jsut primed for one last time. I really hope it the last time I have to sand this part of the car.
The sanding didn’t go as well as I had hoped. Found some low spots and sanded down to the epoxy and even bar metal in some areas. Above the body line it came out pretty good (minimal issues) but different story below it. But at the end of the day there was a fair amount of grey primer left and car is pretty smooth. Inside the trunk is sanded out but leaving any more work for my painter. Not fun sanding inside the trunk. More finish sand primer on it this weekend. Went with three coats this time to hopefully prevent me from breaking thru on the next round of sanding. I think things will lighten up for me a bit at work now that my company has approved my requested transfer off the project I was on, so hopefully I can spend a bit more time on the car. Now I can focus on sanding it out again. Still think I’m going to have Popeye arms by the time I’m done sanding this thing…. Thanks for the likes!
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Been a while so here is an update. First thanks for the likes. Much appreciated. The sanding went far better than before. I ended up with just a couple of low spots that needing very little filler. Most of it was in the tail panel for some reason. Overall it came out pretty good. Here is how it looked end of November after 180 grit sanding.
That was the good. Now the bad and ugly.... I noticed that some of the primer was flaking off the seam sealer at various spots. Also, pretty spongy. Posted in the body thread for help. Recommendation was to pull it all out and replace. I spent some time cutting and wire wheeling out new seam sealer. Sucks… Keep forgetting to bring my sample in to the paint store for them to look over. After I got that all done, we got some really nice low 60’s weather 2nd weekend in December, so I got it all ready and applied two more coats of finish sand. I was in a hurry to get it done since the warm weather was going away the next day, I mixed the paint wrong. Too much catalyst. Krap again…. Spoke to the paint rep from Evercoat and she said it probably will not fully dry (could hold gases inside the paint) and will probably have issues with the finish coat. Not wanting to risk that, I need to sand off the incorrectly mixed paint. Luckily, I didn’t paint everything – just the areas I needed to plus enough to feather it out, but still more backwards work…. Test sanding every couple of days, paint is still clogging up the sandpaper a bit due to too much catalyst, so I’ll wait until after Christmas before sanding. I now have the mix ratios written on the lid of all the paints. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!
That was the good. Now the bad and ugly.... I noticed that some of the primer was flaking off the seam sealer at various spots. Also, pretty spongy. Posted in the body thread for help. Recommendation was to pull it all out and replace. I spent some time cutting and wire wheeling out new seam sealer. Sucks… Keep forgetting to bring my sample in to the paint store for them to look over. After I got that all done, we got some really nice low 60’s weather 2nd weekend in December, so I got it all ready and applied two more coats of finish sand. I was in a hurry to get it done since the warm weather was going away the next day, I mixed the paint wrong. Too much catalyst. Krap again…. Spoke to the paint rep from Evercoat and she said it probably will not fully dry (could hold gases inside the paint) and will probably have issues with the finish coat. Not wanting to risk that, I need to sand off the incorrectly mixed paint. Luckily, I didn’t paint everything – just the areas I needed to plus enough to feather it out, but still more backwards work…. Test sanding every couple of days, paint is still clogging up the sandpaper a bit due to too much catalyst, so I’ll wait until after Christmas before sanding. I now have the mix ratios written on the lid of all the paints. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!
Thanks Don. Hope you enjoy your Christmas. Looks like you might have some snow as well. Pretty green around here. Bummer.
Time for an update. After my primer fiasco in December, I let the car sit till mid - late January to cure out more. Sanded all the improperly mixed primer off. Really gummed up the same paper fast. Probably took more off than I needed to but wanted to be sure to get all the bad stuff off so no issues with the finish paint. I also noticed that the right side of the rear window support ledge had a noticeable dip in it. Put the glass in to verify how bad. Pretty good gap. Looking closer at the C pilar I noticed it was dented in - probably from the accident it was in before I got it, and I didn't notice it before. So, I cut it open and moved it to where it needed to be and rewelded together.
I picked up a used driver door at Indy and stripped that down. This was a better condition door than I had so should make my fitting of that go better.
Got a good stretch of warm weather over the last week so resanded all the stuff, prepped it, and reprimed. Again.... This time I triple checked the ratios, so no goof ups on that front. Fingers crossed and a few prayers on this sand out.
I noticed a few small areas to address showing thru the primer but overall, I think it came out good. I'm definitely getting faster at getting ready to prime. 
I picked up a used driver door at Indy and stripped that down. This was a better condition door than I had so should make my fitting of that go better.
Got a good stretch of warm weather over the last week so resanded all the stuff, prepped it, and reprimed. Again.... This time I triple checked the ratios, so no goof ups on that front. Fingers crossed and a few prayers on this sand out.
I noticed a few small areas to address showing thru the primer but overall, I think it came out good. I'm definitely getting faster at getting ready to prime.
Spent the last almost two weeks sanding away. Came out much better but had a few burn throughs. Mostly on outside corners and ends of panels. Sure it was from not enough primer. Reapplied more primer today. All this primer is getting pricy. But what are ya going to do? Not going to bore you all with another ready to prime pic. Let it dry out and hit the sandpaper. Again....
Thanks for all the likes! So for the last month, after a month off to do some landscaping items, I’ve been sanding and priming away. After the last sand out I had a some areas that were just slightly low and a few small burn throughs. Rather than reprime the whole car again, I spot primed at my problem areas with a foam brush and tiny nap trim roller. Worked out well. So I’m really HAPPY to state that for the roof, quarters, rockers, rear door jambs, deck filler, tail and rear valance, I’m sanded out thru 220 grit and stopping. This is where my painter wanted me at and he’ll take it from here. Really happy to be at this point and can move on to sanding out bolt on stuff now. Thanks for the support everyone!!
1st sand out and spot priming:
Next spot priming:
Final spot priming:
Sanded out at 220!!!
1st sand out and spot priming:
Next spot priming:
Final spot priming:
Sanded out at 220!!!
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keepat
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Looks Great good luck with the next step. Look forward to seeing color!
Pat
Happy Independence Day!!! Thanks all! Got a painter lined up, I just need to get my stuff done. I hear ya on color. Can't wait for color! Need to not rush it so I don't make any more big mistakes like last December.
Thanks @mopar4don ! How is yours's coming?
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Got the deck lid (top and bottom), hinges, and torsion bars sanded out to 220. Moving up forward on the car next!
Ha! Don't worry. I'll hit a bump in the road at some point I'm sure.
Thanks for the comments and likes all!! Been a while since I last posted so here's an update. Took a bit of a late summer break from the car then got back into it in September while watching the Tigers come out of nowhere and get into the playoffs . I've spun the car around for room to work on the front. Got the fenders I had done several years ago out, and I noticed several issues with them so moved on to a good set from my stash. Also picked up a better left door from Kramer at the Indy show in the spring. Sanded / wire wheeled off the paint and used navel jelly to get the rust off of the fenders and door. Set up my sand blasting tent and hit the fenders and doors with a light glass bead blast to take off the remaining paint and rust. Fenders went off to my painter to address some overstretched metal issues from a dog leg repair I did and dent puller from a previous owner's repair. Primed the door with the warmer weather we had last week. Will be working on getting the doors sanded out and mounted on the car for fitting. Thanks for looking!
. I've spun the car around for room to work on the front. Got the fenders I had done several years ago out, and I noticed several issues with them so moved on to a good set from my stash. Also picked up a better left door from Kramer at the Indy show in the spring. Sanded / wire wheeled off the paint and used navel jelly to get the rust off of the fenders and door. Set up my sand blasting tent and hit the fenders and doors with a light glass bead blast to take off the remaining paint and rust. Fenders went off to my painter to address some overstretched metal issues from a dog leg repair I did and dent puller from a previous owner's repair. Primed the door with the warmer weather we had last week. Will be working on getting the doors sanded out and mounted on the car for fitting. Thanks for looking!
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