Tropical Storm Lee has come and gone

As expected, last weekend was a washout with 7 inches of rain. We pulled the chassis into the garage and sentenced the storage buck to 3 days of rain wrapped only in a couple of tarps.

Yesterday we made the most of a beautiful day. We applied 3 coats of Slicksand to the body. Each coat used 32 ounces of Slicksand and required refilling the spraygun halfway through each coat.

You missed seeing the guide coat on the nose, so here are a couple of pictures with guide coat on the body.

I mentioned pinholes last week, and they showed up on the body. They're easy enough to get rid of using Metal Glaze.

I also failed to take into account just how curvy those fenders are while spraying. Because the fenders flare outward, the spraygun ended up too close to the fender in places and caused sags and runs. It was a good lesson to learn while spraying this stuff, because it is easy to sand off the extra. It won't be so easy if I do this while spraying clearcoat over the paint later.

Remember, you can keep clicking on a picture until it zooms in far enough to see LOTS of detail. :-)

You'll notice in the second picture above that the runs (indeed, EVERY flaw!) are easier to see with the graphite guide coat applied.

Now we're back to sanding until next weekend. With any luck, we'll have the body and the nose ready for two more coats each by next weekend.