We Have Paint!

The weather broke for us just enough over the weekend to paint the car. We had 2 nights in the mid-50's and two days of above 70, so we began a marathon that culminated in a shiny new paint job.

We extended the paint booth, scuffed the nose up with Scotchbrite pads, sprayed sealer on the body, and sanded a couple of runs in the sealer. That took us until dinner Sunday night. After that, we sprayed three coats of white paint on parts of the car and let it sit for an hour or so.

Then it was time to tape off the stripes. Over the course of 7 hours, my wife and I measured, marked, and taped the stripes and the back of the car.

By morning, we started spraying blue paint. It took three coats of blue to get proper coverage. Did I mention the 25mph winds or the rain that started just as we finished spraying the blue paint? Fearing that the booth roof would leak, I sprayed sealer only on the part of the body that was actually inside the garage. Once that part of the body was dry, we moved it outside and sprayed the other piece. By 8:30 Monday evening, we had everything sprayed and cured enough to start cleaning up.

I finally fell into bed at 9:30, just 39-1/2 hours after getting up Sunday morning. With all of the stooping, kneeling, reaching, lifting, etc, I felt like I'd been hit by a car.

But it was worth it!

Cloudy day:

Sunny day:

Now we just need to re-assemble everything and get this thing on the road. We think we will have it registered by the end of January.