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Hey Everyone. I hope your projects are going well.
My wife had our daughter, Madison Taylor, Thursday, July 29th. So I've been keeping busy taking care of Madison and my wife, which I really enjoy. I'll still be working on the bug here and there, but at the moment I'm just spending time with Madison and my wife. ![]() |
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Congratulations dady!!!
This is the biggest moment for any parent (i have recently been a dady too),.... and i wish she will ALWAYS be HEALTHY and LUCKY in her life!!! Last edited by Jim; August 4th 2010 at 13:25. |
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Congratulations. I hope all is well with your girls. Now is Daddy time. The car will still be there.
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Thanks guys! It's a great feeling being a daddy. I agree. The car is the least of my worries at the moment. I'm enjoying family time as of now. |
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It's FINALLY in PRIMER! I swayed away from my original booth design. No explosions, no fumes in the house, minimal overspray and fumes AND I'm alive. ;D
I still need to do the hood and deck lid. I stayed up til 2 am Friday putting paper down on the floor, hanging plastic on the walls and prepping the car. I stayed up until 5 am this morning painting. I was exhausted and too TIRED to finish the hood. So far it's looking really good. Doesn't look like it'll need too much sanding, but we'll see. I still need to put down a contrasting guide coat. When I went to paint I just left the garage door wide open. I made a bug guard which also helped catch some over spray. The duct tap didn't stick to the screen material too well. So when I go to do final paint I'll need to figure a better way to hang the "screen door". The 33 gallon compressor I'm using kept up pretty well with the gun set at 40 psi. ;D When I go to do final paint I'll do smaller sessions. Fenders, then hoods, and then the car body. All in all it would've sufficed spraying the whole car. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The engine compartment is coming out pretty slick. ![]() ![]() I used some aluminum foil to mask off the radiator. That way I can start it up, move it out of the garage to sand without having to worry about plastic melting to the radiator. ![]() ![]() ![]() As you can see, I hung plastic on all the walls, laid some paper on the floor, and hung a screen door. ![]() ![]() Worked like a champ and there was plenty of ventilation. The garage NEVER filled up with over spray. The was just a light mist, but it never got to the point towards I couldn't see. I wonder how well my other plan would've worked? I still need to do something about more lighting when it comes time to do final paint. More soon. ![]() |
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Not as much progress as I would've like to got done this past weekend. Here's a couple pics of the hood and deck lid primed. Next I need to dust coat it with black and I'll start block sanding with 180-220 wet.
![]() ![]() ![]() Here's a quick video of me spraying the primer. My camera ran out of memory before I finished the hood. I normally wear latex gloves, but ran out. I figured I was okay only doing a couple panels. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN6kBSLw4kA |
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I don't know how I did but I missed you entering fatherhood!!! Congrats, now you know why my updates have slowed so much! Best thing ever, I couldn't do without my little guy.
Jason
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Thanks, Jason. I agree, one of the best things to have happened in my life as well.
Matt |
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Hey matt try using TUCK tape it's red in colour and sticks to ANYTHING
use in the construction bis... also missed that you became a daddy Congreats ![]() bugs looking great too Chris.
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I'll be doing a lot of this soon though I can say I probably won't go into as much prep as you did. Can't wait to see some paint on it
![]() Congrats on the new addition to the family! Hopefully she's doing well and not keeping you up too much at night ![]() |
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Thanks again! |
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Thanks! She's getting better and doing well. She's now sleeping 4-6 hours instead of the 2-3 hours. |
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I'm about finished sanding the first coat of high build primer. There's a hand full of scratches that I glazed that need sanding and I still need to finish sanding the rear fenders. About another 1 or 2 hours and it should be ready to go for it's second coat of high build primer.
It's coming along really well. The roof hardly needed any help. I guess it's all that time I spent doing it over and over. I'll more than likely spray the second coat of primer this next weekend. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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This is really looking awesome! Keep up the great work and congrats from me aswell on the newborn daughter! Being a Dad is the greatest thing!
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