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1973 Gremlin Project.... "The Demise of Sanity"

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Originally posted by blumontag blumontag wrote:

Amazingly patient work!


Thank you... One thing that I have learned with this, over the past "couple" of years, is patients...

Like this...
After a wet sand of 600 then 1000 grit, the drivers side jam was ready for a cover up...
At first glance it looked really nice. Went and cleaned the gun and I felt that I did a good job. 10 minutes later I looked at it again and ARRRRGGGG...!!!



The good...
I got the spot cleared up and it took the paint...!!!
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Yay...

Next step is to get it down off the rotisserie and paint the rear bumper area and the front where it attaches.
More battles ahead...!!
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Back seat is done.

The silver is a carbon fiber weave pattern...

Door panels will be paneled along the bottom in the same stuff. I will be picking everything up the end of next week.
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Starting to look like a Gremlin again.
I am not going to mess too much with the gaps between the fender's and doors right now. I know that things will change a little bit once I get the weather strip and door striker in.







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Kicking myself about now.
For one I shouldn't of took the car off the rotisserie and there is more sh!t in this then I want to admit. There are a couple of runs that I was expecting. Those are easy fixes. But I am totally blown away with the amount crap in the paint.
Anyways...
Looks nice. Did a good job at getting the paint down even.




Yuck... rhymes with.. yeah..





Nice shine to the paint...!!!
But its kind of the way I am feeling right now..


Guess I'll get it back up on the rotisserie and go buy some 600 wet...
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Try sanding it with some 1500, then buff.
You might be surprised. Looks like the metallic runs are on the last coat.

600 is kinda rough anyway. I personally wouldn't use anything more than 1000 and stop at the primer. 

1500 may get alot of the dirt out.

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Looking good! So you need to work on a few runs and such...
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Thanks guys...
But this is acrylic urethane and not acrylic enamel. It don't buff. I will have to sand it and re-apply it.
But first the car needs to go back on the rotisserie. Then I am gutting the garage of all the crap and starting over.
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