Paint guys...how do you colorsand louvers?

[Roothawg]

Just thinking of punching some louvers in my hood on the 36. Just wondering how ya colorsand and buff around em?

[rickyracer1962]

i usually tape off the edges, sand it out to 2500, and hand buff.

[old beet]

Painter friend tells me he adds $10 per louver on a complete paint job. He hates um!!...........OLDBEET

[TV]

I always tape the front edge, work them by hand down to as fine a paper as I have then rub by hand. Always being carful of the front edge.--TV PS and I agree there a bitch. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Roothawg]

Thats what I figured....last time I had 104 louvers in my hood I just colorsanded up to the edges and left it. Looked OK but not what I want to do this time.

[296 V8]

Was it necessary to remind me of my intense love for louvers? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[whodaky]

VERY CAREFULLY. Geoff

[flamedabone]

Root. Do you have a pic of this 36?


PS. I painted the Henry J today. Wetsand tomorrow then two more coats of clear....looks pretty bitchn'

-Abone.

[C9]

Not the approved way, but I just let time do it.

The hood paint came out ok and color sanding did help on the non-louvered areas, but the louvers looked to be a whole lotta work.
Noting that little brothers first black paint job on his Henry J - which looked pretty good to start - was looking better and better as time went on (more and more wax jobs) I thought perhaps several wax jobs over a couple of years would do it.
It did ok, but color sanding would have been better and I will next time, but it was an interesting little experiment.

In case you're thinking it was a case of laziness, it wasn't.
Just call it a reasonable choice in using the time I did have.
When I got the car running at first I was working with virtually no days off for quite a while.

The car was finished with only doors and hood top & side panels off when I first lit it off.
Not a bad way to go, but the next one will probably be fired, tuned, driven, de-bugged, blown apart and then painted.
Maybe . . . the 32 didn't really take any de-bugging to speak of.
I did a little dinking around with timing and jetting and that was about it.
It's been a dependable little car that just turned over 41,000 miles and the only two problems it's had was a fuel pump gone bad and a (factory) bent metering rod.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[AHotRod]

ARRRRRRG !

Real Pain http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[customcarpainter]

I'd agree with sanding them by hand,but use a Dynabrade buffer with a 4"pad on it.We're doing some side panels at work now for a 32 5 window with louvers.LONG process!!!

[roadstar]

I use a 3" wool pad. Using a air angle grinder. These small pads are the shit. They are perfect for all the body reveils on early bodys too.

Finish sand with at least 2000 and have at it. I did the louvers on my 40 hood this way and they looked great.