Ok, not the whole car yet. But my father in law helped me put some scallops on the hood (after some bodywork) and get it ready in time for a show. This was also the first car I've striped myself, and I feel rather good about it. On with the pics! This is what my car looked like at the start. Pinstripes are nice, but the paint's cracking and rusting, and that's no good. close up shot of what I'm talking about. Shoot paint over this without fixing it and you'll regret it. This shows what we already knew, lots of filler. I was worried until my father in law put some heat to it and melted the filler away. The holes were welded solidly, but to make up for the dimples where the bolts sank into the hood they used filler. Also, filler over paint. Also, the cracks in the middle were places that weren't welded and rusted. center piece welded solid with rust ground out. they seriously did a GREAT job welding the rest of this hood up, I don't know why they got so lazy with the last 6 inches. Especially since it's the part your eyes are drawn to! further along and we put some primer on it to put it all into view. I wished I'd taken a picture after our first few coats of black. This was a newer paint we weren't used to spraying and after spraying the black, EVERY spot that'd been sanded or primed was visible and looked horrible! We didn't know if we should sand or reshoot or what, but here I decided (since it was my car) to press on, because time constraints wouldn't allow for more sanding, and I figured we'd shoot and see what happens! tape tape tape! You can kinda see in the black where the primer showed through? Anyway... Hello! What I was hoping would happen DID! After shooting the white and then clearing, the black evened out and looked great! The clear made it look like a whole other paint! I was impressed! after a day to cure I went at it with my Mack brush. if I were to do this again, I'd probably use a 1 or a 2 instead of 000. It's barely visible and was hard to work with. Oh well. It was the first brush I picked up outta my kit! here's my outlining. Hard to see, I guess. Also, I know there looks to be a lot of orange peel. My old paint job had some too and I can live with it. here's a close up of my hood. Kool crimson and flattened black. I think it turned out fairly decent. and the finished product. Say what you want, but we did it ourselves, and I'm pretty happy with it. Maybe more scallops in the future. But I have other things to tend to first. Thanks for reading, I know I ramble too much! Just wanted to share what I've been up to. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Don't worry about the orange peel, I get some when I paint in my garage too. Its hard with out a paint booth. Heres my paint job after 10 years ago. This is the wagon I found after selling it 10 years ago. I cant wait to wash it and buff it out .I just want to drive it this summer and do the work over the winter. Some one slapped a crappy steering column in it and I still cant find one for her .I cant belive that.Bruce. .
Looks good. I would agree with you anout the pinstriping, you definitely want a bolder pinstripe around the scallops. I painted my scallops, and ran without pinstripes until my buddy could get them striped. Looked unfinished before the stripes, and the stripes really finished them off.
Can't get the pics to load (says they're too big, and I'm too lazy to figure out how to resize them), but there are pictures of the scallops in my albums, look under '35 Chevy.
Alright, figured out how to make it work. The first pic is without stripes, the second is after adding the pinstripes, and the third shows a little more detail.
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