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[70chall440]

Nice gaps, having just done this to my cuda (like 2 days ago) I know what work it is.

[EbodyMod]

  It is definitely a lot of work, but it feels good to see it getting closer to color.

[70chall440]

going to shoot poly on mine tomorrow hopefully.

[EbodyMod]

FINALLY, the entire top of the car is in 100% epoxy. gonna let it cure over night and give it another 2 coats and then several coat of poly primer. I took the next couple of weeks off on leave so hopefully i can give her a roadtrip to Florida on the trailer!!!      Thanks Roadman, Tom is awesome and i am hoping to have my car down there soon.  I owe you a beer or two or three!!

[EbodyMod]

Here are some pics of todays progress

[roadman5312]

FINALLY, the entire top of the car is in 100% epoxy. gonna let it cure over night and give it another 2 coats and then several coat of poly primer. I took the next couple of weeks off on leave so hopefully i can give her a roadtrip to Florida on the trailer!!!      Thanks Roadman, Tom is awesome and i am hoping to have my car down there soon.  I owe you a beer or two or three!!

                  Looking forward to it.       Always plenty of beer here.        Tom told me about ya'll conversation, and he is pretty excited about it. 

[usraptr]

Nice transformation.     All your hard work on the body is really paying off. 

[70chall440]

Waiting for the temp to climb here a little, perhaps by Wednesday I will be able to spray the poly, then on to blocking. I am trying to keep up with you but am falling behind...

Nice job. 

[EbodyMod]

Thanks, i had to take leave because you were getting ahead of me!     i got the second round of epoxy on today, 6 coats total. Gonna let it cur overnight again and start with the poly tomorrow. It will be in the 80's low humidity!!

[EbodyMod]

Just in case you guys were curious, here is the color i picked.  it is a modified plum crazy of sorts.Ddepending on how the light hits it it goes from purple black to dark blue and explodes under direct sunlight!  I think it is a pretty cool color.

[70chall440]

Very cool! 

[EbodyMod]

  I just opened my eastwood box went to pull out my 2.2 tip to spay the poly primer and low and behold the needle is not for my concours pro gun!  AAARRRGGGH! quick call to eastwood and they do not make a larger tip for the gun, but they say i can still spray it with the 2.0 tip but i have to thin it. i really don't want to but nit sure what options i have other than buying a new gun.  Any suggestions?

[70chall440]

I just opened my eastwood box went to pull out my 2.2 tip to spay the poly primer and low and behold the needle is not for my concours pro gun!  AAARRRGGGH! quick call to eastwood and they do not make a larger tip for the gun, but they say i can still spray it with the 2.0 tip but i have to thin it. i really don't want to but nit sure what options i have other than buying a new gun.  Any suggestions?

I am going to use a 2.0 tip myself as everything I have read and watched says it can be done. If it requires thinning, then use acetone and do some experimentation to get it to flow. Look at going to someplace like harbor Freight and pick up a cheap suction gun (the gun with the can on the bottom) with a big tip. Remember, you want to build it up in coats, not all at once.

[EbodyMod]

just got done with 3 coats of poly primer, the first 2 straight mixture with the 2.0 tip 35 psi at the gun. it was a little orange peeley so the third i thined 10% and it smoothed out beautifully! tomorow the blocking begins again!!!

[70chall440]

Nice! I will try the 10% and see what I get. Did you use acetone?