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Offline bentpshrods

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Have you ever felt !!!!!
« on: September 28, 2008 - 09:52:54 PM »
   TOTALLY FRUSTRATED  with your current progress on your project.   :villagers:  It feels like I have been sanding and striping my car for months now and I'm still not done.   :pullinghair:   But I'm getting closer. I started this little repainting job early last spring and had planned on being done by my birthday in July----BUT between home remodeling and other honeydo things---bouts of extreme lazyness---and a few health issues---I'm behind as usual.   >:(    First off I'm trying to do this cheaply (NO such thing) by doing all the prep work myself. This is my current state of things.
       Actually I just moved everything outside so I could clean the garage and hang some plastic for a temp spray booth and get  the cuda into primer. Hope to start spraying in a few days. And then the fun begins with block sanding ect.  YEA  more sanding    :faint:   Oh well it's been a real learning experience.     Side note:  As I was taking pics the bateries in my camera went dead so I went inside to get new ones. When I came back out a car had pulled up and was checking things out. I think the guy had thougt he had just found the deal of a life time   :jumping:   Turns out he lives a few blocks away and has a 70 roadrunner in his garage.   Sometimes you just never know.    :smilielol: 




Offline Moparal

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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2008 - 09:59:30 PM »
Keep on it. Cool what you did to the neighbor.  Carefull painting in the winter useing gas heat or elements.

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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2008 - 10:02:23 PM »
That first photo would be a great calendar entry.  :cheers:

Offline LoneStar Mopar

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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2008 - 10:35:26 PM »
SOLD!!   I will be by in the morning to pick it up.   Just take a break from the car. After a week or two without working on it you will be dying to get back into the garage. We have all been there. Just remember this is a hobby and working on them is half the fun.   Working on my projects is my way of getting away from the stresses of everyday life. Sometimes I get frustrated and walk away. Sometimes it is for a couple days, weeks, or even months. However whenever my brain tells me it is time to get back into the garage I cant think of anything but working on the project.       P.S.   Timelines are worthless in the classic car hobby.

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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2008 - 11:57:04 PM »
Well there's your problem.  You've got that there comfy looking chair in there; bet it reclines and everything.  Keep something like that in the garage and it makes you lazy.  Get it out.  Leave a hard, uncomfortable stool for when you have to take a breather or work sitting down.  Then you'll get more work done and minimize drifting off!


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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2008 - 01:14:54 AM »
I`ll give you 2 K

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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2008 - 09:12:25 AM »
 :roflsmiley:
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                             A few thoughts rambled through my head

                                     Slow & steady wins the race.

                                          Rome wasn't built in a day.

                                             Anything worth having is worth waiting for.

                                                   Patience jackass patience.

 Anyone that can build models & settings like you do should know these things well...... oh yea
                           
                                                       Keep your nose to the grind-stone.
 
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Offline tactransman

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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2008 - 09:23:56 AM »
When you get it all done it will be worth it. Keep on keep'in on! :working:
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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2008 - 09:27:24 AM »
I totally know how you feel.  Seems like I have been sanding forever. Now that I actually have some paint on the car, though I still have a lot of work to do, it at least looks like I am getting there.

Best thing to do is not to think about it and just keep pecking away at it. 
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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2008 - 09:58:14 PM »
   I've had that old garage/shop chair for over 25 years. It's made 3-4 moves with me and I don't know why????    :clueless:  I can't even remember where I got it from but it sure is comfy.  It's my ---We better sit back and think about this for a minute---chair.   :sly:  Or sometimes after a long hard day in the garage you just need to sit back and admire your work. Some times I even impress myself    ::)   

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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2008 - 10:15:34 PM »
 Take your time and don't make a chore of it. That's an easy way to burn out. When you really feel like working on it the result will be better anyways IMO.

 I "finish" sprayed mine in the garage with the plastic cocoon. Lots of work getting there, then much cut and polish on the lacquer. I can genuinely say it was worth it, and proud to be the one that did the entire job. :) 

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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2008 - 01:56:34 AM »
That first photo would be a great calendar entry.  :cheers:
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Re: Have you ever felt !!!!!
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2008 - 05:31:39 AM »
ill give you $3000   :scared: