Thank you. I have years in the trade and currently spend my days working as a technical instructor for a major paint company. I have lots of cool products and equipment at my disposal.

Ok, so it has been a very eventful week for me and my project!!

On Monday morning I loaded it up into a friends trailer and brought it to the booth. It took me 7 hours to fully mask it off. Lots of work for a car that the engine compartment and underside are already painted. Even in a down draft booth I wanted to keep the overspray at a minimum.

Here is it about to go in the trailer.....

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And now in the booth on jack stands all masked up. A small fortune was spent on masking tape and plastic sheeting. Thank you 3M for the generous donation of products!!

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With sealer played down......

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In basecoat.....

As a reminder I am using PPG Envirobase HP waterbase system. Again, huge thanks to PPG for the donation of products.

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And clear.......

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One of the very few selfies I will ever take!!
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Funny how much darker the color looks in the booth for some reason. It really is a much brighter color than it shows here.

In any case, at this point I bagged the car and prepared it to spray the filler panel above the package tray. Grey sealer, black base and then matte clear.

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after that dried I unmasked it, put the wheels back on and dropped it off of the jack stands. It was raining here today so didn't get it outside. Tomorrow is supposed to be nice, so I am bringing the truck and trailer to bring it home. Pics of it outside will come later this weekend.

Love, love, love this color.......
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It looks fantastic!

Very Nice!

Outstanding! Nice to see it finally in color, it's been a long time coming.

Mike

Looks great!

Love the blue, ... Congrats on all your hard work, it is paying off!

And the sun shined down and let the pearls sparkle.....................


So thrilling to see it out in the sun and be able to stand back and soak it all in. An amazing feeling after all these years in the garage.


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Man this thing looks SWEET! Excelent job.