Wow, that is some shine. Having big "guns" like yours sure helps! When that motor is in this car will be unbelievable.

It's looking real good Jody. I can't wait to see it all together.

Nice!!!!!!! :hail:

holy shiz!!! that paint looks AMAZING!!!! what exact are you doing to it when you say rubbing it. color sanding/buffing???

I wanna be there on Power Tour for the first rock chip.

yes, color sanding and buffing. What fun..................:rofl:

you probably will be.................. :) You're still a jackass......................:rofl:

I'm still amazed that one can spend 40-60 hours sanding and buffing a paint job.. it's really sort of crazy...

Looks killer Jody.. Very nice! :thumbsup:

He's gonna get a rock chip and want to sell the car.

What do you mean rock chip? He's gonna get a bug on it and want to sell it.

you guys are hilarious................. :rofl:

Jody

thanks Steve. We'll have every bit of that amount of time by the time we're done with the buffing. It's unreal.

Jody

hell no, I've got Jim................ :lol:

finished up the other front fender and hood.

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 332.jpg

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 329.jpg

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 327.jpg

Jody

That must be a Kodak moment.

Keep the camera ready!


Jan

Jody that will be the car of the year :thumbsup:

I hope you will trash it on a track too. I mean after that first rockchip it's just downhill for the looks.

Jan

The car looks incredible and your pictures look just as nice

great work.

Jody I really really like that color!!! And the images in the paint are pretty darn straight...:yes:

Can't wait to see it on Power tour.

SWEEET!!! :woot:

Paul

It needs to be Christened with Rendevous Bar-B-Q sauce on the Front Seat..........:lol:

Ken

Jody, I could sit in my garage and look at something like that for days.:thumbsup: Could you bring it over and leave it for a while.:unibrow: Nice.

:rofl:

ok, this will be the last paint update until the car is more completed. Today Jim and I finished off the passenger door, 1/4 panel, and trunk lid, along with some misc small stuff. Should be done buffing tomorrow........... :thumbsup:

Here's the trunk; ignore the mess in the background, the shop is thrashed right now.

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 334.jpg

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 339.jpg

here's the door and 1/4 panel; the door is not fully closed but it's taped up so I didn't want to untape it to close it completely...............

http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 336.jpg
http://www.camcojb.com/temp/malitude 337.jpg

Jody

Like a mirror!! :bow:

thanks Tony. It takes great bodywork, great painter, and then TONS of sanding and buffing.............. :faint: I am completely beat up right now, no idea how Jim does this on a daily basis (and loves it!!!!!!!!!!) Guys a nutball................ :rofl:

Jody

Looks great Jody.

It doesn't take long to get to 40 hours of buff time on a big car. I got 10 hours just in the shell of this '57 HT I am doing and will need a couple hours more to finish it. Still have every other body panel to go.

Nice thing about your color is if you used a dark primer and sealer, chips should not be easily seen.

:wow: That's amazing!....now do mine. :rofl:

Fantastic! Great work Jody!

very very NICE!

VERY VERY nice Jody! You have only made a bad ass car even better.

What grit paper did you use?
 

I have heard 600 then 2000. Also 800, 1000, 1500 then cut and buff.

Paint looks fantastic!

I like how Jody says "ignore the mess in the background..." You're insane, man. If our shop was as clean as yours, we'd probably be too afraid to work in it! :hail:

we started at 600 on most the vertical panels and 1000 on the horizontal ones (clear lays smoother on them). Then 1000, 1500, 2000, and finally 2500 before buffing.

Thanks everyone.

Jody

looks great jody, killer work

thanks for the info
 

Your car is really starting to come together. You have to be getting excited!

yeah, I was up late last night cleaning up the sanding mess on the car, and putting emblems, mouldings, and taillights back on. Starting to look like a car.

Jody

Looks awesome :thumbsup:

:D It's thrashed for me. Kinda like the time Mr. Charley decides to bring a visitor over un-announced (Mark Stielow) and the shop is torn up............. kinda embarrassing......... :faint: :yes:

Im glad to see these results!! its perfect. I never started wetsanding with 600 grit,I read this in this months issue of HOT ROD and it makes sense. I always get that heavy wavey look with my base clear finishes,always wondering how these hi end finishes are so flat. I could never get a straight answer. I always start with 1500 and go up to 2500 but it always had that wavey finish no matter how much I blocked the car . So from what I understand now the 600 grit is cutting down the orange peel, not rounding the orange peel is this correct???

the 600 cuts the orangepeel faster, and gets the clearcoat much flatter than starting at 1200+. As you've noticed, if you start too high you'll never get it as flat; it will look flat looking straight at it, but wavy/bumpy from other angles and lights. The key though, you need to have enough clear on the car to pull it off.

Jody