Ok, not really a party...
I painted my car over spring break and tried to document the process. Of course, when big changes started happening I got busy and forgot to take pics. Oh well.
I'm super happy with it. It's not at all perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than it was before (close ups of the old paint in this thread). The biggest disappointment is that a couple pieces of trim are too broken to go back on, and one of those flew away on the interstate.
Before I started:
Someone had keyed this car. It was at least 4 years ago because it was before my dad bought it:
She's nakey:
Begin day two:
Here I am, sanding away:
Begin day three:
I sure showed that scratch who's boss:
I love taking things apart:
It's things like this that killed my battery.... Three times (Drying everything out after wet sanding):
Home-made paint booth:
Supposed to keep the dust out of the air in here. Didn't work as well as we'd hoped:
Ready to be unwrapped:
My dad and I are putting her back together:
A closeup of the new paint:
It started storming, so I'll take some more pictures of the final product when the weather is less nasty.
I painted my car over spring break and tried to document the process. Of course, when big changes started happening I got busy and forgot to take pics. Oh well.
I'm super happy with it. It's not at all perfect, but it's a heck of a lot better than it was before (close ups of the old paint in this thread). The biggest disappointment is that a couple pieces of trim are too broken to go back on, and one of those flew away on the interstate.
Before I started:
Someone had keyed this car. It was at least 4 years ago because it was before my dad bought it:
She's nakey:
Begin day two:
Here I am, sanding away:
Begin day three:
I sure showed that scratch who's boss:
I love taking things apart:
It's things like this that killed my battery.... Three times (Drying everything out after wet sanding):
Home-made paint booth:
Supposed to keep the dust out of the air in here. Didn't work as well as we'd hoped:
Ready to be unwrapped:
My dad and I are putting her back together:
A closeup of the new paint:
It started storming, so I'll take some more pictures of the final product when the weather is less nasty.