Paint job preparation |
After the cleanup last episode, it was time for paint. We decided to prime the whole car and spray the engine bay and underside right in our little garage. The body and all the parts would go to a proper booth later. We quickly lined everything with foil, turning the garage into a makeshift DIY paint booth.
The car had been unprofessionally repainted several times, so we had to sand down to metal and start the paintwork from scratch. To restore the original shape, we filled all imperfections with putty, then primed with a two-component epoxy filler to protect against rust for decades. Next, we applied a greyshade filler to ensure the base coat's opacity.
Now we were finally ready to apply the actual paint in the engine bay, but that's a job for the next episode.
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8 сен 2024
