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A Girl, Without A Gun. . .Part Trois. . .

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by MissPrint, Jan 19, 2009.

  1. MissPrint
    Joined: Sep 11, 2008
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    No gun for me today :(, but that's probably for the best :). . .I'm sure I would have completely cocked up my roof and had to re-do it all over again, and welllll, I ain't in no dayum mood for doing work twice ;)

    Ritchie (of Ritchie's Paint Shop here in Austin) shot the metallic base coat, flake and 3 coats of clear on my roof today. . .and whoooo boy what a difference doing it right makes!!!

    Today, with a little help from my friends, got her lookin' less like a primered nightmare and more like a custom paint job. . .

    8Sparkplugs hard at work
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    psycopainter (Ritchie) shootin' the base coat

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    Base coat only

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    Then a little flake. . .
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    Yummy. . .
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    And we went from this, back at Thanksgiving when I began this painting journey. . .Her "flake" (and I use the term loosely) BEFORE:

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    To this (before clear)
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    And this (after 1st coat of clear)
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    She's cookin' tonight, hardening up, then comes wetsanding, and then layin' out the roof outline. . .

    Well, and since we were waitin' around with nothin' to do in between coats of primer, base coat, flake and clear, we got started strippin' down El Lunchetto's car as well. . .

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    All in all. . .an extremely productive day. . .

    After wetsanding and layin' out the roof scallops, we'll move on to the minor body work on the top of the hood and decklid, get that shot in paint, then move down to the front grill & rear bumper and take care of that fuglyness, the start shooting the doors and lower half of the car. . .

    Only 12 weeks to Round-Up. . .She will be done, as gawd is my witness, she will be done!! :D;)
     
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  2. lookin good! any hints on what gun Ritchie used to apply the flake? I'm wanting to flake the roof on Wifey's '55 ranchy
     
  3. Squablow
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    Roof looks nice. Is the dark color on the body going to be blue or black? In the original photoshop it was blue, I liked that, but then it was changed to black. Did you make a decision there?
     
  4. Skotz
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    That ought to "liven" up that ol Edsel.....lookin good:cool:
    Skot
     
  5. MissPrint
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    Thanks! He used a HVLP gun with a 2.5 mm fluid tip. . .got it on ebay for like $40 or so. . .
     
  6. MissPrint
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    We're goin' with black and silver. My interior is just way to over the top (crushed black velvet and zebra print inset panels) to go with the blue.

    We're gonna bring some blue back in a couple of ways. . .with pinstriping, and even tho the pics don't show it all that well, the undertone on the silver is a bit icy blue. . .there's a hint of it in that base coat which will also be there in the silver on the side of the car as well. . .
     
  7. Squablow
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    Sounds good. How long until we have pics of the body with color on it? How much bodywork do you have left?
     
  8. MissPrint
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    Not a terrible ton. . .Nothin' that can't be taken care of with a lot of time and patience. . .

    Front quarters have some ugly crap (nothin' like yours, to be sure ;)) that need to be cut out. . .

    Deck lid, couple of minor dings & one small area of pin holes

    Each of the doors (because they're shaved) need to be re-glazed and have some minor dings smoothed out

    Hood needs a bit of pounding out and glazing

    Don't know what evil lurks behind the grill and fenders, but it doesn't look too terrible bad. . .

    And then weldin' in the "Ranger" script holes, the "Edsel" side lettering holes and the side mirror holes, which I can't do, but shouldn't take too long to do. . .although Lux has promised to teach me to weld, so maybe this'll be my first attempt at it. . .:D

    Overall, rough estimate? 25 hours, maybe? And the block sanding, which, simply because she's a hella big car, will take an age. . .

    Gettin' there. . .one step at a time. . .
     
  9. camargma
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    woooo thats pretty sweetheart!! im keeping my fingers crossed i can see it live in person instead of seeing it on the interweb! :) 12 weeks.. keep posting pics!
     
  10. LabRat
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    Congrats MissPrint . Looking more like a final copy , I would say .......
     
  11. skoh73
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    Uncanny... was just lookin' at the same flake for my roof. Wanted to go metallic or flatz silver on my body (the car) because my stock interior (green) is way to cherry for me to justify changing. You are mighty fortunate to have the friends you do. Can't wait to see further developments!
     
  12. James D
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    :eek::cool::D

    Wow!
     
  13. nexxussian
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    Very nice, I gotta get something to flake, not because I think I'm that good, but because I want to learn how.

    Envy from up north.:):D:cool:
     
  14. Ian Berky
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    Lookin' great!! Love it!!

    ian
     
  15. hotrodladycrusr
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    Looking go sweetie! Can't wait to see her in person and go for a cruz.....12 more weeks! Whoo-hoo!
     
  16. Jobe
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    Frankie

    Gotta say I'm very impressed with your work on the ole Edsel...Giving me hope that some day I will have my 'other' caddy looking as good and on the road...
     
  17. Mule Farmer
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    Cool looks good. I have been jonesing hard to flake something.
     
  18. suhweet! Way to go and I am sure you are gonna make that deadline! Gonna be one fine Edsel when you are done with her...scallops are gonna be killer
     
  19. MissPrint
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    Awwww. . .thank y'all. . .I will make this deadline. . .simply don't have a choice. . .I am NOT rollin' her into Round-Up without her paint being done. . .

    'Course, her headliner might not be in. . .and my front seat might not be finished, and I might not have slept for the 4 days prior to Round-Up. . .but her paint will be done ;):D

    I am fortunate. . .I have some really amazing friends who are incredibly generous with their time and expertise. . .I am a lucky lucky lady :D
     
  20. Oh Ya!! Now your Cookin. How about that feeling when you seen it start to Shine for the first time. My Squeeze got behind the Wheel of her Edsel for the first time on Sunday. Being a Wagon she was a little intimadated at first (Her daily is just a little thing). We went to Town about 25 miles. After dinner I started towards the Driver door out of habit and she said "What are you doing"? Maybe there is New paint in Her future also.
    The Wizzard
     
  21. Dangler
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    That look great!!!
    I plan on flaking the hell out of my Edsel if ever get that far on the build :eek:
     
  22. Roothawg
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    Holy crap, what size flake is that? It looks like sand before clear coat....
     
  23. Mr48chev
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    I've never been a big fan of flake but that really looks great. It sounds like that will be one sharp looking car when it is done.
     
  24. guitarmook
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    each step looks better than the last...

    can't wait to see it 'done'...
     
  25. MissPrint
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    LOL. . .are you talking about the "home flake" that was on there before I scraped it off (which was, apparently, Hobby Lobby cube glitter :rolleyes:) or the new stuff?

    The new flake is Lil' Daddy Roth Surfite Silver, standard size. . .we talked about using Baby or Monster, but the Standard size seems to be "just right". . .;)
     
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  26. bigtumtum
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    WTF is that avatar ian is that a swastika????? :)
     
  27. oj
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    LookinGoood Frankie, dont'cha just love it when a plan actually comes together? Nice work. oj
     
  28. VONRUBEN65
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    from LOMITA

    looking good!!!
     
  29. DRUGASM
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    nice work. still dont envy all that labor but damn it looks good.
     
  30. Roothawg
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    OK, I guess that explains it. You scared me for a minute.......
     

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