Body Shop Update 2

Well that tur­tle has not got­ten off those tran­quil­iz­ers, but we are mak­ing progress, slowly but surely. Most of the body has been gone over with a fine tooth comb, all areas and pan­els have been taken down repaired where needed and then spot primed. I don’t want to con­vey in any way shape or form that I am unhappy with either the speed or qual­ity of this phase of the project so far, Joe Houghton and his crew over at Maaco Col­li­sion Repair have gone above and beyond in every way so far. I’m still very impressed, and those of you who know me know that if I wasn’t you sure would see it here. The right rear quar­ter was the last panel need­ing atten­tion and was being worked on today, so when fin­ished, that and the hood will be the last 2 areas to be spot primed. Then after sand­ing she will be on her way over to the paint booth for another coat of primer, then will be blocked and sanded before going back to the booth for some color. I’m hop­ing that we may be ready for paint around the week of the 14th. Larry, the tech­ni­cian assigned to work on her has gone above and beyond. He has found areas we had no idea we had issues with and repaired them even though they were not included in the quote. I am con­fi­dent we are doing the best job pos­si­ble within my bud­get and have seen noth­ing that causes me concern.

Now I’m stressed about paint color, today I viewed a sam­ple painted with the for­mula sup­plied and have to say it just is not going to work for me. Seems the orig­i­nal Prest­wick Gray Poly fin­ish was a metal­lic paint, though we could see no evi­dence of the metal in the orig­i­nal fin­ish and when it was mixed with todays mod­ern mate­ri­als, it looked good in the garage but when taken out in the sun sparkled way to much. I just feel that when all of the trim is added back it really is going to look to flashy and won’t feel right. So on Mon­day we are going to shoot 2 more test pan­els with plain enamel and no metal added to them. Once that is done we’ll make a deci­sion on how to proceed.

Until next time…

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