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Mail From: carl.fuller (Carl Fuller)

I am almost done with my body work on my '67 coupe and am wondering about
some conflicting information. I would prefer to paint with the fenders,
hood, deck lid, doors, and valances off the car to ensure better coverage.
Some things I've read say that painting in this manner with metallic paint
will produce an uneven finish. Does anyone have first-hand experience with
this? My biggest problem is I have already painted my front frame/engine
compartment and had to sand down spots to complet repairs around it. So,
some blending will be required. Thoughts?

Carl

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Mail From: perri (Tony Perri)

Carl,
Painting with valances off is fine.
The main panels should be on the car.
Standard practice is to edge - paint insides and around edges - while
panels are off the car, then mount, align, block, and paint the whole
thing.

This gives good coverage.
Trying to mount a freshly painted panel is almost guaranteed to nick
or
scratch your finish.
You will also see the difference in the panels because of the angle
and mix
of the paint. You can get by (maybe) with dark non-metallic colors,
but
a metallic paint will show up in the right light and angle.

Not sure I understand how repairs to the front frame/engine
compartment
affect having the body panels on the car for final paint.

Good luck,

Tony Perri
-- 67 Fastback
-- 73 Coupe

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:23:12 CDT "Carl Fuller" wrote:
>I am almost done with my body work on my '67 coupe and am wondering
about
>some conflicting information. I would prefer to paint with the
fenders,
>hood, deck lid, doors, and valances off the car to ensure better
coverage.
>Some things I've read say that painting in this manner with metallic
paint
>will produce an uneven finish. Does anyone have first-hand
experience with
>this? My biggest problem is I have already painted my front
frame/engine
>compartment and had to sand down spots to complet repairs around it.
So,
>some blending will be required. Thoughts?
>
>Carl

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Mail From: carl.fuller (Carl Fuller)



It's affected because I painted the engine compartment already. I did not
mask off the cowl and had some overspray, so I had to sand it down. Now,
the part of the cowl where the tops of the fenders go and where the cowl
meets the engine compartment needs to be repainted. Thanks for the advice!

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Mail From: speegle ((email redacted))

Originally the cars were painted as follows

Main unibody with trunk lid and doors installed - rear valance held to the car with two of the mounting screws (normal for San Jose the second ones from the ends) holdign it to the car so that paint wrapped around the rear quarters and valance

Front valnces, fenders hood and headlights painted on another line

If you do so your self you will want to mount the separate parts on a table or saw horses so that they sit the way they will once installed so that the metallic will "sit" right

Hope this helps

Jeff Speegle




On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:23:12 CDT "Carl Fuller" wrote:
>I am almost done with my body work on my '67 coupe and am wondering
about
>some conflicting information. I would prefer to paint with the
fenders,
>hood, deck lid, doors, and valances off the car to ensure better
coverage.
>Some things I've read say that painting in this manner with metallic
paint
>will produce an uneven finish. Does anyone have first-hand
experience with
>this? My biggest problem is I have already painted my front
frame/engine
>compartment and had to sand down spots to complet repairs around it.
So,
>some blending will be required. Thoughts?
>
>Carl

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Mail From: carl.fuller (Carl Fuller)

Thanks, speegle. That is also what I'm getting from other boards.
Especially painting the panels in the same position they will sit on the
car. I will paint the car with the deck lid, doors and rear valance on, and
the other parts off. I'll let you know how it turns out in about a month.
Thanks, again.

Carl