<VV> backyard paint job results.

[Paul Abel]

Hi All,
Last month, I asked for tips on doing my own paint job on my 65 Monza 
sedan. All suggestions were greatly appreciated. I used acryllic enamel 
from my local auto paint store. I waited for a nice day, and sprayed in 
my driveway. ( much to my neighbor's chagrin ) Bodywork was done with 
plenty of Bondo in the quarters and fenders, all the normal spots. I 
primed with spray cans, rough sanded, then wet sanded with 1000 grit as 
my final sanding. I sprayed it the original artesian turquois. Car came 
out pretty nice, better than I expected, this being my first attempt. 
The only problem was all of these little green gnat - like critters, 
baby crickets perhaps, that live in the grass. First time I ever noticed 
them being so numerous. The sun was starting to set as I spayed the car, 
and these little buggers were everywhere. Deciding that there wasn't 
much I could do, I just let them land where they may. I learned that you 
can't remove them from wet enamel, so they became one with the paint 
job. Not too noticable. Other than that, and my amature bodywork, it 
looks great. The enamel has a great glossy shine, without having to rub, 
or buff. My 100.00 vair now looks like a million bucks. Total cost of 
the paint job? about 200 bucks. I would like to thank Tom Nasman, Tom 
Zimmerman, Norm Coates and everyone on V.V who've helped my resurect 
this sedan from the dead. Also thanks to Chuck Littman for lending me 
his book on painting and bodywork. Now that it's "done" I can start 
driving it and fixing the many "little things" that never end. Thanks 
again to everyone. I just might attempt this again.

Paul Abel
Rochester, NY
65 Monza Sedan 110pg.