<VV> backyard paint job results.

[Frank DuVal]

BTDT

One of my first paint jobs in enamel was my Subaru 360. I painted it 
white  in R-M's Supermax aklyd emanel with Super Gloss harnder in the 
driveway. Painted roof & one side (it is a very small car) went to the 
other side, came back to the first side and the car was red???  Lots of 
tiny red bugs (chiggers?) stuck in the paint. Luckily it was painted 
with the hardner so I let it sit a day, resanded it and painted it 
before sunset was near.

Frank DuVal

Paul Abel wrote:

> 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.
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