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the paint was bubbling on both doors, near the bottom, so we'll grind off the paint to see how much rust is hiding.
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the top of the right fend has these tiny bubbles in the paint; we'll grind it off to have a better look.
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off to a lousy start; dead battery slows me down moving the car to the body shop; I think I left the interior lights on...
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there was a little dent in the left rear quater, probably caused by the bumper years ago.
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the front of the hood is full on bondo, and its starting to crack; we'll grind it all off and fix the dent right.
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the right rear quarter was full of holes; they probably used an old "screw-type" dent puller, but didn't bother to weld up the holes when they were done.
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the rust on the outer skin ate through the inner skin also. we will weld new metal in to fix it.
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it looks like someone tried to "glue" the under-hood insulation in place; we'll clean it off and repaint the bottome of the hood.
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I got rear-ended this summer, by an Escalade, so the tailgate has a dent
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I'm going to remove the light buckets; they aren't lined up correctly and there is a lot of was and paint in the gap where they mate.
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We've ground off all the paint and bondo, so we can properly fix the dent; there was about 3/8" of bondo on this panel, for no reason.
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that's bondo, oozing through holes in the panel!
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We used a dent puller to straighten out the tailgate, and then welded up the holes.
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there is three coats of paint on the back half of the car, and four on the front half; it was red originally, then a loud orange and then the current orange.

the front half of the car had a coat of clear on it, but the back half was only single st...
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we layed on two coats of primer on the hood, then blocked-sanded it.
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Day 4: I sanded off two coats of paint off the roof, down to the second coat of paint, which was bright orange.
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the car was originally 2B "bright red", then it was painted orange, then repainted the current orange; most of the fenders, half of the doors and half the roof had a clear coat on them as well.
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Day 5: the first round of block sanding is complete, I removed at least two layers of paint with a long-board by hand;
then we layed down two coats of sealer, since the new paint seems to react negatively with the old paint.
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Kim is laying on the first coat of Omni MH283 hi-build primer; he'll put on two coats, most of which we will sand off.
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the flames are coming! these are just primer
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Day 6: more hi-build primer...
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Day 7: three coats of high-build grey primer, which got block-sanded, then three more coats, which also got blocked sanded....
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followed by a coat of white Omni MR170 epoxy sealer just before the color base coat
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Day 8: then two coats of Omni MBC "Prophet Orange 61067" base coat (which is actually a Ford color.)
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then we layed out the flames with 1/8" fine line tape.
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and masked off the flames, then we sprayed on a little Omni M175 Gold Pearl in DBC500 binder.
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then we finished it off with three coats of ShopLine 620 clear
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the "ghost-flames" are only visible from certain angles, and under direct light. you can barely see them here on the fender.
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the flames fade towards the front of the car.
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this is the base coat; Omni AU MBC "prohet orange 61067"
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the drivers door, post repairs.
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passenger door, post repair.
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finally got the car outside this morning; it looks even better
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there is a little run in the clear off the corner of this marker lite. we'll just block it off and polish it and it will be perfect
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I got a big sag in the clear on this body line above the rear fenderwell; we'll block sand it off and polish the area and it will be fine.
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