UPDATE- on my yellow SC

[telnetmanta]

Well Here is a small update on the bare-metal strip and repaint of my 80SC in Talbot yellow.....

Finished applying my filler/surfacer coat of primer last night. I HOPE to have her painted my this weekend but this is wishfull thinking as I still need to water sand the whole car between now and then. I used a yellow tinted primer so that my base would cover better, as a bonus I can get an idea of what the car will look like with the Talbot top coat....

For any of you out there thinking about doing this yourself I must tell you that it is a LOT of work!!! But it is very rewarding when you see the color going back on the car. The worst part is the awfull mess that you create during the stripping process. And hopefully you wont find any suprises waiting under your drivers rear qtr like i did

Well enough ranting here are the pics in chronological order......

Ben


http://www.upstate-web.com/cgi-bin/images4.cgi?dir=/911/&title=80SC%20EURO%20Pr oject&h=69&w=105

http://www.upstate-web.com/cgi-bin/images4.cgi?dir= /911/5-12-01/&title=80SC%20%EURO%20%Project(stripping:5-6-01)&h=69&w=105

http://www.upstate-web.com/cgi-bin/images4 .cgi?dir=/911/052001/&title=80SC%20EURO%20Project,%20(Still%20Stripping% 205-20)&h=69&w=105

http://www.upstate-web.com/cgi-bin/images4.cgi?dir=/ 911/060301/&title=80SC%20EURO%20Project,%20(Priming:6-3-01)&h=69&w=105


http://www.upstate-web.com/cgi-bin/images4.cgi?dir=/911/061301/&titl e=80SC%20EURO%20Project,%20&h=69&w=105




[This message has been edited by telnetmanta (edited 06-13-2001).]

[telnetmanta]

What? No comments...... Tough room.

Ben

[cds72911]

Looks good!

Stripping to bare metal took a lot of work, eh?

I can't wait to see the final color.

You can come do mine when you're finished (ha-ha)

Charlie

[Jack Olsen]

Talbot Yellow is an awesome color. What was the car originally?

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[Steve F]

I am sooooooooooooo motivated now!
Great job!

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1967 912 "in progress"

[epbrown]

Originally posted by telnetmanta:
What? No comments...... Tough room.

Ben

Your first post was too early - most of us wait until we're at work to start reading this stuff :-)

Seriously, I'm very impressed. Call me a sick-o, but I look forward to the day I can strip a Porsche to the bare metal and experience the thrill of re-assembling the sucker.

Emanuel


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Everybody wants a normal life and a cool car;
most people settle for the car." Chris Titus
1966 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
1983 Porsche 911 SC Targa

[Adam]

Ben!

Good to see that you're making progress. Can't wait to see that car in Talbot Yellow.

I've posted a couple of new pics of my car in Talbot Yellow to my Pelican Gallery profile if you wanted to take a look.

Keep us updated, man!

AC

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[telnetmanta]

Glad someone finally noticed little ole me.. Guess I should have titled the post "Do you like the 996?" lol

The SC was originally Grand Prix White..... I had planned to go back with the white and had a change of heart.

I had a 914 before I got the SC, did the whole strip and restore bit. Funny thing is the 914 was originally Canary Yellow and I painted it White... LOL

Guess I am just Bass-Ackwards?

Should be water sanding the car tonight 400 then 600. Hope to have the inards and jams all cut in by Sunday. Then with a little more water sanding of overspray and some minor reassembly I should be painting the exterior!!

Man I feel like a cow headed to the barn, the closer I get the faster I want to go...

I just have to keep reminding myself to take it slow, because its all of the prep work that makes the paint job look good. Not so much the actual spraying of the paint.

Check back, I will post more pics as I take them, and when I am all done and have time I will put all of the pics on my website to document my nightmare.. err Project

Ben in SC

[Steve F]

Ben,while on the subject of painting and that you have been there, done that,is it true that as nice as would be to have the perfect paint finish, that haveing ENOUGH paint on still a good thing, orange peel or not,so long as you can color sand and buff later?I too,will be shooting mine as well and just wanted some input.Keep up the good work!

Thanks,
Steve

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1967 912 "in progress"

[telnetmanta]

Originally posted by Steve F:
Ben,while on the subject of painting and that you have been there, done that,is it true that as nice as would be to have the perfect paint finish, that haveing ENOUGH paint on still a good thing, orange peel or not,so long as you can color sand and buff later?I too,will be shooting mine as well and just wanted some input.Keep up the good work!

Thanks,
Steve

Steve,

I am by no means an expert. I am just a DIY'er like everyone else. But when you paint such as in my case, BC/CC. You will ALWAYS have orange peel, that is what color sanding is for. Just make sure and get enough paint on the surface that when you do have to "finese" out a flaw you have a thick enough layer that you dont go through your clear into the base coat.

If say you get a run, I use a tool called a "NIB File" to get the run down to a level that the color sanding can take the rest out.

As you said just make sure you get ENOUGH paint on the surface base and clear and you will be fine. Here is a good site for anyone looking to do a their first paint job.

http://www.autobodystore.com

They have a very active bulliten board....

Ben

[Clark Griswald]

Ben, how did you strip it? I didn't see any chemical in the pictures.

If you used chemical, what did you have to do to get it cleaned?

There is something about a car in fresh primer... makes me want to start a project.

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