Carl 61 Fleetwood Phyllis

[Clewisiii]

Prepping my winter work.

Some painting
Some Chrome
Radio Restoration
Speedometer Restoration
Some electrical

Painting is free
Chrome is maybe a thousand
Radio restoration maybe a thousand
Electrical is a thousand
I don't know how much the speedometer will be yet.

[Clewisiii]

Instrument panel and painted window trim. I have a few spares so I will pick whichever one turns out best.


Some of these need little cleanup. Others will need more work.


The A pillar covers have an exposed polished aluminum edge. I will need to polish these before paint.

[Clewisiii]

The painted seat and B pillar trim is a different color. Non metallic.

I took a part up to be color matched and get a pint of paint mixed. It was $100 and they made the wrong color. I never checked it while there because they took forever and I had to get out of there. So I will need new paint mixed.

I am missing one of the B pillar trim pieces. I remember I took it out to see how it would go in the bead blaster. But I must have set it on a shelf and left it somewhere.

[Clewisiii]

Found it

[Clewisiii]

Dash parts first.

My sandable primer dries fast. But it is not sandable fast. So I always wait overnight before sanding.

[6262]

Do you sand them as preparation for the clearcoat?

Dash parts first.

My sandable primer dries fast. But it is not sandable fast. So I always wait overnight before sanding.

[Clewisiii]

Do you sand them as preparation for the clearcoat?

No this is just a single stage no clear coat. The zinc had pitted over time. So after blasting out the pits I needed to build back up for the paint coat. My original try at painting the interior left a lot of runs. It was in the winter in my non heated old shop. So it was not a good finish. On the lower part most of the runs were on the return lips. And sense in vehicle the return lips are the parts you see first I had to fix them all.  I will fixture and hold these parts in a different way when I paint this time.

[jwwseville60]

I love freshly painted parts and chrome bits laid out. Its like jewelry and sculpture at an art show.

[Clewisiii]

Sanded the primer, a couple I needed to recoat and one spot of filler. I might be able to start paint tomorrow.

[Clewisiii]

Pulling out the trim that needs to be painted, I will need to polish the aluminum on the two pieces before I can repaint.

But pulling out those pieces I pulled out the rest so that I can inventory the trim. I did notice a couple missing pieces that might have fallen into the racking. The last time I talked to someone about mirror polishing the trim. They told me $20 a foot. There is over a hundred ft.

[Clewisiii]

I had tried tightening the fitting just after the filter a couple of times. So I decided to just switch out the filter with my spare.

I will not test it until I get a tachometer to run the break in cycle. But I am feeling hopeful.

[Clewisiii]

Starting my first coat of paint. It is working out but I wish I had a finer tip for better atomization.

[Clewisiii]

It is drying much faster then last time. But I think that is the difference between drying in 63 degrees and 43 degrees.

[Clewisiii]

One of my ash tray covers fell. I will need to sand and repaint again.

[Clewisiii]

I wish I had taken a before picture. Polishing out key scratches.

[The Tassie Devil(le)]

It is drying much faster then last time. But I think that is the difference between drying in 63 degrees and 43 degrees.

I am pretty sure that temperatures really do make a difference.   Actually, a lot of difference, especially when humidity is involved.

Bruce.

[Clewisiii]

Much better results. But one little disappointment.

The coat with metallic is very consistent this time. No runs at all.

But since it was not as thick of an initial coat, I have more orange peel than last time. But I don't think enough to bother me.

I was able to sand and save that ashtray cover.

[Clewisiii]

I once heard a painter say the best paint job is one big run.

[6262]

Thanks... now I got it.

No this is just a single stage no clear coat. The zinc had pitted over time. So after blasting out the pits I needed to build back up for the paint coat. My original try at painting the interior left a lot of runs. It was in the winter in my non heated old shop. So it was not a good finish. On the lower part most of the runs were on the return lips. And sense in vehicle the return lips are the parts you see first I had to fix them all.  I will fixture and hold these parts in a different way when I paint this time.

[6262]

This is really impressive if it isn't rechromed. How exactly did you do this?

I wish I had taken a before picture. Polishing out key scratches.