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amjf088 · 08-07-2009, 03:57 AM

Tonight was the night that this job finally passed over the hump… It is painted, and it looks pretty good. Unfortunately, I find it difficult to capture the dark, glossy paint very well in the photographs:

I also painted the smuggler’s box door:

I used these Glasurit products for the base and the clear. I have lots of experience with them from painting the 944 and find them of outstanding quality and very user friendly:

For application I chose my Sharpe MGF detail gun:

This unit is very compact in the hand and the spray pattern and volume are very nicely suited to the tight confines and multiple surfaces. Also, what I found to be a real boon on this job was that one can tilt the paint cup to any angle. For example, here I have it set so that I can spray upwards – very handy underneath!

Compared to doing the outside body, this painting was very easy and relaxing. As there is so much texture in the surface you are painting, the odd dust nib is not even noticed. However, I still tried hard for a good job and I think I got it. The biggest issue with what I have done though is that it is FAR too glossy for the trunk (if you are trying to keep things original). This should not have surprised me, but seeing it now makes it really hit home. Some day I guess I will have to paint the other ¼ of the trunk to match. However, to do that requires a lot more disassembly than I wanted to tackle at this stage. After all, this car is supposed to be the fun driver and the 944 is supposed to be the way-over-restored garage queen. Yeah, I know. Don’t ask me how I screwed that up…

Suffice it to say that if I had it all to do again, I would add some gloss reducing additive to the clear.

It will be a nice, solid car when it is back together I believe. In my mind’s eye, I think the repair method has come together and this should have excellent longevity. I will finish off the protection phase by spraying FluidFilm into the cavities as back up for the ZeroRust paint.

Here is my “atmospheric study” after I was done and venting out the place:

I still have a million and one little odd jobs to do as the car goes back together, I will continue to post that stuff here, just for the heck of it, even though the battery area repair itself is now done.

08-07-2009, 03:57 AM	#41
amjf088 Addict Rennlist Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,806	Tonight was the night that this job finally passed over the hump… It is painted, and it looks pretty good. Unfortunately, I find it difficult to capture the dark, glossy paint very well in the photographs: I also painted the smuggler’s box door: I used these Glasurit products for the base and the clear. I have lots of experience with them from painting the 944 and find them of outstanding quality and very user friendly: For application I chose my Sharpe MGF detail gun: This unit is very compact in the hand and the spray pattern and volume are very nicely suited to the tight confines and multiple surfaces. Also, what I found to be a real boon on this job was that one can tilt the paint cup to any angle. For example, here I have it set so that I can spray upwards – very handy underneath! Compared to doing the outside body, this painting was very easy and relaxing. As there is so much texture in the surface you are painting, the odd dust nib is not even noticed. However, I still tried hard for a good job and I think I got it. The biggest issue with what I have done though is that it is FAR too glossy for the trunk (if you are trying to keep things original). This should not have surprised me, but seeing it now makes it really hit home. Some day I guess I will have to paint the other ¼ of the trunk to match. However, to do that requires a lot more disassembly than I wanted to tackle at this stage. After all, this car is supposed to be the fun driver and the 944 is supposed to be the way-over-restored garage queen. Yeah, I know. Don’t ask me how I screwed that up… Suffice it to say that if I had it all to do again, I would add some gloss reducing additive to the clear. It will be a nice, solid car when it is back together I believe. In my mind’s eye, I think the repair method has come together and this should have excellent longevity. I will finish off the protection phase by spraying FluidFilm into the cavities as back up for the ZeroRust paint. Here is my “atmospheric study” after I was done and venting out the place: I still have a million and one little odd jobs to do as the car goes back together, I will continue to post that stuff here, just for the heck of it, even though the battery area repair itself is now done. __________________ 1985 911 Carrera: The fun car 1987 944 S: The project car 2002 Subaru WRX: The daily car Visit My P-Car Projects!