Painted a door today

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Ouch! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

My neighbor backed into my buddies car on thanksgiving earlier this year //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

Fresh junkyard door painted. Was silver, now its got 3 coats of fresh base, and two nice coats of clear on it.

Going to come through with a light wet sand with 1500 tommorow and then hang it back on the car. Probably wax and buff the rest of the car as well so the door doesnt stick out so much.

Started by sanding all the jams and face of the door with 400 grit. The door was already in pretty good shape, didnt need any body work or even to be sealed.

Sprayed the jams first followed by the rest of the door each coat, except the final coat. Then blended the clear into the jams as best as I could to match the factory look of the door.

The jams look a little better than factory and the face of the door will look really good after a light wet sand. Probably a little too good to match the rest of the car but oh well. Thats what 12 years of sun does. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

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[ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts]

Looks excellent.

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

Thanksgiving Day was this year? hmmm

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Pile of parts to go in it

 

[sixfootman2005 10+ year member]

looks good

 

[themommyvan 10+ year member]

got to love plastic fenders

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Thanksgiving Day was this year? hmmm

Shut it!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

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[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

Looks really good.

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Just realized that pic didnt show the reflections real well, oh well. Ill get a better one once its on the car.

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

Shut it!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif
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Sorry, couldn't resist!

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Heres a pic of the gun

Not too bad of a spray job in a garage with a $100 spray gun. I want to pick up a nice Sata soon.

My new compressor too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Injected54 10+ year member]

Looks good

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

gets pic of the door on the car when you can.

 

[DjiNN 10+ year member]

that def looks like a good paint job. wanna paint my car? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

gets pic of the door on the car when you can.

Will do, I put it on yesterday. I started wet sanding with 1500 but didnt finish cuz I wanted to get it hung. The next time I have time Im gonna have him bring it over so I can hit it with 2000 and some polishing compound. Looks real good though.