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 Post subject: craigs 1967 XR Fairmont, new pics
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:09 am 
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im getting married in ten days time. i always wanted to have my car in my wedding, and was going to until a few weeks ago. but we ran out of money.
yesterday we went through our bills, and now i have $400 to spend painting my car.
im a painter/panel beater myself so no probs, just a bit of a rush, got 4 days to finish it.
car was painted 12 years ago satin black, took around an hour.

bodywork is very average, but im only going to give it a quick bog job and respray, only has to last a couple of years, later i can bare metal it and start from scratch.
today i chased up the primer, paper and a few other bits.
brother inlaw stripped the exterior parts/chrome
and we got started on the rubbing back
car is almost fully rubbed back tonight

i will add some new pics as we go....

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:35 am 
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epic mate. hope it gets done in time. good luck!

 

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:42 am 
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it'll get done no probs, wont be perfect, just needs to be tidy
thursday the bog comes out....
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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:22 am 
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Best of luck with it mate, you're off to a good start. Nice looking XR by the way, should look the part at the wedding :wink:

 

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:36 am 
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excellent work and congrats on the wedding..

 

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:14 am 
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im hating the rubbing back, looks worse than i remember.
39 degrees yesterday and 41 today, perfect weather for it...not.
bog dust sticks to u
thanks for the encouragement, will keep plodding away
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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:42 am 
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looks cool hope u get it done in time

 

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont, My Wedding Car
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:27 pm 
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spent too much time aligning the boot and fixing where there tail lights fit today.
finished rubbing the last door and rear quarter now
ground back a few areas, probably 15 patches, and bogged. rubbed some back
starting to look better now, the 41 degree temp here didnt help our enthusiasm much either
hopefully primer tomorrow

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:18 pm 
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its getting painted (wedding) white i assume??
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the end result will be worth it..

 

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:19 pm 
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Nah not white troyman, eventually it will be black with a full resto

But for now i have 15 litres of PPG Mercury Silver that im not using so will use 3 or 4 litres of that
not sure on how it will look yet, guess it will be different, havent seen another the same colour....
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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont, Wedding Car
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:49 am 
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so is 3 or 4 liters generally enough to spray a whole car???

sorry for asking stupid questions

 

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont, Wedding Car
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:48 am 
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yeah 3 litres minimum, just need 3 good coats of colour on, then the clear same 3 coats.
im not doing the door jambs or under bonnet or boot
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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont, Wedding Car
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:48 am 
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Great XR by the way :mrgreen:
If the paint is acrylic 3-4L wont be enough at all.I painted my missus bonnet on her HZ tonner in acrylic and i used almost 1.5L and can do with more...Luckily when i painted the bonnet it came off the gun very well so no buffing required,had a fair amount of shine and no peel either..

Good luck with it all hope it turns out.cheers Bryan

 

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 Post subject: Re: 4 Day Respray, XR Fairmont, Wedding Car
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:53 am 
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thanks mate.
ive been painting for 20 odd years now
paint is 2 pack so wont be a problem, the primer is very close colour to finished colour so wont take much to cover
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