It aint over...oh no it aint over

**MarioBurke** · 12-27-2003, 10:33 PM

in fact Im just starting. take a little look see. ( alittle look...a little see)

Man doors are so heavy. the car sicks back at stock height without the doors. that would make for great weight reduction at the drags. anyway I'm alittle upset right now because last night and tonight the paint has not been sticking. its a little cold and the heaters are barely keeping the temperature up.

The color is Gun Metal, it has some extra Bronze pearl in it though. so i should have a nice shimmer to it in the sun light. I will be updating the pictures as I go along. I might have a couple more in a few hours. im giving this stuff time to dry!

*Updated

**adams86lxi** · 12-27-2003, 10:36 PM

tight! it should look awesome when its done!!!

**blazin3gen** · 12-27-2003, 10:39 PM

awesome i want to see the finish product man!

**BITESIZE** · 12-27-2003, 10:43 PM

Uh huhhhhh! Pictures when you are done!

**dXsquared** · 12-27-2003, 10:50 PM

you need to get some propane heaters in there then.. it will dry the paint real nice... sucks the moisture right out of the paint!

Travis

**MarioBurke** · 12-27-2003, 10:53 PM

its not so much the paint that isnt drying, it is the clear coat. Im not using the usual clearr coat and its taking WAY too long to dry. the normal stuff is dry in 2 - 3 hours air dry. this stuff has taken over 24 hours, and i put one spot under a heat lamp and it still wont cure. as I go along i will have more pictures

*Update: I just put on the first coat of Gun Metal and it stuck this time. I am only doing the Jams right now. I have one most Base coat and two clear cloats to do. I wont be able to get to the body until a little later this week due to slow curing.

**MattsAccord** · 12-27-2003, 11:04 PM

Hurry up your so slow.

**Hash_man_Se_i** · 12-27-2003, 11:40 PM

Damn, I love gunmetal, the car is gonna look sweet!

**Justin86** · 12-28-2003, 12:06 AM

Well its still slow

**kicker1_solo** · 12-28-2003, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by MarioBurke

its not so much the paint that isnt drying, it is the clear coat. .

are you spraying the color in the jams and then clearing it? I guess it's too late now but have you ever tried spraying the color on the jams, then doing the exterior, and then clearing the jams, and then clearing the exterior?

And I want your gun, gravity feed ownz....

**MarioBurke** · 12-28-2003, 12:47 AM

Welp, I am done for tonight. I am gonna go get some sleep. and start some more sanding in the morning.

I couldnt spray the color in and out first because they body work isnt done on the outside. I have a shit load of sanding to do. Since we are only open Monday tuesday and wedensday this week at the shop I will probably be working on it after hours and possibly an all nighter on new years. Gravity Feed does own, but you dont want that gun. that is just a $60 gun. you want my Seta! $500...that thing owns ME!!

**shane_lxi** · 12-28-2003, 01:19 AM

MAN! I have always loved your car, and wanted to see how it would look when you got it painted. Now, I am finally going to get to!

You better be painting those tails the same color as the body! Any how, have fun finishing it up in the freezing cold! lol. Is it easy to paint your own car? Kickers car has nice paint already, but when I shave the side molding, I will prolly concider painting it myself. My cousin has a pretty good gun, but I have no experience in doing this stuff. Is it easy, just like making sure that you get the paint on evenly? Anyhow, just wonderin'?

**kicker1_solo** · 12-28-2003, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by shane_lxi

I have no experience in doing this stuff. Is it easy, just like making sure that you get the paint on evenly? Anyhow, just wonderin'?

If you use a single stage paint then you can make as many mistakes as you want, as many runs as you want. And you can fix it all after you're done, but this will take many hours of working it. The primer is the easiest to spray, then the paint, the clear is probably the hardest, it can be real easy to get runs. Honestly, if you don't have any experience I'd let someone do it for you. I have some experience and I'm still going to have my cousin paint my teg, that's how much I trust myself.

**MarioBurke** · 12-28-2003, 03:12 AM

ah its all in your head. if you think you cant then DONT. Painting is not easy, its one of those things, you either have it or your dont. The hardest part for me, using Dupont paint, is painting sealer coat. it goes on before the base color and runs more than clear coat. The Clear coat is difficult to shoot at first but then you get the hang of it and its cake. Clear is also the easiest to fix. Especially during cut and buff.

**jayp6969** · 12-28-2003, 06:21 AM

nice mario

**ICEMAN707** · 12-28-2003, 08:00 AM

yeah the doors are made heavy for a reason, in case a 3500 lb car comes at you T-bone going 65mph or worse, a semi.

**Justin86** · 12-28-2003, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by ICEMAN707

yeah the doors are made heavy for a reason, in case a 3500 lb car comes at you T-bone going 65mph or worse, a semi.

Ouch. Well Mario it is looking pretty good so far, are you still staying with the black bumpers and trim?

**shane_lxi** · 12-28-2003, 01:02 PM

I hope not!!!! The DX look never looks good with a $1000 paint job!!!!

**MattsAccord** · 12-28-2003, 01:04 PM

yeah but it can look good with a free paint job.

**A Dawg Jr** · 12-28-2003, 03:07 PM

Dude, your car is going to be very clean! Doing a good job, but lets get more pics!

**zero.counter** · 12-28-2003, 03:17 PM

Good work Mario!

**Coroncho80** · 12-28-2003, 03:22 PM

Keep it clean Mario. I like what you've done to your car but I think it got a lot of shit on it. Like all the deflectors and the "Hs" all around........... I'd say, get rid of all that shit and you'll be in bussiness. That's just me though.

**MarioBurke** · 12-28-2003, 05:40 PM

Well, I am down here at the shop again. I am kinda at a stand still. I got so much going on I dont know what to do really. I have to do a lot of sanding and patch work. I was trying to swap the handles from an LX but I didnt realize you can swap the Key locks. the DX is much bigger. but i dont like the plastic handles and I dont have the key for the LX handles.

The H's are coming off the doors, the accords are staying. I am still not sure if i want to shave the trunk emblems. but I guess since I already started sanding I might as well.

Actually my plan was to leave the bumpers black. I mean it looked fine to me when I had it primer and black so I know when I get new bumpers it will look good with the gun metal. I guess it all really depends on how much paint I have when im done though. that is going to be the toughest part.

Right now I am just putting the doors back on and some interior trim, so I havent gotten much further. oh and the paint is worth well over $500 with all the metal flake and the pearl. I got it for $89.

**A Dawg Jr** · 12-28-2003, 08:43 PM

Get some more and get the bumpers done too man...^_^

It'll match and look soooo much better... find a way to get the bumpers done IMO, it'll be worth it.