Re: Larry's 1951 Club Sedan Project
Posted by Larry51 On 2012/9/16 8:18:33
Interior Painting
Have been doing a day's work here and there on the car, but not much for a few weeks owing to other commitments. There's been a lot of fiddly final preparation as I get closer to the stage where I can paint the car. Amazing just how many small pits and scratches etc need a dab of glazing putty and a rub back.
I completed filling / priming / sanding the pillar faces, window frames, parcel shelf and internal door and rear quarter panels. I needed to figure which surfaces to paint, and when. You always want to minimize work and masking, also overspray etc. And get good continuity on overlaps, where internal paint will 'underlap' the paint you apply when the whole exterior is being sprayed.
The trick is to spray all edges, corners, 'returns' etc first then spray between. Ninety percent of this internal colour will be covered by trim / carpet / roof liner etc so finish is not too critical. I just needed to put a reasonable coat of colour over the primer grey to seal it properly against corrosion (- and make these unseen areas look presentable if ever uncovered).
It can be difficult getting the colour into tight areas. This is worst around the tops of the doors (in the window frames). I will take the doors off later and lay them flat so as to get the paint right into these areas. (You don't see much (if any) of this area but leaving exposed primer doesn't provide as much protection against rust).
LHS door painted with Matador Maroon. I had previously applied the Schutz (sound deadener / corrosion inhibitor) to the door cavity. That was a messy job as the Schutz drifts around quite a lot, requiring a cleanup with turps or Prepsol.
Parcel shelf sprayed
Along the roof perimeter sprayed
Showing the heavy coat of Schutz that had been applied previously
Priming around pillars completed, but the pillars will be sprayed later as part of the exterior spray job.
Rear quarter internals sprayed.
Have been doing a day's work here and there on the car, but not much for a few weeks owing to other commitments. There's been a lot of fiddly final preparation as I get closer to the stage where I can paint the car. Amazing just how many small pits and scratches etc need a dab of glazing putty and a rub back.
I completed filling / priming / sanding the pillar faces, window frames, parcel shelf and internal door and rear quarter panels. I needed to figure which surfaces to paint, and when. You always want to minimize work and masking, also overspray etc. And get good continuity on overlaps, where internal paint will 'underlap' the paint you apply when the whole exterior is being sprayed.
The trick is to spray all edges, corners, 'returns' etc first then spray between. Ninety percent of this internal colour will be covered by trim / carpet / roof liner etc so finish is not too critical. I just needed to put a reasonable coat of colour over the primer grey to seal it properly against corrosion (- and make these unseen areas look presentable if ever uncovered).
It can be difficult getting the colour into tight areas. This is worst around the tops of the doors (in the window frames). I will take the doors off later and lay them flat so as to get the paint right into these areas. (You don't see much (if any) of this area but leaving exposed primer doesn't provide as much protection against rust).
LHS door painted with Matador Maroon. I had previously applied the Schutz (sound deadener / corrosion inhibitor) to the door cavity. That was a messy job as the Schutz drifts around quite a lot, requiring a cleanup with turps or Prepsol.
Parcel shelf sprayed
Along the roof perimeter sprayed
Showing the heavy coat of Schutz that had been applied previously
Priming around pillars completed, but the pillars will be sprayed later as part of the exterior spray job.
Rear quarter internals sprayed.
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