mike96
15+ Year Contributor
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- May 6, 2008
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Phoenix,
Arizona
well for those of you who have been following my build you have probably noticed that i have a habit of doing something silly that causes me to start back at a process somewhere near the beginning. so continuing on with this rather long drawn out process i have once again... started over! now before i get into all the gory details of what has been done since the last installment of this interesting soap-opera let me take a moment to fill you in as to why i did what i did. as you may have already read i had an issue with the paint that i had purchased. well after making the decision to suck it up and deal with the color that i had paid for, which really wasn’t to terribly horrible i was just more upset with the customer service i had been receiving, i decided to start re-assembling the car. it was at this point in time that i quickly realized that once the paint chipped, which really only took running a tool over the top of it to do, you could take your fingernail and continue to peal the paint back. this was of course after about a week of letting the car sit before really doing any sort of major rebuilding...
so after spending almost a week of sandblasting, paint stripping, and sanding i managed to get the car back to a point to where a new coat of paint wouldn’t be affected by the crap underneath it. unfortunately in the engine compartment that meant bare metal. for the most part the zinc coating was left intact so i wont worry too much about rust however there were a few spots where i had to do some sanding so the zinc coating came off, hopefully the metal etching primer i used does its job and sticks like it is suppose to... some of the areas i didn’t really worry about like underneath the fender areas and up where the windshield wiper motor goes simply because once that area is fully put together you really won’t be able to see it and that there will be so little work done in those areas there is almost no chance to chip the paint, so i just wanted to change the color to match the rest of the car.
so off i went to the paint shop where i picked up a few supplies and materials to put a few coats of color on the chassis. 1 qt of single stage urethane with enough reducer and activator to mix the quart, a quart of urethane sealer, and of course all the necessary sticks and strainers and what have you. like they say most people learn from experience, i am really hoping this time i have it done well enough that i don’t need to do it over... luckily i made a better decision and went with a color that i can easily find a touch up paint can for instead of something i would need to bring in a part and have color matched. so far i have a couple of spots up in the corners and deep recesses of the engine bay that didn’t quite cover well enough because my gun a was a little to big to get all the way into the corners. but i think that once i have a couple extra bucks i will pick up a can of touch up paint, and once all the parts are in the car you really shouldn’t be able to see any of them.
only other thing i am waiting on is something to replace the big ugly nasty blanket that goes on the inside of the firewall. i left it out intentionally because i swear it has to weigh about 30+ pounds. i would really like to use lizard skin sound deadener on it but unfortunately i can’t afford the $160 for everything needed to spray that on the firewall. Dynamat would be my next best thing but funds are extremely limited right now, and rather then put the car together only to have to take it apart for the third time i will settle for option three... peal and seal. just looking for a little bit of sound deadening, not going for ultimate stereo/luxury car quality.
next step will be the top of the car in black two stage paint as should a talon should be, along with the door and hatch jams, under hood, and areas that will not be clear coated like the bottom of the body that is covered by the side skirts with a single stage paint...
well i guess i have stalled long enough and think i can show you guys some pics...
color choice is the factory color for a 2004 Mitsubishi outlander i will have to get the color code later...
enjoy
car after several coats of primer... first couple of coats were metal etching do to bare metal. after that there were three coats of metal etching primer in just the spots that were showing bare metal after wet sanding and a full coat of regular primer. wet sanding between each coat.
after a full coat of urethane sealer inside and out.
after four coats of color in the engine compartment and two coats on the interior...
so after spending almost a week of sandblasting, paint stripping, and sanding i managed to get the car back to a point to where a new coat of paint wouldn’t be affected by the crap underneath it. unfortunately in the engine compartment that meant bare metal. for the most part the zinc coating was left intact so i wont worry too much about rust however there were a few spots where i had to do some sanding so the zinc coating came off, hopefully the metal etching primer i used does its job and sticks like it is suppose to... some of the areas i didn’t really worry about like underneath the fender areas and up where the windshield wiper motor goes simply because once that area is fully put together you really won’t be able to see it and that there will be so little work done in those areas there is almost no chance to chip the paint, so i just wanted to change the color to match the rest of the car.
so off i went to the paint shop where i picked up a few supplies and materials to put a few coats of color on the chassis. 1 qt of single stage urethane with enough reducer and activator to mix the quart, a quart of urethane sealer, and of course all the necessary sticks and strainers and what have you. like they say most people learn from experience, i am really hoping this time i have it done well enough that i don’t need to do it over... luckily i made a better decision and went with a color that i can easily find a touch up paint can for instead of something i would need to bring in a part and have color matched. so far i have a couple of spots up in the corners and deep recesses of the engine bay that didn’t quite cover well enough because my gun a was a little to big to get all the way into the corners. but i think that once i have a couple extra bucks i will pick up a can of touch up paint, and once all the parts are in the car you really shouldn’t be able to see any of them.
only other thing i am waiting on is something to replace the big ugly nasty blanket that goes on the inside of the firewall. i left it out intentionally because i swear it has to weigh about 30+ pounds. i would really like to use lizard skin sound deadener on it but unfortunately i can’t afford the $160 for everything needed to spray that on the firewall. Dynamat would be my next best thing but funds are extremely limited right now, and rather then put the car together only to have to take it apart for the third time i will settle for option three... peal and seal. just looking for a little bit of sound deadening, not going for ultimate stereo/luxury car quality.
next step will be the top of the car in black two stage paint as should a talon should be, along with the door and hatch jams, under hood, and areas that will not be clear coated like the bottom of the body that is covered by the side skirts with a single stage paint...
well i guess i have stalled long enough and think i can show you guys some pics...
color choice is the factory color for a 2004 Mitsubishi outlander i will have to get the color code later...
enjoy
car after several coats of primer... first couple of coats were metal etching do to bare metal. after that there were three coats of metal etching primer in just the spots that were showing bare metal after wet sanding and a full coat of regular primer. wet sanding between each coat.
after a full coat of urethane sealer inside and out.
after four coats of color in the engine compartment and two coats on the interior...
