Sanding the paint, like rings on a tree

[Healey_Z]

Tells a story.

 

[GregW]

Stop there and just hit it with a clear coat.

 

[Randy Forbes]

Indeed, it does.

Please tell me that you used a wax & grease remover (or at the least, Dawn dishwashing detergent) before cutting into the paint.

Forgive such a basic comment, but not doing so will cause problems down the road, especially if you're doing anything less than a full stripping of finishes, down to the bare metal.

 

[tahoe healey]

If you have ever seen "Fordite" (check Ebay for pictures)you will appreciate that appearance. It is called Fordite cause the floor of the paint rooms in Detroit were scrapped and the chips were dumped. The dumps were raided and jewelry carved form the chunks of layered paint. The stuff can get expensive. My wife has some and it is beautiful.

 

[nevets]

Are you sanding all the layers of paint off the entire car?

 

[HEALEYJAG]

Never had good luck painting over old surfaces......aircraft paintstipper will take care of all those layers..


Pete

 

[Healey_Z]

The car is being painted by a guy that did a show quality paint job on my GT350 clone that I completed last year (below). He's been doing it for 20 years and knows what he is doing. He cut through this area to show me what he was up against.

 

[Cottontop]

Healey Z,

Great Mustang ! I don't want to turn this into a Mustang thread,
but HERE is a link to my 66 GT FB.

I did all of the resto work including paint on my Mustang and my Healey
(seen in the background in the BEFORE picture).

Tim

 

[Healey_Z]

Tim,

Nice stang. I'm looking forward to having the Healey back together. In my opinion it is a much more fun car to drive.

I did the drivetrain, interior on the stang, but I have a great paint guy that is really reasonable and does great work.

Here is a before. In the end, it was a very accurate clone and I sold it to an offer I couldn't refuse.