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This is a picture of myself applying a blue sealer to
the fenders and trunk lid just prior to the final color of peacock
blue. The reason for the sealer is to make sure that the color matches
from panel to panel. If you were to take the blue paint and apply
it over a black base, a white base, or a blue base, you will get three
different colors from the same can of paint so it's very, very important
when painting cars that you use the same color sealer underneath the
final top coat to ensure the correct hue of each of the top coats
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Here is a continuation of that same operation. I am
now putting the sealer on the hood. Bodywork has all been completed
by this time. Final wet sanding of 600 grit wet paper was done to
the inside and the outside of all of these panels, and the final sealer
is going on. |
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This is a picture of the car body, actually in the paint
booth, where the sealer already has been applied, and the final peacock
blue, or robin's egg blue, finish has been applied. At this point,
it has not had clear coat applied yet. Notice the masking paper and
polyurethane plastic that has everything we don't want to paint covered. |
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Here we show both left and right door and a front valance hanging
in the paint booth ready for its final sealer and then color to follow. |
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You can see that the sealer has been applied to those doors and
front valance. We must let the sealer dry at least two hours before
top coating with our base coat. |
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Another shot of the car body in its blue sealer. And then again,
notice the tires have been removed for over spray reasons, and the
trunk has been masked closed so we don't get any over spray inside
the trunk, and much care has been taken in keeping this car body as
clean as possible to reduce the amount of dust and dirt that gets
in our paint. |
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And another shot of the car body with its final color. |
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This is one of the first shots of the car body itself with its final
clear coat. Notice the reflections in the paint and how it's starting
to shine real nice. |
