Summer 2019
Maybe I'm one of those overly picky A-hole vintage car owners.. something to keep in mind..
I told the painter "This is not a show car".. Fact is, I can't afford a 'show car' paint job, and besides, I daily this car to the tune of 300 miles a week.. I don't even
want a show quality paint job...
What I do want however, is a really, really nice paint job.. one that I can be proud of: That, I'm willing to pay for.. I want a 'better than average' job.. That is not how this turned out.
To his credit, the painter is a hell of a body man.. this old car needed some ironing out, and he did a great, great job at that. Where he failed was in the actual painting of the car. Too much orange peel, and way too much fallout in the paint, considering the $$ I paid. Again, maybe I'm an a**hole, but if it were my shop, I'd never let a job out the door with such flaws
Life goes on, and it is what it is. I'm lucky to have painted my last car myself, which taught me that 'paint correction' is a wonderful, if not time-consuming thing that can work absolute miracles.
And that's where the Volvo is this summer- paint correction. 1500/2000/3000 and lots of hours.. I'll get this build log caught up soon, but the paint is not 'there' yet.. I made the mistake of using circular strokes while wet sanding, and I too-late noticed 1500 scratches that still need to be chased out. Overall though, when I'm done with the correction, this paint will really pop (at this point I may wait until summer of 2020 to redo the wet sanding/buffing process).. Here are a few pics from late July as I started the laborious process that I shouldn't have had to do
I'm withholding the name of the shop that shot the car because I frankly don't want to spend my energy on any drama that might result if I did..
--ccrunner
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Dean
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