Auto Restoration 101

More parts get painted.

The doors are painted. We use baling wire to hang them from a pipe. This lets us spray the jambs along with the exterior.

Close up of the left door.

Here is a shot of the fenders after they were sprayed with the base coat. The base dries out flat with no gloss.

Shown here sprayed with the clear coat. We usually apply 3 to 4 coats of clear. The original paint on the car was “single stage” which means that it had no clear coat. Older cars of this era, especially metallic colors such as this, would fade very quickly and lose their gloss.

When we did the color mapping for the exterior color we found some good paint underneath the dash panel that was not faded. For this car we mixed a “two stage” formula which means base-coat/clear-coat. This will give the car an updated paint finish and also protect the metallic in the color from fading and chalking. No, it’s not 100% original but the paint will last for a very long time and will be easy to take care of, just like the tough finish on a new car. Also since it has clear on it, the color will have more depth to it than it did originally.

Here is the right side inner fender. We painted them a semi-gloss black.