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Originally Posted by arcturus
The one give away of a repainted car is paint on window seals. There may even be corrosion on the lip supporting the front windshield. OK so far I have been very impressed with the quality of your work. I hope that this part doesn't let you down. Not a criticism, merely a personal observation. (I am right in believing that the glass is still in and it's not an illusion?) The masking is excellent!
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It must be my super tight masking giving an optical illusion (!)
Everything - and i mean everything - has been removed from the shell and every body part.
More masking =>
With the window masking removed for spraying the special on bare metal clear coat it was time to mask over the new applied clear coat to get nice straight lines on the insides of the window holes.
To get nice straight lines / clean edges I'm using super duper orange 3M masking tape - it costs a fortune so only gets used on special occasions...
...I quickly switch back to the cheaper stuff (costs 1.50 euros a roll) for fitting up the newspaper (which also only gets used to cover parts that are going to be sanded - just in case there's a bit of print transfer)
If you look inside the car I've masked an area on the floor so I can spray - this will have to be painted at a later date
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The inside has now been sprayed in the base coat and two coats of Car System anti-scratch gloss clear coat.
Spraying inside a car - any car - is a nightmare. Difficult to spray in confined spaces - difficult to get decent coverage - difficult to stop drips and runs...
...I think I did OK today but there are several places that will need to be rectified.
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Note I've painted all the way round all of the window openings in epoxy - pantsercoating binding layer - base coat and gloss clear to make sure that rust has a very hard time forming under the window rubbers. I'm hoping the window rubbers cover all of the fawn brown paint - if some of it is visible I'll have to invoke plan B...
...to be continued