Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Wow some progress!!!! Rattle can style

I finally got a chance to work on the car tonight. Originally when I bought the car, I had intended on restoring it to factory original colors, well that obviously went out the window. During that time I manage to buy a sweet uncracked blue dashboard from Mike in WA (kitsune) for a great deal, but that problem now is that the blue dash won't look good with the current color. I've been trying to find a nice black one, but with no real luck. So, I remembered way back in the day when my dad painted the maroon door panels on our 73 240Z with black vinyl spray paint and it came out good. Figuring the new paint couldn't be any worse, I decided to go for it.
I took a trip to Pep Boys and 6 bucks later I was out the door with a can of Dupli-Color Black Vinyl Paint. I prepped it using by washing it throughly with a mild detergent and water. Dried if off, shook the can of paint for a couple of minutes and started laying down the color. I started by painting all the bottom parts you most likely will not see along with the sides and back, saving the main part of the dash for last. I applied about 5 even coats using less than a full can. The color laid down really good and is even too. It doesn't have that duller factory look, but more of a "Armor All" look. Either way I don't care, I'm happy with it and it's one more thing knocked off the list :)

2 comments:

swarmLA said...

Rattle can?? Isn't there a body shop within the family? ;)

Kuniko said...

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