by 32nd street garage » Tue Apr 25, 2017 8:09 pm
Ok Bruce - you asked, so here is - the painful results of this nightmare! I got back from vacation and decals were waiting so I laid out my colors and started painting. I got all three colors down and found out my base silver was rubbing off and the two other colors did not stick to it. So I stripped it all back down with only 3 days to do it all over again. The paint went well then I got to the decals. I used micro decal set and it attacked the decals. So at this point I had 16 hrs before I was leaving for the race so I dealt with it and laid two heavy coats of clear on and set it quick with a hair dryer which works very well. I knew I still had to make sure the clear was hard before I started to put all the details back into the body. So I had the bright idea to put it in the oven on low with the door cracked open to bake the clear while my wife and I went to dinner. Yup this body was never meant to be.
I will do this livery over just a little slower next time!