DeTomaso Mailing List: May 2001, Message #27

All:
Just want to post a quick report on the sanding process of the filler.
Started on the hood this evening and plan to make this an rest of the
week event with some spotting and second coat priming to follow.

Well, as a single type owning a two bedroom home (with a now vacated
second room that needs cleaning empty), I decided to use that as my wet
sanding room. I put a plastic tarp on the old beat up desk and on the
carpet, put the hood on the desk and begain wet sanding away. Took me a
whole hour to sand about 1/3 of the hood (from the driver's side) and I
should be completing the rest tomorrow, laying down another coat of PPG
K-36 and final sanding with 600 grit (you can see the 360 grit marks on
the surface of the DP-74 so I'll have to go to that finer grit). After
that, I read some schools of though of painting the car either in pieces
or all at once. I'm going to try the former as (according to the paint
supply shop) either technique is valid. In any event, the hood, decklid,
doors, and pop up lamps seem to be easy to work with so that's what I'll
start with, then the body by months end. Cal #2428.