DeTomaso Mailing List: May 2001, Message #76

Cool, Cal. Keep us posted.
 Reminds me of college days when we wet deglazed a cylinders of a block
in my buddy's bath tub. Really.
 Al.
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catman351@digitalputty.com wrote:
> 
> 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.