DeTomaso Mailing List: May 2001, Message #77

Heh heh! It's on par with that guy who knocked out a wall in his house to
drag his Pantera inside (and seal the hole up) so he can work on the car
indoors.  I also seriously thought about sealing the room with plastic and
using it as a minor paint booth but....nahhhhhh.

Cal "looking for strange ways and locations to restore #2428" E.

Al Chelini wrote:

> 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.
> ====================================
>
> 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.