How far up does the splatter paint go onto the floor pan and quarters. Does it extend to the back of the rear seat upright? Send some photos. I need to complete the painting so I can install the wiring and the convertible top pump and such. Thanks. Len
Len,the trunk spatter goes from the trunk floor onto the quarter panels and then onto the backside of the rear seat. Trunk spatter is also applied to the trunk hinge area as well. If you want to do it like the factory did it,spray the trunk spatter almost to the edge and stop, leaving the paint surface exposed. The same spraying goes for the latch portion of the trunk-spray almost to the edge and stop. One thing that the factory did not do was throughly spray the trunk spatter neatly and cover everything. When I sprayed my trunk on my car,I imagined myself an assembly line worker and figured that there was only so much time allowed and get enough spatter paint to look presentable and that's it.You know what? The results came out perfect! Try it, and I'm sure you get the same results that I had.
Not a great picture but gives an idea. If you want the fullsize pics, e-mail me and I can fire them out. This was my untouched 72 GS convertible before it went in for surgery. Later Tim
Here is a better picture. You can almost see the guy weaving up and down as he went across the back edge of the trunk/seat support. Thank goodness for new trunk floorpans! Hope that helps. later Tim
Here's mine....Not quite as bad as Tim's but it had severe crust and I thought it was going to be real bad looking,but an angle grinder with a wire brush took off the crust and a little sweeping and painting...it looks like this.Not perfect since you can see some repair work,but its my 400 dollar car.I used the spatter paint from NAPA and it matched perfectly.Was 67 bucks a can and took 2 cans. Pat
67 bucks a can :jd: Sure hope you meant 6-7. :laugh: At any rate, don't forget to coat the trunk spatter with clear laquer. The spatter paint is water based and if water gets in the trunk it will come off. Coating it with clear will prevent this. Mark
Ok ....I see the wise ones are at work here... :laugh: I got the best cans they had too... :laugh: For the record,It was between 6-7 american dollars a can plus 6% tax on it ...Glad you mentioned the clear idea too.I thought that it would flake off and with the clear idea it just might not. :beer Oh,and by the way, the clear I have cost me 45 bucks a can too.... :laugh: :laugh: Pat ou:
Thanks for the compliments. I clear coated it today. I gotta tell ya, it looked better without the clear. Hopefully, it will look better later, when the fumes wear off. :grin:
Do yourself a favor and do 2 or 3 coats of clear. Even if you think you are doing a bangup thorough job on the car, someday water will find its way into the trunk. :Smarty:
Len, you may be able to go over the gloss with a non gloss if you're not happy with it. Try on some scrap piece first though. Usually not a problem. Yeah, my trunk was pretty bad, not surprising since it it sat outside for years with no top on it, also, there was a blanket laying in the trunk in that exact position which kept it nice and damp the whole time. Luckily the structure undeneath was excellent. Trunk looks great now! I don't about you guys, but my favourite part of any resto is seeing the progress the car makes as it comes back together with solid metal and new parts...thats why I love these threads. Keep em coming... :beer Later Tim
I'll let it go for now. It sure looked nicer without the clear coat though. I agree with you Tim; its nice to step into the car instead of through it. All new metal makes the difference. This car should never rust; it was epoxy coated before it was painted, all the seams were sealed with tractor paint (Jon Deere, it think). I bought some undercoating paint to possibly use on the floor pans in lieu of the sound deadner. How does it help with heat resisitance? Should I do both? Thanks, again all. Len
I'm not sure Len. I had thinned out rockguard used on the bottom of my body before painted black as I do intend to drive the car (yeah, yeah, its not correct but who cares...). All the struture pieces wre epoxy coated on mine too before final panels welded in so should last a long time. Probably will never see rain or (for sure) snow again while I own it, anyway... Inside I was planning on just using the correct style jute under the carpet but good luck finding it. I think you need the thickness or the carpet won't sit right....stereo sound deadener might work well too if its thick enough and light enough. $$$ though... later Tim
