If ever I give you an estimate of how long it will take me to do something on my car, double it at least. I came in Monday and yesterday to not even finish what I thought would take me one day. Grinding welds took be the better part of two hours; the position uncomfortable and I had to set down the grinder often to rest. It looks pretty good - as unimportant as it is for the fricken bottom of my car to look good.
So, ummm, I totally forgot to go get paint before getting to the garage and I had an obligation in the middle of the day, so there wasn't much else to do. I washed the surfaces to be painted, pulled the car into the garage, propped it up, and applied POR-15 to the drums, being careful to avoid getting it in the threads.
Wednesday I didn't forget the paint, but I underestimated. I used up two spray cans to finish priming and 2-1/2 to top-coat, and I didn't even finish the entire first top coat. It's looking damn good.
While bummed by having no more paint, I eventually settled in preparing the engine shroud pieces for sand blasting - removing and bagging connectors and connecting pieces. Except for dropping a bolt in the muffler, it went OK (after trying more elegant solutions, what worked was to shake the shit out of it until the bolt came out). The fan shroud needs some work because the screws for the existing flap system are rusted on there permanently.
After that I primed and started painting misc pieces like the pedal assembly. Yes, I know I said I ran out of paint, but if I shook the cans continuously and held them perfectly horizontally, there was a bit more paint.
Monday: 3.5 hrs, Wednesday: 5.0 hrs
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