Time to spray feather fill on the repaired panels.
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The hood latch area and cross support were removed as Kurt wants to paint the inside of the hood turquoise this time. That means that I may have to body work the inside of the hood, though we hope not.
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The inside of the hood was taped off to prevent feather fill here, until we know if we need it or not.
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The pieces were set up outside. Since these will be sanded down, dirt isn't an issue here and it keeps the overspray out of the garage.
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The new splash pan did not need any work after the feather fill. Surprisingly, neither did the hood.
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To prevent extra layers, feather fill was only sprayed on the body worked areas. As feather fill is thick, the sprayed area is larger than the repaired area to allow for feathering down.
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I was being silly, but it actually helped. I had to sand the white separate from the turquoise in order to see the changes. As I went, I wrote the stage in the dust on the panel.
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The driver door sanded to 800 and all issues fixed.
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The passenger rear quarter panel to 800.
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The passenger doors had only minor spots to repair.
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The rear of the Wagon had no issues that appeared when sanding to 800, so it is good to go.
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The driver fender had a minor issue at the rear of the taillight area.
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It's now September 2021 and the Wagon is ready for the paint shop. Every panel has been sanded to 800 grit on the paint and 600 grit on the feather fill, per the request of the professional painter. He will be tackling this as a side job, per one of the owners of the business, so we expect the process to take a few weeks.
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Kurt discussed the two tone scheme with the painter .
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Father and son bring in the hood. While it is light enough fow one person to carry and move around, it is awkward. And at this stage, we weren't taking any chances.
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The tailgate and the valance were set in the cargo area. The fenders were tucked out of the way, as was the hood and the splash pan.
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The inside of the hood was the first piece sprayed, along with the bottom side of the splash pan.
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The doors were sealed and taped off to prevent overspray on the interior, as were all the windows.
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While taping off, the painter noticed a crack in the sheet metal of the passenger side taillight. He stopped and called our son over. After going over the options, our son stayed late at work and tigged up the crack, then ground it down smooth. Unfortunately, this delayed the painter a few days and the shop suddenly became busy with body work projects.
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A couple of weeks later, the painter was able to spray the main body.
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There is very little dust and the reflection is deep.
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The Wagon was rolled out to the atrium for a day and untaped to allow the paint to cure. Our son snapped this pic on his cell phone and sent it to us. We are getting excited about getting our baby back.
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A few weeks later, the fenders were sprayed. To take up less shop space, and in preparation for a cut and buff if needed, we went up to reassemble the front end. This is the sight that greeted us as we entered the shop.
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This was the time to look her over carefully to find any problems that needed to be fixed.
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So far so good.
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The roof isn't dry and the runs are all gone.
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The reflection in the driver side is deep.
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The passenger side looks just as good.
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Time to reassemble the front end for hopefully the last time.
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The Wagon is looking great again. Just a bit more to go before we can drive her again.
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The hood waits for the cross brace and latch bracket to be reinstalled.
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The Wagon is reassembled and ready to go home, except that the tailgate and valance are not yet painted.
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It would be a few more weeks before the painter could get back to the Wagon tailgate. As winter is fast approaching, and the paint looked good enough to start a cut at 1200 grit, we decided to take the Wagon home and do the cut ourselves. Our son's work needed to shop space and we did not want to transport her with the open windows to the interior once the roads had been sanded or salted for snow.
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The Wagon came home Decemnber 12, 2021.
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They unloaded her at the bottom of the cul-de-sac . . .
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Drove her up the street . . .
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And into the garage. Time to put her back together.
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