The firewall was sprayed turquoise while on the rotisserie, as it was much easier to access then.
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The inner rear taillight areas were sprayed white and taped off for future spryaing.
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The fenders and splashpan were sprayed turquiose as soon as the body work was done on them to get them out of the shop area.
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The splashpan came out pretty good - except for a few fisheyes. We had never dealt with fisheyes in paint before and had to quickly research how to fix. Dusting on a light turquiose coat helped. After talking to our local paint shop, we determined that it was something in the environment at that time as the local professional body shops had suddenly purchased fisheye elminator. That helped a lot, but we continued to have problems.
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Despite the fisheyes, the fenders came out pretty smooth, with very little orangepeel.
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The fenders were left to air for a few days, then carried into the house and stored in the spare bedroom for safe keeping, out of the shop.
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The hatch was finished, so it was prepped for spraying.
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So was the tailgate.
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The white gave us no problems with fisheyes.
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The tailgate has a bit more orangepeel, but we suspected that it would. Temperature is dropping rapidly as fall quickly approaches.
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The body was taped off for the turquiose and white paint scheme.
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The new paint scheme is not the same as the original, so the tape line is different than it would have been.
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The soundproofing will show around the rear seat brackets, so Kurt wanted it painted as well.
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The taillight was taped off to prevent overspray.
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The dash had a few runs, so those were sanded out and the whole dash was scuffed for a new coat of clear.
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Then the dash and soundproofing was taped off to prevent overspray.
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Turquoise would be sprayed first, so the white areas were taped off to prevent overspray.
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As there were multiple spots of bare metal, a sealcoat was sprayed to adhere to the metal.
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The passenger side needed seal coat on every panel.
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Turquoise covers the gray seal coat well.
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The cowl vent was sprayed and joined the fenders inside the house.
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The tape was peeled carefully along the separator line.
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The door posts were wrapped in the separator tape as the inside of the post had to be sprayed as well.
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The turquoise completely untaped and ready to retape for the white
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No, the passenger side is not a different color. Depending on the available light, the turquoise appears as a different color.
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To reach that long roof, the car ramps were brought in and covered, then set beside the body so that Kurt could walk down the ramps. Even then, the roof was hard to spray.
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The driver side, set and ready for white.
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The passenger side, set and ready. The ramp was helpful, but not completely foolproof. Keeping the hoses out of the freshly sprayed paint would be tricky.
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