Well... that couldn't have gone much worse if I tried... allow me to list the mistakes/ errors occurred...
1.) My Halogen fixture died on me, so I was going off of my garage lighting only, and it was getting dark by the time I got started..... Lots of flourescents, but still all above, so low side lighting was poor. I thought I would be able to see well enough. I was wrong. Ended up with some runs/sags down low on the rear quarters/doors...
2.) My plastic was carefully draped on the floor. I never have taped it down. I will from now on. At some point, after I had already painted the roof, a nasty thunderstorm moved in, along with it some strong wind. The gap I was using as a vent for my fans had the opposite effect, and as I was painting the lower areas, a strong wind came in from below, blowing my plastic all the way forward, and tagging the paint in the process on the driver's side...
3.) I failed to clean out the strainer in my HVLP gun before starting... again... something I will do from now on... It started spitting on me at the tail end, so the paint is none too even there...
4.) At some point the same offending wind rushed in through the side windows (screened, thank heavens, but open for ventalation) and blew my large project board off the work table, taking with it the plastic I had draped over the surface to protect it, stirring up some dust for good measure, which found it's way to the roof, of course...
So, all in all, it went terribly. I do think the roof is decent, should sand down and polish out just lovely... the lower sections, not so sure. I will try, but am thinking the best bet would be to flat it really well, then apply one last coat of paint to that area. That's probably where I am at there.
The color is pretty, though... and, in spite of the needed fixing, I am smiling from having shiny paint on the car once again.
Nothing that can't be fixed with a little effort...
Anyways... a pic of the pretty shiny...
