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Old August 4th 2010, 12:19
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Hey Everyone. I hope your projects are going well.

My wife had our daughter, Madison Taylor, Thursday, July 29th. So I've been keeping busy taking care of Madison and my wife, which I really enjoy.

I'll still be working on the bug here and there, but at the moment I'm just spending time with Madison and my wife.

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Old August 4th 2010, 13:04
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Congratulations dady!!!

This is the biggest moment for any parent (i have recently been a dady too),.... and i wish she will ALWAYS be HEALTHY and LUCKY in her life!!!
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Old August 4th 2010, 17:28
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Congratulations. I hope all is well with your girls. Now is Daddy time. The car will still be there.
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Old August 5th 2010, 10:11
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Congratulations dady!!!

This is the biggest moment for any parent (i have recently been a dady too),.... and i wish she will ALWAYS be HEALTHY and LUCKY in her life!!!
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Congratulations. I hope all is well with your girls. Now is Daddy time. The car will still be there.

Thanks guys! It's a great feeling being a daddy.

I agree. The car is the least of my worries at the moment. I'm enjoying family time as of now.
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Old August 15th 2010, 12:55
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It's FINALLY in PRIMER! I swayed away from my original booth design. No explosions, no fumes in the house, minimal overspray and fumes AND I'm alive. ;D

I still need to do the hood and deck lid. I stayed up til 2 am Friday putting paper down on the floor, hanging plastic on the walls and prepping the car. I stayed up until 5 am this morning painting. I was exhausted and too TIRED to finish the hood.

So far it's looking really good. Doesn't look like it'll need too much sanding, but we'll see. I still need to put down a contrasting guide coat.

When I went to paint I just left the garage door wide open. I made a bug guard which also helped catch some over spray. The duct tap didn't stick to the screen material too well. So when I go to do final paint I'll need to figure a better way to hang the "screen door".

The 33 gallon compressor I'm using kept up pretty well with the gun set at 40 psi. ;D When I go to do final paint I'll do smaller sessions. Fenders, then hoods, and then the car body. All in all it would've sufficed spraying the whole car.













The engine compartment is coming out pretty slick.






I used some aluminum foil to mask off the radiator. That way I can start it up, move it out of the garage to sand without having to worry about plastic melting to the radiator.








As you can see, I hung plastic on all the walls, laid some paper on the floor, and hung a screen door.






Worked like a champ and there was plenty of ventilation. The garage NEVER filled up with over spray. The was just a light mist, but it never got to the point towards I couldn't see. I wonder how well my other plan would've worked?

I still need to do something about more lighting when it comes time to do final paint. More soon.

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Old August 25th 2010, 11:00
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Not as much progress as I would've like to got done this past weekend. Here's a couple pics of the hood and deck lid primed. Next I need to dust coat it with black and I'll start block sanding with 180-220 wet.








Here's a quick video of me spraying the primer. My camera ran out of memory before I finished the hood. I normally wear latex gloves, but ran out. I figured I was okay only doing a couple panels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN6kBSLw4kA
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I don't know how I did but I missed you entering fatherhood!!! Congrats, now you know why my updates have slowed so much! Best thing ever, I couldn't do without my little guy.

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Old September 8th 2010, 11:59
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Thanks, Jason. I agree, one of the best things to have happened in my life as well.

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Hey matt try using TUCK tape it's red in colour and sticks to ANYTHING
use in the construction bis...
also missed that you became a daddy Congreats
bugs looking great too
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Old September 9th 2010, 12:53
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I'll be doing a lot of this soon though I can say I probably won't go into as much prep as you did. Can't wait to see some paint on it

Congrats on the new addition to the family! Hopefully she's doing well and not keeping you up too much at night
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Old September 13th 2010, 14:39
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Hey matt try using TUCK tape it's red in colour and sticks to ANYTHING
use in the construction bis...
also missed that you became a daddy Congreats
bugs looking great too
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Thanks, Chris. I'll see if they have some at the hardware store.

Thanks again!
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Old September 13th 2010, 14:42
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I'll be doing a lot of this soon though I can say I probably won't go into as much prep as you did. Can't wait to see some paint on it

Congrats on the new addition to the family! Hopefully she's doing well and not keeping you up too much at night
Me too! I'm sure all the prep work will be worth it. It's already starting to show.

Thanks! She's getting better and doing well. She's now sleeping 4-6 hours instead of the 2-3 hours.
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Old September 13th 2010, 14:43
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I'm about finished sanding the first coat of high build primer. There's a hand full of scratches that I glazed that need sanding and I still need to finish sanding the rear fenders. About another 1 or 2 hours and it should be ready to go for it's second coat of high build primer.

It's coming along really well. The roof hardly needed any help. I guess it's all that time I spent doing it over and over.

I'll more than likely spray the second coat of primer this next weekend.











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Old September 19th 2010, 06:59
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This is really looking awesome! Keep up the great work and congrats from me aswell on the newborn daughter! Being a Dad is the greatest thing!
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Old September 20th 2010, 11:58
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This is really looking awesome! Keep up the great work and congrats from me aswell on the newborn daughter! Being a Dad is the greatest thing!
Thanks, Turbo! It's getting there. Being a Dad IS great!
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