Paint Class - Day 52

Had to re-tape part of the car. Apparently, the trick is to tape the back side of the edges of the fender and then tape the paper to the exposed tape. Then we got to paint. I painted the fender, my partner painted the fender and blended it into the hood and door. It looks OK. We'll see tomorrow if there are any runs...

Paint Class - Day 51

Today no partner...I taped the car up.

Paint Class - Day 50

Today when I got to class (late, of course) One of the other students was working on the Civic, he took all the trim off the door, and the door handle off, and then we washed the car and sanded the new fender and bumper with 600 grit sand paper, and then sanded the door and hood with 1200 grit (since we were out of 1000 grit). Then put ting on the panels and washed it off. Tomorrow we will tape up the car to prep to spray.

Cadillac Club Tour

Today I co-led a tour for the Cadillac-LaSalle Club. We went to Santa Cruz from Morgan Hill. I think it was a pretty successful tour, there were 14 or 15 people, and 8 cars. We ate at the Cadillac Cafe in Watsonville, and then went on a tour of the Wilder Ranch State Park, which happened to have a very active demonstration day.

Paint Class - Day 49

Today I helped the guy with the Corvette. We blocked his car with 180, and 80 since we ran out of 80...I was complimented on my blocking abilities ;-)

Paint Class - Day 48

Today we fitted the fender and bumper onto the civic to make sure they fit before we prep everything.

Paint Class - Day 47

Today I got the OK to come in late to class for the rest of the semester. I helped the guy with the cop car redo a few things where either parts were missing, or being replaced because they were broken.

I was supposed to fit the bumper and the headlight to the car to make sure they fit on the Honda, and then scothbrite the fenders and areas to be blended, but didn't, mostly because I'm not sure what those areas are, but also becasue this guy with the cop car keeps asking me for help...

Paint Class - Day 46

Today was hard, as I started a new job in the city, and took the train in, and back to my house, and then drove almost all the way back to go to class. It will be like this until the end if the teachers are OK with me showing up about 40 minutes late every night.

Today, I ground the welds down a bit from last week, and then sanded the areas on the frame that needed to be primed and painted.

Then I sprayed primer, color, and a clear. It looked OK, no drips... but the color looked off in the florescent light. We'll have to check it out in the sun to make sure it's the right color before we paint the bumper and fender.

Paint Class - Day 45

I didn't go to class today the teacher said he may or may not show up and since I'm not coming to class from Berkeley anymore, I wasn't going to drive all the way out there if he wasn't showing up.

Paint Class - Day 44

The teacher worked with me today to show me how to fix the frame on the Honda. Today I got to use a MIG welder! It's so weird because you can't see anything through the helmet until you start using the welder.

Paint Class - Day 43

Today, my partner on the Honda wasn't here, and since I really have no clue how to work on frames, I helped out the guy who was working on putting the cop car back together.

Paint Class - Day 42

Today I got a new project. a honda civic that had been in an accident.

scary accident

My friends and I were driving to Auburn to go for a long hike today, and on the twisty turny road, a guy fell off his motorcycle right in front of us. It looked like maybe he was going too slow, and then slid out on some gravel in the road. He was extremely lucky, as his bike caught a small stump and stayed at the top off the hill, instead of falling onto the ravine below. He was probably in his sixties, and seemed to only hurt his shoulder, but he was also limping after we got him back up onto the road. so someone called him an ambulance. There was another guy who pulled off the road too and he had a tow strap, so we looped it through the rear wheel of the bike, and pulled it back up onto the road. It fell into some pretty soft dirt, so there didn't appear to be too much damage to the bike. That guy was really lucky.

Paint Class - Day 41

Today I helped the guy who was putting the cop car back together.

Paint Class - Day 40

Today I helped someone else on their project.

Paint Class - Day 39

Today we got to class and the day class had put the hood and deck lid back on the VW. Unfortunatly we weren't done with it so We had to take them back off. We wet sanded the inside of the hood and deck lid and went to put the parts back on the car when we noticed some huge chips on the edge where the tape had been yesterday. so My partner sanded those areas down with a da and 320 paper,and then sprayed primer over the areas.

Paint Class - Day 38

Today, we found out that the car was not done as we thought, but that we needed to finish some areas we didn't do. We taped off the outside of the hood and decklid on the VW and scotch-brited the inside of them then I sprayed them both with primer. I was feeling especially tired today, and by the time I was done my arm was a little shaky from the weight of the spray gun (maybe also becasue the hood for the VW is huge, and I was holding it up high for kind of a long time...I should start doing some weight lifting to prep for the next time I spray.

Also, we were in class LATE tonight as there were a couple projects that people were trying to wrap up. After the VW, I helped a guy tape up and de-wax his corvette so he could shoot primer, but someone in the class messed up the primer he was going to use. So he didn't get to shoot the car.

944 pt 2

Today I drove home from my brothers, I didn't want to stop anywhere in case the car didn't start again...and when I got home and took stuff out of the back I noticed that the wire to the hood shock is severed and corroded. Maybe there is a bigger electrical problem.

944

Today I started up the 944 (started right up!) and drove down the freeway a bit (just to make sure the battery charged up).

Then later(again, started right up) I drove it down to Redwood City for a Cadillac club board meeting. When I went to leave, the car didn't want to start. After a few trys it finally turned over, and I drove down to where my brother lives. I wonder if it is the starter that's going out...

Paint Class - Day 37

Today, we finished wet sanding the VW, and hopefully, it won't be there on Monday when we go back into class. I'm hoping the next project is something we get to paint.

Paint Class - Day 36

We wet sanded the VW with 600 grit sandpaper, careful not to break through the paint so that it won't rust in case it doesn't get painted for a while.

Paint Class - Day 35

Today I was stuck in the tool room checking tools in and out.

I could see my group working on the VW bug, they put a reduced coat of primer on the Bug, and tomorrow we will wet sand it with 600 grit sandpaper.