The body was moved into the paint booth last night and the entire outside of the shell was coated in white sealer. This is just to protect the blocked primer finish and help get a little film build on the car before the actual painting takes place. This sealer coat will be wet sanded with 600 grit just before final painting.
As for the actual Polar White paint......we will be using DuPont ChromaOne acrylic urethane on this car. It's a single stage paint that is very tough and that polishes out nicely......yet still retains that original "look" of vintage paint without going mega-glossy like clearcoat finishes sometimes do.
The bottom of the car was sprayed with DuPont Black acrylic enamel in a 50% gloss to replicate the factory primer, and then oversprayed with Polar White while painting inside the wheelwells, and under the rockers and rear bumper area to replicate the factory look exactly.
The firewall and cowl area was then sprayed with black acrylic enamel in a 30% gloss to replicate the factory black-out paint sprayed up in there.
The rear wheelwells will be undercoated with the factory spray pattern used under there......which means some of the white paint in there will be showing near the bottom of the inner wheelhouse.
The body plugs will be installed using tan seam sealer, which must show a little bit through the bottom of the holes.
