Thanks to everyone who offered their complements. Here’s a few shots of the left side, something I left out in my other photos.
I made a filter wall from discarded secondary filters from an office building hvac system, taped them together, and made a hinged door that had an overlap with another row of filters. The filter wall worked a hundred times better than I expected because I had zero trash in the paint. Taping off the bottom of the car also played a significant role
Booth clean-up was ridiculous! I didn’t notice, but it’s like night and day when comparing the ready-to-shoot picture to other prepaint photos. The before/after speaks a thousand words!
To 68g and anyone else with a torn apart car: I hope my car inspires you to get your cars done.
Put up a picture in your work area of what it will look like when it’s done because it puts light at the end of the tunnel. I didn’t have a picture of a 9; instead, my picture was a ripped out page from a magazine that had various shots of a deconstructed second gen after it was shot. I didn’t need help with the car; I needed help with the color because I’m a resale red guy.
If you’re nervous about painting the car, hook up your hose/gun and
air paint the car, actually going through each stroke and trigger pull. I air painted the car until I had established a solid game plan, and I’m positive it made a difference in the results.
Part of the car going viral is the haters, a number that I could never have imagined. Nobody hated it before. I again give thanks to the positive feedback. But the larger thanks go to the collective silence, the ultimate complement: Pictures of a nicely done home-paint job are posted. After multiple views, there are virtually no comments. That means people are speechless, the ultimate complement. Thanks again guys because my goal was to leave people speechless when they saw the car.
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