One of the risks of doing all the paint myself is not quite getting it right the first time round. I sprayed the front panel far too dry when clear coating it, so when I came to cut and polish it I broke through to the base coat.
Flatted back and all masked up:
3 coats of clear later:
Much better:
I’ve already painted the sliding door two times already, but it still didn’t look right. I’d corrected some pinholes the second time, but not done a very good job of blending the repair into the paint, when flatted back you can see the section that sat a bit high:
So I flatted the whole panel and shot the base coat on, only to realise I’d not got all the clear off the panel causing it to bubble up horribly! 🙁 I went home at this point as I’d had enough of it, and felt pretty low.
Back down this morning and I made damn sure I had all of the clear off the panel:
And finally happy with the door. Third times a charm!
Finally got a video of the van running under her own steam too. So satisfying!
