Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

Thanks Dave, looks like some good reading and learning here...better to do the job right the first time....

Responded to email few minutes ago.....

Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

Still working on the panels, but also working on the exposed area under the hood when the panels are reinstalled.

This is again the RS underhood area with all the road grime attached...
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...211_134016.jpg
This is the LS underhood area with a work in progress, still more to do here....but there is a difference...lol
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...211_133934.jpg
The cleaning cloth getting all of the grime eliminated...
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...211_134226.jpg

Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

New screws arrived the other day and package with u-nuts from Dave got delivered today. Now the fun begins with opening up the depressions under the hood to allow the u-nuts to fit. Screws and u-nuts fit perfect.
Just going to take my time to do the job right!!!

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...213_171443.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...213_171506.jpg

Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

Resumed the panel work today....looking for perfection being as anal as I can sometimes be....:-({|= not quite 100% but then again not NCRS either. Can't tell you the countless times I stripped the paint and started over again....:censored: Might need a slight coat in one area, other than that, the RS is done......=D>

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...218_183212.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...218_183243.jpg

Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

Looks very, very good Tom!!!
What paint finally worked?
:cheers:
Marty

Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

Thanks Marty, I did contact Eastwood for the PREP product and the shipping cost more than the spray product. So I canned that item. I still used the mineral spirits as a "cleaner, degreaser, etc., before spraying. I ended up using both the Rust-Oleum and the Krylon Fusion after all. I finally figured out the correct amount of spray to put down and get the finish I was looking for. But of course even though I had the outer lip done perfect, I ending up stripping the paint off because of an imperfection that I couldn't straighten out with additional coats. Even though light coats worked fine, I had to spray a "wet color" coat on the outside lip which puts out to much paint and didn't spread out correctly. Why do I do these things???[-X
I was even thinking of trying Plasti-Dip, which I imagine would work.
Will be working on the RS panel in the AM, still have some sanding to do and hopefully this time I get it right, on the first try.

Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

Appreciate the suggestion of the product, I should have clarified myself. It is not because of the surface not being clean enough to spray, rather it is because of me striving to get it to look as best as it can with my painting abilities. Sometimes I get to impatient and spray more than I should, therefore resulting in a finish or flaw that I am not happy with. Then after spraying more to fix the so called flaw, it ends up looking worse than before. Hence the reason I feel the need to strip off the paint and just start over again...
The other panel is ready for paint.....we shall see real soon.....lol

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LS sanded and ready for wipe down...
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...219_140705.jpg
LS wiped down and in the open paint booth....lol
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...219_145915.jpg
LS with first coat.....:icon_boun
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...219_150344.jpg

Re: Front inner fender skirt/cover removal
 

As good as it's going to get...drying time now...
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...219_155803.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...219_155821.jpg