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Primer, Round 1

At last, some primer. I started off building a booth in my garage. It's basically some bailing wire stretched between trusses with heavy-gauge plastic strung across the top. Since this primer doesn't create a lot of overspray, I opted to leave the ends open for the moment. I'll construct a section next week to enclose the area completely.

The car was masked from the body-line up as that's where all the major repairs have been made. This was a simple coverage layer for the repairs, so the underhood, sunroof, and jam areas are masked. Next week the car will be primed again with several thick layers of primer in preperation for blocking and watersanding.

I've been trying to decide on which brand and shade of silver to paint the car. At this point it's a toss up between House of Kolor fine-metallic Orion Silver or the modern two-stage version of the original Mazda K3 "Sunbeam Silver". It's really a tough decision! The HoK silver will be brighter, easier to apply, and probably last longer... The original Silver would be nostalgic, and would match in areas where paint isn't being applied. I've heard that two-stage conversions of old colors aren't as good so I'm leaning towards the HoK. I invite suggestions.























That's all for now. I'll try to update a little more often as I make progress. I expect I should soon have pictures of the 20b in glorious Silver/Chevy-engine Orange paint.

/Special thanks to Bronson for renting me his expertise