You’ll remember last time on DTOM we left our intrepid heroes vainly struggling against being crushed by a rotisserie accident gone horribly awry.
Thankfully the magic of welding and $5 of angle iron has saved our lives.
We had an opportunity to ‘test drive’ the prevention aspect of this later in the day when a ratchet strap coordination incident allowed the car to spin a little too freely. This should prove to everyone how easy it is to weld since Craig’s half ass job stood up admirably. Since at the time I think we were all stoned on paint fumes the gravity of the situation wasn’t immediately clear.
Our goal for the standard 3 hour DTOM work day was to finish prepping the car for paint. The cage and underside of the car weren’t to the fit and finish we desired so we wanted to add a second / better coat of white, and then finish off with the holy trinity of DIY paint solutions – preval home sprayer, UPOL bed liner, and POR-15 super paint.
The first step was to tape up the car like Dave White used to with his DE car to protect the “nice” paint.
Step two was our homemade paint lab.
Step three, apply paint liberally.
So far we can only speak to the combination preval sprayer and two part auto paint, but it appears that the finish is equal to a paint booth / semi-retarded painter / “professional” equipment. Craig took a nod towards safety and staying cancer free by using a respirator. Since I didn’t have one I felt my mental processes slowing, and developed a splitting headache.
Join us next week when our dynamic duo will deal with spraying the clear bed liner UPOL on the undercarriage, and POR-15 for the cage.
