To address the elephant in the room. (I also question my own sanity, so you are not alone.) Yes I changed the color choice. No, it wasn't the best idea to add more work to an already extensive and laborious list of to-do's..
I didn't get a great picture of the flake on this, but you can see it has a gold flake and is a brighter color. After much thought. (Too much thought..) I had decided the blue was to dark, so why not stick with the original blue I had picked? Well, that would have been to easy.. I seen a Bronco in a parking lot and the sun hit it just right and I had to have this color instead. Also, as mentioned above, my parents referred to this thing as the "Green Machine" its whole life.. (Yes, even after it was blue.. My mother would not let the "Green Machine" go..)
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That is the primer I have used on everything I have primed. Inside the fender I used a 2k aerosol version which I do not recommend as there is almost nothing in that $32 can.. It is super easy to mix and you can buy throw away spray guns at Harbor Freight for about $14 if your too lazy to clean the gun when you are finished. (Like I am..)
The color: Eruption Green Pearlcoat (Ford). Code: FA/M7476
The liner is the "Tintable Kit". I don't think I covered all this last time I had sprayed the liner. Getting the tint for the liner is so much easier and cheaper to get from Raptor. It comes in the pre-measured bottles with no binders to get as much color as possible.
I got the paint/tint from this link:
https://www.raptorliner.com/store/p...es_(we_only_sell_in_12_ounce_increments).html (If the link doesn't work, copy and paste.) (No, I am not an affiliate or whatever it is called. Just spreading knowledge.)
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They claim you can mix it inside the bottle, I pour it in a cup like a reasonable person. I rinse the liner bottle with some of the hardener to get the liner that is left inside the bottle. Then pour the paint in, then do the same with the paint bottle, add hardener to clean out the paint bottle. (They send a clear cup with a fill line, that is the amount of hardener you mix to 1 bottle of liner, so I pre-measure the hardener before I start, by time I am finished everything is mixed in the cup and then poured back into the liner bottle before being shot through the gun that comes with the kit.)
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Onto the gun setting and distance, the gun has an adjustable tip. Both times I have shot this liner, the tip is tightened all the way down, and I do not touch it. I set the pressure at 60PSI at the gun. (My kit came with an adjustable regulator for the gun.) I shoot at 6-8 inches.
I need to fire my photographer. (MYSELF!) I did not get a full picture of the firewall in its new color apparently, I will get them when I am there next time. Also, as much fun as it is to sand the entire undercarriage because I am indecisive. I opted to paint the undercarriage black this time. So if I decide to get excited over another color later.. Black is universal.. I do not have pictures of the undercarriage either apparently.. I will get those as well.
With the car totalled, hopefully I can concentrate my attention to this guy, I have to finish getting through the fiasco first.. Obviously with the holidays, not much has happened with that situation. We shall see.
On a brighter note, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and will have a wonderful New Year!
More to come soon.