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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Pastel Green Complete

After a small marathon yesterday, finally all the parts that need to be are now Pastel Green.

All went well, except for one of the plastic outer wings. Before painting, I had picked up one of our cats, which must have left fur on my shirt. As the paint went on the wing it appeared to generate static electricity, perhaps because of the plastic, and to my horror the fur on my shirt began migrating from me to the panel. I could actually see it lift off of the shirt and float over to the wet paint on the panel. And then, while trying to pick some of it out before the paint surface set (there is only about two minutes for this), I knocked the panel off of its support and it fell on the floor.... and made a long gouge through the fresh paint. Will now have to wait for it to cure completely and then sand it and start again. A small setback, but easy to fix once the existing paint has fully cured.

Painting done for now, it will be back to doing things like the wiring, riveting the rear corner cappings, etc..

Tailgate now painted:

In the storage area, the inner and outer wings now wait.