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October 19, 2008

With the quarters out of the way, the only large section of the main part of the body left to work on is the roof.

Between last Sunday and this Sunday, I had chiseled and dug out the seam sealer that runs in the drip rails along the front and sides of the top of the roof. I then sandblasted the area and acid washed it.

Then this Sunday Wayne came over and, using a long sanding board, scratched the paint on the roof in a cross hatch pattern revealing two low spots. I call this initial sanding "investigative work". They couldn't be seen even when the paint was shiny, so I don't know where they came from. They didn't look like hail damage, just 2 very small low gradual dips about two or three inches in diameter. It is possible that they are factory imperfections. There were also a few low spots on the roof sail panels where the roof was brazed and/or leaded to the sail panels. Those were definitely factory imperfections.

After thoroughly sanding the roof and sail panels, and fixing the low spots with icing, Wayne sprayed one coat of primer sealer. After the sealer dried for about an hour, we masked off the drip rail area and spread a layer of seam sealer where the old seam sealer used to be. We let that dry for about an hour and sprayed two coats of primer surfacer.

Now the bulk of the body is in primer surfacer, so the next step is to move on to the doors, hood, and trunk lid. Once everything is covered with primer surfacer, we will block sand the primer surfacer and re-prime if necessary.