Ivan's coupe: roof stuccowork

[Ivan141]

Today was one of those days where it doesnt look like you got much done, but those hardly surprise me anymore.
After last week there are only a bunch of chores left to get the body ready for undercoating, got about half of them done today.

Firstly I scuffed some 2/3rds of the primer on the underbody to give the Raptor liner a better key to stick to. This is often mentioned in passing on project threads,
but make no mistake, it is hours and hours of gruelling work with a scothbrite pad

I also primered over most of the seam sealant (dunno why, but I saw some more knowledgeable people do this). Used a brush since it doesnt have to look perfect hidden under undercoating. This way there was no atomized particles flying around, only thinner vapours.




In the meantime I am building my own fresh air respirator out of a vacuum cleaner motor, some hose and a decathlon easybreath snorkel mask with 3d printed adapters.. Will feel better having positive pressure fresh outside air being blown to my face while I'm working with those 2K paints. The epoxy primer I used so far is also 2k and I use a half-face respirator but I am NOT very comfortable with it. Chemicals rarely look very dangerous until you're faced with the consequences.

In my next installment I have:
-Yet more scuffing up to do (underside of bootfloor/ inside car /engine bay
-Some final spots to seam seal my bodywork guy pointed out to me.
-To paint over the seams on the inside / doors / engine bay
-Masking off?

If you guys are curious I might throw in some pics of the fresh air respirator sidequest.