Here's how she looks right now. The colour looks much richer in person though
Currently we're just experimenting methods. The boot was painted inside using many layers of paint, sand progressively finer after each coat (600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000).
The rear quarters have been painted on the car, with only a light sanding of 2000 grit between coats to remove any junk that's accumulated from the final coat. Instead of like 9 coats on the boot (sanded back heavily), we're doing 4 coats
We're probably going to do the final coat on each today and then wait a month to sand and buff. Only once that's done will we know how to do the rest of the car. The new method (less coats, less sanding) is a lot quicker and easier, and so far looks as good. Dirt is a massive issue when painting outside though, so I'll try do as many of the future panels inside.
The method I was originally using was one for International Brightside paint. The guy at the paint shop told me that International Toplac is the same stuff but just renamed. Unfortunately it isn't, so I decided that instead of using the International Brightside method I'll just paint the car as if it were a boat (per International's instructions). Looks great in person though. So much nicer than the old paint, even though we haven't buffed it yet.
Only other progress is small things like polishing up the "roadster" scuff plates and ordering new "eunos" and "roadster" badges since the previous owner decided to remove them all.
As you can see in the photo the rear garnish is disintegrating, so I'll pick a new one up in the future
