I gotta say you're doing the best DIY job I've ever seen. It's real refreshing to see someone pay attention not only to the deatils, but to the safety part as well. That was a kickass job fixing those framerails. I've preached to people about bad spots like that until I was blue in the face,telling them it should be taken care of.....only to have them throw their noses up at me. And taking care of rust the RIGHT WAY, I'm impressed:bigthumb Treating the metal after you've welded it in is crucial to making it last. That chassis saver paint is the shit too, I use the hell outta it. You gotta watch putting it on heavy though,it gets big pockets of pinholes in it that will let moisture in. It says it on the can and you should let it flash at least a few hours before recoating. I'm almost positive you will have to scuff that primer before you paint, if it sits longer than 24 hours...maybe even less. I would definately use the little touch up gun for color and clear for the cage, it will use less material and it doesn't take much to cover tubing. You'll aslo have less chance of hanging runs all over it.
I know it can get overwhelming to take on such a huge project, and its important not to get burnt out. When you feel like you'll never get it done, just think to yourself "it's just nuts,bolts, and sheetmetal, it's not that difficult" Also, channel that "ADD" into some effective time management. Think about what you can do on something else while this is drying. Beat on this fender while your mud is drying on the quarter. Stuff like that. Just imagine the whole process from start to finish and put it all in order. That way you don't get ahead of yourself, you don't do something before you should have, and you don't end up doing it twice. For example....I don't know where you're painting it, so if you get to use a good paint booth you won't have this problem so much. But, when I did my black 88GT, I painted the engine bay, the backs of my doors,and the back of my hood first. Second, I painted the car itself, with out the doors or any bolt on sheetmetal on it. Third, I hung all the sheetmetal except for the hood...it was placed on a stand. The point to all this was I didn't want any tape lines in my jambs and I could get away with the color match because its black. Anyway, I had this beautiful,perfectly clean,shiny black engine compartment. Well, when I painted the remainder of the car, in my buddy's gagrage mind you...the overspray made its way under all my paper and plastic and ruined my hard work. I was used to painting in a downdraft booth where the overspray instantly hits the floor and gets sucked into a big filter. Instead it hovered inside my doghouse until it dissipated and dried. Yee-haw.......
The moral of the story is learn from my mistake and at least do a super sweet tape job to cover all you are painting before the actual car itself.
In closing I just want to say I'm proud of you for doing such a good job so far and I wish I was there to help ya. Rock on:cool1:
