Restoring a CIJ Stang into aged LPB Comp Stang COMPLETE!

Shaguar · Post by **Shaguar** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:51 pm

Can I have sex with it?

prospect · Post by **prospect** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:59 pm

The brothers meet

prospect · Post by **prospect** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:01 pm

Shaguar wrote:Can I have sex with it?

Depends on the price

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:10 pm

looks sexy.

great work!

Shaguar · Post by **Shaguar** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:17 pm

prospect wrote:
Shaguar wrote:Can I have sex with it?
Depends on the price

Oh I wouldnt charge you much.

prospect · Post by **prospect** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:47 pm

Shaguar wrote:
prospect wrote:
Shaguar wrote:Can I have sex with it?
Depends on the price
Oh I wouldnt charge you much.

Hahha well played.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:07 pm

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! Lovely job there.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:50 am

You've got some mad restore skills, man!

Top notch.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:01 pm

Quick refinish question: I saw pictures of this mustang body with finish cracks

Can you just remove the clear finish with removing the stain and refinish to repair the cracks?

James · Post by **James** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:06 pm

Although the clear the colour are visibly seperate layers, they're going to be the same type of paint. So you'd have as much luck removing just the clear as you would trying to remove, say, one layer of clear and leave the rest. You could perhaps gently sand and hope that by the time you reach the base of the cracks you have enough colour left to sand smooth and re-clear coat, but you'd be much better off refinishing it completely. Also it would mean you could do it in a colour that isn't so ugly.

brianeharmonjr · Post by **brianeharmonjr** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:18 am

prospect wrote:The brothers meet

I can't get over how good those look. I'm about to trade into a CIJ Competition Stang that is the same as your's (pre-refin). Can't wait!

prospect · Post by **prospect** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:00 am

@brianeharmonjr Awesome man! Are you going to refin it?

@taylornutt What James said. You could lightly sand down the clear coat and hopefully get to a point where the cracks weren't there. However you would risk sanding through into the color.

brianeharmonjr · Post by **brianeharmonjr** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:17 am

prospect wrote:@brianeharmonjr Awesome man! Are you going to refin it?

@taylornutt What James said. You could lightly sand down the clear coat and hopefully get to a point where the cracks weren't there. However you would risk sanding through into the color.

Mine (or soon to be mine) is in great shape, so no need to refin. It doesn't have the matching headstock though, which is kinda bumming me out after seeing this one.

prospect · Post by **prospect** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:31 am

Play the hell out of it and let it get scratched up.

Then you can justify a sweet refin w/ matching headstock

My next project is to give my black XII a matching headstock.
I'm addicted to painted headstocks now.

BoringPostcards · Post by **BoringPostcards** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:18 am

Amazing. Perfect Job. The headstock is immaculate.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:35 am

taylornutt wrote:Quick refinish question: I saw pictures of this mustang body with finish cracks

Antigua! I wouldn't touch it. Cracks are awesome.
If you're using nitro over nitro, you can just spray it and it will soften the old and fill in cracks.

Look at this one I just saw at Reranch. Normally I get so bored of these posts, but I LOLed at this one. It looks like it was found under the Superdome.

brianeharmonjr · Post by **brianeharmonjr** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:49 am

prospect wrote:Play the hell out of it and let it get scratched up.

Then you can justify a sweet refin w/ matching headstock

My next project is to give my black XII a matching headstock.
I'm addicted to painted headstocks now.

I received mine and got it strung up. It's pretty damn near mint condish, so I'm gonna try not to beat it up too bad. Here it is:

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:44 am

jesus that looks amazing, great work

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 5:32 pm

DGNR8 wrote:
taylornutt wrote:Quick refinish question: I saw pictures of this mustang body with finish cracks

Antigua! I wouldn't touch it. Cracks are awesome.
If you're using nitro over nitro, you can just spray it and it will soften the old and fill in cracks.

I agree... don't touch it!

I got a old peice of furniture from grandma and the whole thing is checked everywhere. I just smile everytime I walk by it, it looks awesome. You can buy character.

I would only repair it, if it starts flaking off badly. Blush remover would also be good for that kind of repair.

So what's the next project Prospect?

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:09 pm

Joey wrote:
DGNR8 wrote:
taylornutt wrote:Quick refinish question: I saw pictures of this mustang body with finish cracks

Antigua! I wouldn't touch it. Cracks are awesome.
If you're using nitro over nitro, you can just spray it and it will soften the old and fill in cracks.
I agree... don't touch it!

I got a old peice of furniture from grandma and the whole thing is checked everywhere. I just smile everytime I walk by it, it looks awesome. You can buy character.

I would only repair it, if it starts flaking off badly. Blush remover would also be good for that kind of repair.

So what's the next project Prospect?

Unfortunately, this was an eBAy auction I did not win.