Learning to Paint

It's the holidays soon, just a few more days of work, then the ridiculousness of christmas... but after that it's all me-time, and one of the things I've stuck on the to-do list (there's always a lot at this time of the year, usually more than is reasonable to expect to do) is primering up the panels for BillyBob.

I've had limited experience with painting already, and the results have been surprisingly good, especially considering the first attempt involved an old electric gun of my dad's that must be at least 30, maybe 35 years old. That was the rear quarter and bootlid of the Dodge, and it still looks alright today, ten years after it was laid down. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't look like a professional job. It does look alright though, and if you're starting off with something truly shit, then it's actually pretty cool to make it look "alright".

The title of this entry is "learning to paint", and you might think it's a bit of a misleading title since I've already painted a bit, but painting a car is something that can be attempted immediately but mastered only after years of practice. So, getting back to my intentions, throwing a bit of primer on the panels of this old truck (and probably some of the panels from the Dodge- I want to get a cool paintjob laid down on that thing in the next year or two as well) will further my abilities and who knows, some day I might have a go at improving a car that's already "alright". Maybe Vlad.