Gerahead's 71 Dart
I got the interior side of the quarter panels in the trunk coated with sound deadener. I used the 3M paintable, rubberized undercoating, part number 08882. It took a full 17 oz can to do both sides from wheel well to taillight panel. It isn't the same sort of texture as the factory material, but I'm not doing a concours restoration either. I masked off the openings and around the side marker lights and fuel inlet opening per the Faxon manual and let 'er rip! I applied it pretty thick and there were some runs, but I believe there would have been runs in the factory deadener so I intentionally created some runs without trying to overdo it. It dried overnight to a pretty hard finish.
The 3M product instructions said that if it wasn't overpainted within 24 hours, it had to be lightly scuffed first. I wasn't really interested in doing that, so today I applied sealer over most of the trunk interior.
This will wrap up what I will be getting done before winter. I intend to re-hang the doors and fenders to free up some garage space, but that is about all I will be doing in the garage until Spring.
I got the interior side of the quarter panels in the trunk coated with sound deadener. I used the 3M paintable, rubberized undercoating, part number 08882. It took a full 17 oz can to do both sides from wheel well to taillight panel. It isn't the same sort of texture as the factory material, but I'm not doing a concours restoration either. I masked off the openings and around the side marker lights and fuel inlet opening per the Faxon manual and let 'er rip! I applied it pretty thick and there were some runs, but I believe there would have been runs in the factory deadener so I intentionally created some runs without trying to overdo it. It dried overnight to a pretty hard finish.
The 3M product instructions said that if it wasn't overpainted within 24 hours, it had to be lightly scuffed first. I wasn't really interested in doing that, so today I applied sealer over most of the trunk interior.
This will wrap up what I will be getting done before winter. I intend to re-hang the doors and fenders to free up some garage space, but that is about all I will be doing in the garage until Spring.
