Painted door skins, ready to attach

Today was a big step forward. I finally painted the inside of both door skins with gray POR-15. Also painted some spots on the door where drips would have interfered with attaching hardware later on. Patrick Casey told me about another local source for POR-15 products, Hi-Line Distributors on Ualena St. They had two 4 oz. cans of gray paint and I grabbed them last Friday.

Sanded the paint applied at the factory, to rough up the surface of the good parts and remove the bad parts. Used my orbital sander as much as possible but had to resort to hand sanding for the tight spots.

Next time I will attach the RH skin. That should be exciting!




Last Sunday was Pattie's birthday party at Side Street Inn, and of course May 12th was Mother's Day. On the 19th I was still dealing with a leaky hot water heater but I did manage to bring in the Lotus battery for a charge. Didn't help, car still won't crank. Will take battery to Batter Bills for a test. The cassette water pump finally arrived, brought it to the shop.