Thanks Live A proper paint job is incredibly tedious and unforgiving. Studying up on all the little details will help you be more successful. Good Luck!

Hi Anders !Happy Thanksgiving! and welcome to the channel Thank you very much..hopefully these videos can be of some help Painting a car is quite a process and not very forgiving Coming down on final sanding now and will be uploading a video soon with some fine tuning tricks Best of luck with your project!

Hi Phil Hows Scottland?? Its still brutally hot here.. She's starting to come around=) soon as the summer breaks I'm going to mash the gas!! Stay cool!

Mike M Scotland's cold and wet, we dream of sunshine! Keep up the good work Mike the car's going to be beautiful, Are you a professional bodyshop guy, or are you self taught? Love the videos, best regards Phil.

Thats a good question Phil=) actually I am a cabinet maker by trade Sanding and finishing would be my specialty but classic cars my passion/hobby I learned how to work on them since I was a boy..my dad was a car genius and I got my start in bodywork from my Uncle Den Im OCD tripple positive and working on cars is excellent therapy ..a bit over obsessed with perfection sometimes=)

Hi Brett Im glad you are enjoying the videos Thanks for following along! Hopefully not getting too boring with this technical stuff=) Its quite a process but very rewarding and really fun once we have finished paint!

I appreciate the technical information; you are giving a much clearer description of the steps and most importantly the time needed to do the job properly. BTW greeting from Downunder.

Downunder! Awesome=)) Never been to Australia but always wanted too Seems to have quite a large Porsche following down there..just purchased a bendix style fuel pump from someone in Australia... Beautiful workmanship too Im wondering do you have a project you are working on? Cheers!

There is a large Porsche following in Australia. Our cars are RHD, and were not imported in large numbers; and compared to the cost in the US and Europe, they are very expensive. Lots of people are now importing LHD cars from the US, although the exchange rate still makes it a costly exercise. I have recently become interested in owning an air-cooled 911 or 912, preferably the latter, although the 912 is very rare in Australia, so I have been looking at getting one in the US. That process is fraught with problems because it is very difficult to choose the right car at a distance, and I don't know anyone on the ground in the US to keep an eye open for the right car, or do basic investigation. I have had many classic cars (not Porsche) and worked on them to various degrees; although I have never done major body work / rust repair, or painted a car myself. Just looking at the 911 / 912s for sale in the US, it seems that paint and body work will be required; so I am educating myself about those processes, which is where your incredibly helpful videos come in. I am very wary of getting into something that is beyond me, so I need to fully understand what is involved to make a rational assessment of whether I could realistically do it.

Hi Brett I see your situation on acquiring a good candidate and doing the restoration. Definitely I think you can do everything yourself..I'm very confident..getting the right car is always the tough part Im going to be uploading some video soon on Gas Tank replacement and thinking of talking about how to find a good restoration candidate based on a hands on tear downed what to look for.. might be of some help from not able to see before purchasing investment Good Luck with car search! 912 is an awesome car!!

Hello Rodney Happy New Year Sounds like you are diving in! The interior was POR15 after media blasting to bare metal first. If you don't go down to bare metal I would recommend priming and painting. The dashboard was epoxy primer on bare metal and then sanded to 600 grit. I made a video on this process but after the car was clear coated I had to re-shoot the dash again. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9F4dZynzNqviZs.html Clear coat overspray had made its way into the cab and ruined the finish so a re-scuff and re-spray was necessary. The only difference from the video version is I applied three finish coats as apposed to only two and the end finish was even more desirable. The product was by PPG called hot rod black and comes as a kit. It is very similar to spraying out epoxy as both are 2K products. I like your idea on doing a video of the shop and car areas. Will put it on the videos to do list! Good Luck

Hi Mike thank you for your reply! All is bare metal now... I will follow your advice. On both the dash and interior.

Hello Remco Thanks Have you done any paint stripping or filler work on the chassis..Any sealer coats added yet?

@@MikesRestorations I haven't done anything yet. I am trying to find a reasonable level of ambition and see if I have to cut any corners. I need to have a plan before I get started because leaving metal unprotected over winter here is not an option. Worst case I need to find a warm garage/shop.

@@remcotissink I think a good starting place for winter months might be to begin the disassembly process. Exterior trim, Trunk, Interior, Engine & gearbox. Suspension etc.. Building storage shelving and organizing organize parts. Stripping paint and degreasing parts could be done when things warm up. If its possible to put a space heater where you are working this might give you some boost when the spring time comes

@@MikesRestorations Thx ! Sounds like a good idea. Getting my working space and tools together now.

@@remcotissink Fantastic Remco! Good Luck this winter!

Hello Remco I used durablock sanding tools available in our store: www.amazon.com/shop/mikesrestorations located in sanding and polishing page Good luck with your sanding!

@@MikesRestorations OK, I thought you meant an electrical or something. Got confused when I saw the x-pattern in the scratches

Hello Tom Over the years the channel has evolved from its earlier beginnings. I think starting on video 22 of the series I became more present in the videos. I had many requests for exactly what you are mentioning. I do tripod work now with the narration and complete DIY process rather than video narration alone. The more modern videos of the series have improved to some degree over the years but am always striving to do a better job going forward. Thank you so much for your interest! and please bare with those early videos=)

Mike’s Restorations Mike ok. Great. Video are still great, but sounds like they get even better. I still can’t get over how many layers and how long it takes for the body restoration. 😅