the first chalking

my friend tony (who will be welding a chalk box for me) had a birthday party last night. i invited people there to go out and give the geo its first chalking.

additionally, here's another video. this is of me painting the geo. because of all the rain we had this last week (and month), i had to re-tape the windows. rather than use newspaper, i just bought the really wide painters tape. mucho easier. nearly every surface other than the lights and windows are chalkable. bumpers, bug shield, grill, and wheel wells are all chalkable. i used 5 cans of paint. i would have used 6 but on every single can the nozzle came off and on can 6 it broke completely. most of the paint just dripped down the can rather than come out in spray form.

i think i need to do one more layer. this will help prevent any of the paint getting scratched off and it will cover some of the drippy parts (mostly on the passenger side). i didn't have enough to paint the roof either, so that will have to be done. so after the last coat of paint, i just need to spray on the logos and affix the "directions" to the rear side windows. it was fun to drive around today. lots of people staring at it. more updates soon. it's cold and cloudy today, but should be nicer in the middle of the week. perhaps i'll do the final coat then.