ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and chalk

there hasn't been much chalking but then again, there wasn't any chalk available! yesterday morning, i put a little bag on the back tire with chalk, an eraser, and cards. i also put a little sign in each of the back windows that briefly describe the car.

it worked. there are two new chalkings on the geo.

i find it funny that it took a while to launch the project because of the endless rain. now i'm actually wanting some rain to see how that affects the chalkings.

happy halloween

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.

it's alive...IT'S ALIVE!!!

finally a sunny day. the chalker has been painted. tomorrow i add the logo and attach the chalk pouch. photos and video soon.

geo got pampered today. 4 spankin' new tires, new floor mats, air fresheners, and rear speakers. i'm excited to have music coming out of something other than the 2 horrible front speakers, one of which is pretty much blown. so all of these goodies and how does the chalker repay me? by starting to overheat in downtown minneapolis and being a stubborn starter (probably a result of the overheating). in all fairness, i never changed the cracked hose from the last time it did this. guess i know what i'm doing tomorrow.

a weather haiku

the geo is soaked
where is the sun sven sundgaard?
i can't paint in rain

before the transformation

if you'd like to see what the geo chalker looked like
before being transformed, here are a few photos.

rain rain go away

well, the never ending torrent of rain continues. the geo chalker sits in the parking lot with wet newspaper taped to its windows. according to the forecast, i may not be able to do any painting until wednesday. on the plus side, the website seems to be complete. if you have any comments on this site, please leave me a comment. i look forward to your reading your thoughts.

taping and scraping

well, with all of the running around yesterday, i only got to get the taping done. plus scraping off all of the bumper stickers on the rear and the large independent logo on my hood took forever. by the time i got done taping it was getting dark and cold. weather guy said it would be sunny out today. he lied. according to weather dot com it's supposed to be cold and rainy today. i'm going to try painting anyway and see what happens. hopefully it works.

i also spent some time sanding down the rusty spots on my car to smooth it out and then apply some rust stopping paint. though i think the rusty spots are beyond saving. when i was sanding one spot i actually went all the way through the panel. woops. i see bondo in geo chalker's future.

for now, enjoy some video of me taping up the chalker.

shopping

today i begin transforming the geo tracker into the geo chalker. of course, the day had to start with a malfunction. while driving around uptown this morning, my temperature gauge started to climb. it turns out i had no coolant in my car. that's a bad thing. a quick jaunt over to the auto parts store to pick up some fix it supplies and the geo is once again ready to go.

i'm now off to the hardware store and art supply store.