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Things line up great,

Paul

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Looking good. You got a nice fit on the rocker and quarter panel.

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Hey Paul I don't think that is how the paint booth filters go, but I could be wrong haha

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Richard it’s tough keeping the garage warm so I set up 3 cheap box fans with the filters on them in the closed garage. When I’m done spraying I open the garage door about 2’ and set the same 3 fans blowing out and my 110,000 btu salamander heater blowing in. Surprisingly I get very little over spray inside.

It’s almost ready for the rotisserie!

Paul

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Just messin with ya Paul, I know the struggles there. I have 2 3' chicken house fans mounted in the wall and have to run my 110, 150 and 210k salamanders to keep it decent enough while painting in the cold weather.

Have you set a timeline yet for when you think you will be done?

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Richard I get asked that all the time. My answer is always that it will be done when it is done. No time frame for this at all. If it is anything like my two Cougars then it will never be done! I'm always messing with or improving them. Honestly I like working on them, driving them and going to car shows/cruise nights in that order.

Paul

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I'm liking the new view!

Paul

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Cant get the second pic to rotate!

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Sandblasting booth all set!

Paul

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That should work awesome. Be sure and wear a good paint respirator, not one of those cheapie dust masks.

Looks like a pretty nice '52 or '53 Mercury hubcap you have there, or is it Oldsmobile? The more I look at it the more it looks like Olds.

LockDoc

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It’s an old Mercury hubcap Leon. I’ve had it since I was a kid. No cheap mask for me. I picked up a 3M sandblasting helmet for $30 on Craigslist ($700 new at Grainger). I also made a positive pressure assembly from an old computer fan and sump pump hose. I’ll put a filter on in and put it outside.

Paul

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I’m trying to figure out what is best to put on the bottom/underside of the body once it’s primed with epoxy primer.

Paul

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See my post in your other thread....

LockDoc

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Sandblasting indoors is a bad idea. My positive pressure mask idea worked perfectly but I’ll be cleaning the abrasive dust out of my garage for years.

Paul

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I've never tried it. I use the cabinet inside and my big pressurized blaster outside. The only problem is I can only do the bigger stuff when the weather is decent.

LockDoc

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Leon I set up plastic on all sides of the shell with binder clips every 6 inches or so. The excess plastic went along the floor and overlapped underneath a couple feet all the way around. I didn’t realize that the pressure of my mask and the pressure of the sandblasting gun would push all of the super fine particles out. Then I set up a fan that vented the booth out the side door of the garage. By then though the damage was done! The fine dust sticks to everything and has to be wiped off. After finishing and taking the boot down I opened both doors and got out my backpack leaf blower. I’ve almost got all of the sand out of the nooks and crannies on the shell and I have to say it looks really good.

Paul

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Good deal. Sounds like you had a lot of extra work to do though. That's a bummer.....

LockDoc

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2 coats of epoxy primer!

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Looks great, I wish mine was that rust free. Did you decide what your going to undercoat with

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Looking good Paul

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Mine had more rust than I had hoped. Quarters and rockers both sides had to be replaced!

I went with Al’s Liner a DIY bed liner for undercoating. It looks good but was kind of a pain to apply. It has a very short pot life that is greatly reduced if it is over mixed.

How much rust are you looking at?

Paul

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5 hours to make the “paint booth” 2 hours to spray the epoxy primer. Tomorrow the seam sealer goes in the drip rails and hopefully I’ll have time to apply the urethane primer too.

Stupid iPhone rotated the picture on me!

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Roof looks good, are you block sanding next round of primer? take some pics of seam sealer when done

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lookin good Paul.......

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I'm going to have to do a some block sanding before the urethane primer goes on. When I turned the rotisserie to paint the lower part the plastic stuck to the paint in two spots.

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SEM seam sealer looks good! Not sure if I put on too much. Decided to let it run into the seam and find it's own level instead of running my finger along it.

Sorry my computer just does not want to upload things right side up!

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I re worked the driver side wheel lip area and I’m pretty happy with the results. And once again the pictures are rotated. :fry:

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Paul
If you are taking pics with an iphone Rotate them on your computer and then save them as something else in a different file. From what i have read, even if you rotate and save back as the original file it will still default to the original picture

Burb is coming along nicely

Richard

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I'll try that Richard. I think these were taken with a camera though. I've spent the last three weeks block sanding.

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It's been a while since I've posted. For the past 4 months I've been working on the drivers side panel between the drivers door and the wheelwell. It has been really kicking my butt. Yesterday I decided to sand off 4 months of body work and start over. I've got to make the metal straighter first.

Paul

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Man that sucks, Paul. I am just starting in on the heavy stuff on my panel and will have to do same repairs as this. I hope the new patches are better than what you described.

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Richard other guys have said the lower patch panel fit fine for them. Hopefully yours will fit correctly. It's weird. As I was applying the filler it looked like I just needed a skim coat. My long ruler showed the panel to be basically flat. It seemed like I was continuously adding more and more filler. When I sanded it all off that's exactly what was there. It looked like rings of a tree. It took hours to remove it all. Now again at bare metal and my long ruler shows it to be basically straight!

Paul

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Thought I would poke the big cat and see what happens. The last post was a while ago.

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Poke poke! Lol
Perhaps small engine repair is busy with spring time and all...

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The Suburban is coming along slowly. Body work wasn't going well. This time last year I figured I'd have body back on the frame. After working on the drivers side for 7 months late last year I sanded the body down to metal again and rewelded the patch panel for the loooooong drivers side panel. Hundreds of dollars worth of filler and paint went into the shop vac. Things are much better now and hopefully I can make more progress this spring. I'm hoping to be able to wet sand the roof and apply a base/clear white while it is on the rotisserie.

I retired from teaching 2 years ago and I'm busier than ever with a full time maintenance job and working around the house.

No pictures worth sharing. They all look the same. A huge tub on a rotisserie with lots of grey primer on it.

Thanks for the poke guys!

Paul

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Wow last update was May! Holy crap!

The body work is probably 90% done and I'll finish it off when the body gets put back on the frame. Roof is ready for paint and that will happen after the body gets rolled outside and both the body and garage get a deep cleaning. Now all I have to do is settle on a paint brand!

Paul

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Paint will make it all worth while. It looks good.

LockDoc

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Looking good Paul

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wow ..... like to take a ride up see it in person

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I second that.
Gonna be a beaut!!