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Repainting Blazer Top
I repainted my top recently and just want to post a few pic's.
First the top was removed and stripped of it's glass,rear hatch and all gaskets and interior lights. ![]() With it stripped I then washed it with a TSP(TriSodium Phosphate) solution.It was a little grimey after spending some time resideing up in the rafters of my garage. ![]() You can see the difference just the wash made here. ![]() I went to my local boat shop and bought some Gloss White Enamel designed for fiberglass boat decks.After thinning it with the proper thinner I brushed it on. The coverage was a little thin and I ended up applying two coats to the top.But working in the shade enabled me to take my time and allow the paint to blend nicely with no brush marks. ![]() Here it is back on the Blazer.Now a nice Gloss white. ![]() ![]() ![]() I did a bunch more to the top while repainting. ALL the pic's I took during the process can be seen HERE
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The top looks great!
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It a single walled top.
Double walled top do not have interior lights and bolt up THROUGH the bed rail into the top. Single walled tops bolt through the top INTO the bedrail. Took about 2 days to paint.
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![]() ![]() THE FACTORY WHITE, I'M GOING BACK 2 WHITE, DO YOU THINK THAT I NEED MINE STRIPPED BEFORE DOING WHAT YOU DID, AND WHAT WOULD YOU STRIP IT WITH, REMEMBER I AM TOTALLY CHALLENGED AND NEED SMALL WORDS ![]()
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FIGURE OUT HOW TO STRIP IT WITHOUT KILLIN IT, WAS GOING TO HAVE A LOCAL BOAT SHOP MESS WITH IT BUT RAN OUT OF $$$ ![]()
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Looks beautiful.
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BobbyK - The top looks great. I really like your truck and I'm amazed how quickly you get things done.
LUV - Would media blasting work on the top without destroying the fiberglass texture?
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This stuff works well on fiberglass(center can in pic,aircraft paint remover) and didn't eat the fiberglass of my center console when I stripped it with it.
You can get it at Walmart. ![]() My top was orig. black,so my glovebox sticker says anyway.I think the yellow CST trucks had black tops.
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
Oldie but a goodie, what did you use to patch the stress cracks? Where were you able to find flexible patch material? Thanks
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
BEAUTIFUL!!! You do great work!
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
can you get something in custom colors for these tops that you can just brush on? That's amazing, I have been agonizing on what to do with my top after I get the my Blazer painted, never worked with fiberglass before!!!
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
Flexable fiberglass filler is available at just about any boating supply store.
It's been 2 years since this post and the top is still looking as good as it does in these pic's. The paint I used can prob. be dyed or tinted.But I'm not 100% sure on that.
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
My`72 Blazer is the same yellow and it has a factory black top.It`s not a CST.It came with black interior.
Your Blazer is so fine.
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
top looks great!! how did you remove the glass without breaking anything
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
What did you use to aply the texture after sanding?
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
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Carefully prying up so the inside lip gets pulled over the fiberglass edge that the gasket sits in.Then just worked my way around the window. I used a Shutz gun to apply the gator gaurd. A shutz gun is what's used to spray underbody and rocker gaurd coatings. ![]()
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
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Somewhere along the line the top was changed as I did not come across a black layer of paint when I stripped it down.
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
Thanks for bringin that one back BobbyK.
Did you sand the top smooth before you applied the Gator Gaurd, or is spraying over weathered original texture doable after a thorogh clean-up? Probly have more questions when I get to the roof part of the rebuild. Later---DAC
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
I'm glad this was resurrected. I need to do the same to mine.
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
Man maybe i should keep my top instead of selling it and re-do it like this. Looks great man!
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
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I'd say if you just want to paint,a thorough cleaning with soap and water and then the TSP solution and you'd be ready to paint or apply the Gator Gaurd.
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
Thanks for that advice, BobbyK
I had seen your procedure before and decided long time ago to approach it in a similar way as you did. My top has no significant cracks and one scratch to repair on the hatch. The only bad crack is probably in the owners damm head as the roof has never been off this truck since new. When I used to drive this thing as a kid Mom would always harp at me "Don't you take the top off my Jimmy". I obeyed! Keeping in that spirit she is coming on 84 now and I'm trying to get it fresh again and still be able to tell her the top aint been off, Ma!! That means now I cant approach it the same way but maybe close? Do you think I could just texture the horizontal part of the top as it is weathered enuff that some fibers are beginning to show, then just paint the whole thing? Thanks again for the help---DAC
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
If fibers are showing the fiberglass is really dry.
Paint on some fiberglass resine and let dry.The Glass will,I'm sure,soak it right up.Keep applying the resine in coats untill it forms a noticable film,above the fiberglass. You might be able to "touch up" the scratched area's useing a paint brush and dab on whatever your going to use to recreate the texture.Then paint over that. Or if the area is big enough to justify sparying it,just tape off the good area's 1st,then texturize.
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Bad arse!
BobbyK,
That is a great how to link you posted with the top. That is what forums are all about. Great looking K5!! I had the same problem with the latches on my old '72. When I get it back ![]() -BobbyB |
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Re: Repainted my Blazer's Top(PIC'S)
I consider myself to be a pretty resourceful person, but I'm having a real hard time finding any sort of flexible patching material here in AZ. We have a lot of boating supply stores, and boat manufacturers, and everyone I've been to gives me the same runaround. 'Try a fiberglass repair shop'. Well, fiberglass repair shops tell me to bring the top in and they'll look at it, or the only way to repair it is grind it down, and lay new glass. Does anyone have any online resources for filler materials or suggestions. The top is in good shape all around, just stress cracks and holes from a roof rack. Thanks in advance.
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