04-08-2024, 02:59 PM | #476 |
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Re: norms 55 chevy pu build
Hit a small milestone last night. Everything that will have blue on it now has primer on it. Still have to block the hood one more time, also a couple small spots here and there. Next it will be 400 wet over the whole thing so there's lots of opportunities to sand through and find even smaller problems. Not complaining, this is my hobby, hope to keep doing this kind of stuff another 13 years - I'll be 80 then, lol. But, hey, Gene Winfield is still going. Too cloudy to see the eclipse today, South Dakota is not in the path anyway, sure is on the news a lot tho.
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04-08-2024, 05:27 PM | #477 |
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Re: norms 55 chevy pu build
keep at it man, you're getting close. thats gotta feel good, eh?
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04-09-2024, 09:10 AM | #478 |
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Nice progress! Amazing how much gets painted on these old trucks. Can’t wait to see some color.
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04-11-2024, 11:59 AM | #479 |
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Seems like a lot of parts, and that's not counting the chassis which I did earlier. I've painted several cars before this, but cars don't have boxes that come all apart with seperate fenders to boot. I think that is the difference.
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04-12-2024, 02:13 PM | #480 |
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So close, guess 1 more coat aught to do it. the darker colors are where the metal is peeking through.
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04-27-2024, 06:48 PM | #481 |
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Been wet sanding with 400 grit. Finishing up this door, then I have 4 fenders and the cab left. All the little stuff in the pics are done. Can see the lights reflected in the wet, and all the sanding with the long paint stick was worth it, no waves. Been using that same hard rubber block for 40 years, lol.
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04-27-2024, 10:32 PM | #482 |
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nice work. tedious but worth the work
for the long straight parts I prefer to use a longer rubber block, a firm one that won't conform easily. light pressure, a spray bottle or a bucket with clean water. sometimes a hose with a trickle of water above the sanding area. sanding in a crosshatch pattern to avoid flat spots or ridges. this helps avoid ripples. I wet it down and stand back to look at the reflecked light every so often so i know how it looks. |
05-06-2024, 12:55 AM | #483 |
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Yeah, I use the water to see the lights and sway back and forth to make sure the lights reflect right. As a body man friend says, you don't want to break the light. I usually sand in at least 2 different directions with 400.
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05-06-2024, 12:59 AM | #484 |
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been sanding away, now I have the cab in for sanding, this is the last thing I have to do. It's going to take a while with all the edges and nooks.
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05-06-2024, 01:02 AM | #485 |
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After I finish the cab I am going to clean the shop. I think I have about 30 pounds of sanding dust to try to get out.
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