My 50 roadster pickup build

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by joedoh

stunning!

Thank you

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Too bad about the paint problems. Looks really good Jim. Cindy and I had a great time running it over...and we still chuckle about our gift giving.

I think we were both pleased, but it was funny, and meeting both of you was the best part...Jim

[mongocanfly]

looking good again Jim

[Indian113]

Won't be very long and that beautiful Truck will be back on the Road! The Paint sure looks Nice.

[8man]

Good job to you and your son. The paint looks great.

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

looking good again Jim

Originally Posted by Indian113

Won't be very long and that beautiful Truck will be back on the Road! The Paint sure looks Nice.

Originally Posted by 8man

Good job to you and your son. The paint looks great.

Thanks guys, little by little...Jim

[oldman3]

OK, Mark got a couple pics loaded from my cell phone. This is only a few in the pics, but it was all over the hood...Jim

[oldman3]

Today, Mark and I took the fenders to the basement, brought up the doors. I wet sanded both doors to remove any blue dots. We swipe, vacuumed, and mopped the floor. Hung the doors and Mark painted, here's the pics...Jim

[gigamanx]

Fascinated by the painting process in the garage. I am about a year out on blowing my truck apart for paint. This winter I have some other goals first.

Your work looks pretty amazing. Wondering how you keep the color consistent when doing the painting in parts as opposed to all at once when the truck is together? I'm thinking different temps, different humidity, different cans of paint might make one panel ever so slightly different than the one beside it.

Second question...why is the floor not covered? You mentioned mopping and vacuuming it. Did you put a sealer or something on the garage floor when building the paint booth?

Thanks and awesome work on the paint job!

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by gigamanx

Fascinated by the painting process in the garage. I am about a year out on blowing my truck apart for paint. This winter I have some other goals first.

Your work looks pretty amazing. Wondering how you keep the color consistent when doing the painting in parts as opposed to all at once when the truck is together? I'm thinking different temps, different humidity, different cans of paint might make one panel ever so slightly different than the one beside it.

Second question...why is the floor not covered? You mentioned mopping and vacuuming it. Did you put a sealer or something on the garage floor when building the paint booth?

Thanks and awesome work on the paint job!

First thanks so much for the compliments. Consistent color = might say I'm lucky, my shop is heated and AC, so we try to paint with the same temp, etc.. Most paint supply stores have reducers in Low - Medium - and High temp. Just by changing the reducer will help in keeping the paint coming from the gun more consistant.

Cans of paint. I buy my paint at a regular auto paint store. Their mix is very close, but I will normally take the cans of paint, pour into a new clean bucket, mix it all together, then pour back into each can. This gives a better chance of color being the same. This works great for non-metallic colors. Metallic colors are the ones that air pressure, distance from surface, speed, etc., that will make the colors seem to not match. Another thing is always paint the part as it will mount on the vehicle.

I DON'T have a paint booth, just a 30X40 shop, we seal off half the shop with plastic to keep it as clean as possible. Floor had a sealer put on 20 years ago, but with all the work, etc. it has worn off. We clean the floor each time to help with dust, etc.

Hope this helped...Jim

[lower50's]

Nice work. The blue dots are really strange, I didn't think that could happen. If you tried to do the dot technique I bet you couldn't lol.

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Nice work. The blue dots are really strange, I didn't think that could happen. If you tried to do the dot technique I bet you couldn't lol.

Lower, you got that right...Jim

[RockinKees]

Good to see you going forward Jim.
Never saw those blue dots in paint....it’s pure magic!

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Good to see you going forward Jim.
Never saw those blue dots in paint....it’s pure magic!

Thanks, no magic, just tragic...Jim

[Indian113]

Jim, did you figure out what caused the Blue Dots? Looks like Mark worked around it and finished the job pretty good.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Everything’s looking SO good, Jim. Congrats.

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by Indian113

Jim, did you figure out what caused the Blue Dots? Looks like Mark worked around it and finished the job pretty good.

Ray, still not 100% sure, but I think it was just bad batch, we watch everything real close to make sure it doesn't happen again. So far, so good...Jim

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Everything’s looking SO good, Jim. Congrats.

Thanks Dan, should start on the cab cowl section soon...Jim

[joedoh]

did you have ac in the shop? maybe see if the blue fluoresces under a black light. a friend of mine had funny blue dots on his paint after driving downtown and was screaming conspiracy theories (marking his car for surveillance, etc) till another friend, an HVAC tech, said it was spots of the dye they use in HVAC systems to find leaks, and sometimes a leak at the compressor gets pumped in the air all over in very small quantities.

not saying thats what it is, but if you have heard of the most interesting man in the world, my friend is probably the LEAST interesting man in the world and someone having him under surveillance was hilarious and outrageous, I was glad to hear he was wrong.


truck is looking amazing jim!

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by joedoh

did you have ac in the shop? maybe see if the blue fluoresces under a black light. a friend of mine had funny blue dots on his paint after driving downtown and was screaming conspiracy theories (marking his car for surveillance, etc) till another friend, an HVAC tech, said it was spots of the dye they use in HVAC systems to find leaks, and sometimes a leak at the compressor gets pumped in the air all over in very small quantities.

not saying thats what it is, but if you have heard of the most interesting man in the world, my friend is probably the LEAST interesting man in the world and someone having him under surveillance was hilarious and outrageous, I was glad to hear he was wrong.


truck is looking amazing jim!

joedoh, we do have AC, it's a window unit and is outside the plastic inclosure, so I don't think that's the problem. Thank you about the truck, hope to have an update soon...Jim

[oldman3]

As the old saying goes " life gets in the way". It's been awhile since an update, but between Mark and myself we had things that took priority. Mark was able to get the latch panel and driver inner panel painted today. Here's a couple pics...Jim

[MIKESAD50]

Looking good Jim!
You and Mark do very nice work.

[joedoh]

jeeze louise that is purty

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by MIKESAD50

Looking good Jim!
You and Mark do very nice work.

Originally Posted by joedoh

jeeze louise that is purty

Thanks guys...Jim

[oldman3]

Here's pics of the work done on Wednesday morning. Back in Feb, 2015 I repaired and painted my front bumper (page 25, post 625). When I hit the deer it also messed up the front bumper. So I took off all that paint down to primer. In the last pic where the filler is showing, I took down to bare metal, because it had cracked from being pulled at the bumber bolt.

I will post pics of the repair later...Jim

[oldman3]

Update

I forgot to get pics of the repairs I made, but it's the standard fill and sand stuff.

First two pics are from thursday work I did. Parts have been wet sanded with 600 wet paper and ready for paint.

The next three pics are after Mark sprayed them late this afternoon.

So that's all the parts that needed to be painted, next will be the cowl section of the cab. Will update when I get started...Jim

[8man]

You and Mark do nice work.