Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4..

[mongocanfly]

And here it is..

[8man]

The color matches well, and the finish is spectacular given the problems you had with that hopper!

[Scott2]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

And here it is..

I think it looks just fine. Sounds like the kind of problems I have though - I flipped a dune baggy last year and painted it in the garage in my homemade plastic sheet booth. All went beautiful, the paint was really nice, so I closed up the plastic and went to lunch. While gone a huge gust came up, ripped the plastic off the anchoring 2x4s and stuck it to the new paint. A few days later I was spraying bedliner inside the tub and somehow the overspray floated around the garage, went under the masking paper over the new paint and guess where it stuck...

I was really unhappy and while I was grumping around and putting the final touches on the buggy a guy showed up, loved it, couldn't care less about the screwups and bought it for asking price!

I am about to spray bedliner inside my Jeep J10 bed and I honestly hope it looks as good as yours does.

That is a sweet truck! Breath deep and keep going!

[mongocanfly]

thanks Robert and Scott...
when I talked to the liner guy I asked him about using my lizard skin gun to spray it with...he said he had no experience with that type gun...use the hopper gun he says..looking back I think it would have worked just fine.....and if I had thought about it , I should have scooped up what got spilled in the bed and put back in the bucket,,,as opposed to me smearing it around...I probably could have sprayed over those areas and it would have looked better.....I cant blame any of it on the liner itself....just the application process

[Scott2]

Look on the bright side - you could have fallen in the bigass puddle, rolled around a few times and coated yourself like a chicken wing, and then set up into a giant statue of yourself - looking around and wishing like hell you were not so far away from everyone else! you could have been there for months like one of those Pompei statues! hah!

[Ol Blue K20]

I think it looks good in the pics. But, when you do a job, you're the first to see flaws. Most of the time no one else will see it. Keep a stiff upper lip and move on buddy. Keep up the great work you're doin'.....

[mongocanfly]

That's funny as heck Scott..!!!!!!...exactly how I felt..


thanks Dale...I can tell you its full of flaws......many many flaws

[regan wilson]

It looks good. You can always tell people that's the only (Farmed Out) part of the build. Pardon the pun.

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Regan..!!...but I did it....I'll own up to it..
I sent a email to the liner guy to see if theres anything that can be done where its messed up..
I dont have much hope...I may have to live with it as is...

[67C10Step]

mongo,
Looks pretty good from the photos. I am very guilty of my eyes going to every minor flaw in my work first and all too often others never see them.

For your sake I hope there is a fix but if there is not you still will have one fine machine at the end of it all.

[mongocanfly]

Thanks 67...what's bad is I know where every flaw is and they will stand out like sore thumbs to me..

[mongocanfly]

well it appears there may be a fix to the messed up liner issue..heres the reply I got from the liner guy..


(The only way to fix the messed up areas is to strip with aircraft stripper and respray and then blending in lightly over any good areas

The Liner will accept the new spray if you wipe with Lacquer thinner just prior to spraying)


so it sounds like I may be able to undo my mess after all

[regan wilson]

Sounds good. At least you have a solution.

[Ol Blue K20]

doesn't sound like fun though....

[mongocanfly]

when he started talking aircraft stripper and LT, I started having nightmares....ill discuss it with him more before I commit to anything...but I sure would like to fix the mess

[rgunlock]

I hope bedliner round 2 goes better for you. You might try using a shutz gun for the next attempt. That's what came with the Raptor liner I used and the bottle attaches to the gun very securely and sprays out well. Of course in my case I went to apply a 2nd coat too soon and can see impressions from my feet in the liner in my bed. I'm just living with it.

[mongocanfly]

thanks Rick...the lizard gun is basically a shutz gun....on the linerextreeme they say do the 2nd coat from outside the bed...theres no flashtime between coats...you just keep spraying til you run out..maybe itll work out

[mongocanfly]

finally talked to the liner guy late yesterday...he said grinding the spilled lumpy liner down with a flap disc can be done...
so grind it down thin,,,wipe with lacquer thinner ,, and recoat...and no aircraft stripper on my paint....hopefully it goes better this next time

[Ol Blue K20]

I hope it works to your satisfaction. After all your hard work you should be happy.....

[regan wilson]

That sounds like a better idea. At least you wont have to worry about residual foreign chemicals.

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Dale, Regan......I'm getting good at redoing things...

[Ol Blue K20]

my dad always said "you learn from your mistakes ".....lol

[mongocanfly]

I oughtta be a genius then...haha...

[mongocanfly]

I did a test spot today to see how the flap wheel would work....it eats right thru the lumps...so it should be easy to smooth it down and respray........maybe

[Ol Blue K20]

I'm crossing my fingers for it to work.....