Restoring Rusty

[enaberif]

Your post about RTV sounds like you are using way to much lol.

When I put the intake on my truck I put just enough rtv on the head side so the gaskets would stick and then bolted it down.

For the china walls a good 1/4" bead down the walls and up the heads was all I did.

But before I did all that I ensured 100% that all surfaces were clean using acetone and smooth by using 120 grit sandpaper.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by enaberif

Your post about RTV sounds like you are using way to much lol.

I may have exaggerated, I smeared it on the head and the intake with my finger enuff for it to be tacky/sticky, so it's all good.

[400/400]

I've had good results sealing China walls on a couple of engines with "The Right Stuff" made by Permatex. I got the aresol can which makes application a bit easier than the roll up tube.

[Jake Wade]

http://www.summitracing.com/search/b...oview=SKU&ar=1

As mentioned, clean, clean ,clean with laquer thinner or brake cleaner on china walls and intake.

[Gregski]

decided to rub the belly of the hood a little bit today, going to clean it up and POR15 it black to keep the cost down

[Gregski]

POR15ed the belly of the hood, here's what it looked like before the gnats found it

[y5mgisi]

Looks super good!

[77K10Silverado]

jammin'!

[68Timber]

I've never used POR but every time I see it online it looks great - I've got to get some and try it.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by BRUISER

I've never used POR but every time I see it online it looks great - I've got to get some and try it.

Actually it always looks like glass when wet then it dries all blotchy, I will try to take another pic of the hood and show you once it completely dries. I do not know what causes this.

I was wondering if it dries different over shinny clean metal vs rusty sections, or paint covered sections, I don't know. Though I did check some parts that were same surface ie clean metal and it still dried shinny in one area and flat in the other.

I even called POR15 the company and told them about this issue, and they basically said sometimes it just does that.

[Titomars]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Actually it always looks like glass when wet then it dries all blotchy, I will try to take another pic of the hood and show you once it completely dries. I do not know what causes this.

I was wondering if it dries different over shinny clean metal vs rusty sections, or paint covered sections, I don't know. Though I did check some parts that were same surface ie clean metal and it still dried shinny in one area and flat in the other.

I even called POR15 the company and told them about this issue, and they basically said sometimes it just does that.

Are you doing two coats Greg? I get the blotches with the first coat. the 2nd coat always comes out great. Also 2 coats give it the sprayed on look.

[cnorth]

as for the POR when I was buying mine on Summit there is a semi gloss and gloss could that be it

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Titomars

Are you doing two coats Greg? I get the blotches with the first coat. the 2nd coat always comes out great. Also 2 coats give it the sprayed on look.

done, both, went two coats on my Mustang firewall and engine bay and it came out blotchy, went single coat on the truck oil pan it came out blotchy, the hood so far is only one coat and it is blotchy

[rusty76]

Must have something to do with the way it flashes. Looks good either way.

[Zayzay]

Wanted to say that I have learned a lot from your thread and everyone's input. Wow, amazing work.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Zayzay

Wanted to say that I have learned a lot from your thread and everyone's input. Wow, amazing work.

Thank you, yes the guys n gals on this forum are amazing very positive and supportive.

[rusty76]

Mind if I blame you? Just kidding.

[Gregski]

after soaking the hinges in a large toperwear bin and some diluted muriatic acid with water for a couple days, I dried them off and washed them off with denatured alcohol, then rattle canned them flat black

[Gregski]

and the backside of the same hinge, the other one missed the photo shoot, lol

so, is there a man or woman on this forum that can work these off the truck, I mean move them open and close, I swear it is a Herculean effort

[Chaplain]

Dang...

[Chrispbrown36]

Every time I pull something off to work on the truck and start knocking the rust and grime off of it I think, "What would Gregski do?".....and then I give up after cleaning for a second or two...ha ha. I am impressed with your attention to detail.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Chrispbrown36

Every time I pull something off to work on the truck and start knocking the rust and grime off of it I think, "What would Gregski do?".....and then I give up after cleaning for a second or two...ha ha. I am impressed with your attention to detail.

Yup, years of trial and error and absolute failure, so my new motto is work smarter than harder. If you break things down into smaller projects then you will end up with a routine. Routine means repetition and a system. A routine can be refined and tuned.

Trust me I want instant results too, I am a lot of things but a patient man I am not. I also have a tough time focusing trust me, I want to do 7 things at once all the time, but I say Rusty teach me patience. LOL

In this case I took the hood off and said this will be it, I will not mess with anything else. Then I said ok, one hinge comes off cause I have to take the fender off anyway. Then I said shoot I can't do one hinge and leave his brother dirty and rusty, that's in human. In the end the only thing I did not remove was the hood latch hookie thingie in the front cause those bolt heads were not quite 1/2 inch type but some star looking thingies so I said enuff this stays on, LOL

[Motherfrog402]

Greg, get your buckets mineral spirits and muriatic acid, load up Rusty, head up the I-5, over to I-80, up Hwy 93 and over to I-84....Rusty's cousin, Greasy, needs some love.

Great job on the hinges.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Motherfrog402

Greg, get your buckets mineral spirits and muriatic acid, load up Rusty, head up the I-5, over to I-80, up Hwy 93 and over to I-84....Rusty's cousin, Greasy, needs some love.

Great job on the hinges.

Thanks, where is that? dang Idaho?

[Titomars]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Thanks, where is that? dang Idaho?

Hah!!! I am a lot closer. Just hop on the 80 south to 37 west then 101 north. Mine is neither rusty or greasy. But with your attention to detail, my truck and me would enjoy it immensely.