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Old 06-10-2014, 08:38 PM   #2201
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Keith, if I lived close to you I would defiantly help you out, i did work in a body shop when I was younger before I started pipeline work. I even went to Troy, Michigan to get certified on spraying Sikkens paint for GM. If I didn't work away from home so much I would have painted my truck myself. I'm gone 2 weeks at a time, it's hard to fit everything into every other weekend, mowing grass, honey do list, time with the wife, visiting family, TRUCK, etc etc. Well, you get the idea. I do do wish there were some members closer to me.
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Old 06-11-2014, 05:06 PM   #2202
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Hope you're feeling better soon. I know the feeling all too well, I've had bad back since i was 21 lol. Btw The truck is looking great!!
Thanks I'm feeling a lot better today so I should be good to go by the weekend. I'm sorry to hear about your back problems, I don't know how you guys do it with chronic back aches, it ended my weekend quick.

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Keith, if I lived close to you I would defiantly help you out, i did work in a body shop when I was younger before I started pipeline work. I even went to Troy, Michigan to get certified on spraying Sikkens paint for GM. If I didn't work away from home so much I would have painted my truck myself. I'm gone 2 weeks at a time, it's hard to fit everything into every other weekend, mowing grass, honey do list, time with the wife, visiting family, TRUCK, etc etc. Well, you get the idea. I do do wish there were some members closer to me.
Thanks Jason, my problem is I just haven't had the time. I have every weekend but it seems like something always comes up that gets in the way of my truck time. Then this weekend I got hurt and nothing was accomplished.

And I agree, there are definitely some members that I wish lived closer to me, would be cool to hang out and work on these old trucks.
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Old 06-11-2014, 09:00 PM   #2203
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Great build. Split 5 spoke billets are my weakness on these trucks, yours are no different.
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Old 06-11-2014, 09:32 PM   #2204
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Great build. Split 5 spoke billets are my weakness on these trucks, yours are no different.
Thanks, glad your coming along for the ride. It took a lot for me to finally settle on a set of wheels but these are here to stay for a while. Just wish I would have gone with 22's in the rear like I originally wanted when ordering the Intros before I talked myself out of it I really like the split spoke wheels as well.
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Old 06-13-2014, 05:37 PM   #2205
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Hey Keith.

Hope your doing better.I know all about back problems.
Broke my back about 12 years ago.Back pain, can stop you in your tracks.

And my offer stills stands.
If i can help at all,Let me know.
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Old 06-14-2014, 11:46 PM   #2206
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Hey Keith.

Hope your doing better.I know all about back problems.
Broke my back about 12 years ago.Back pain, can stop you in your tracks.

And my offer stills stands.
If i can help at all,Let me know.
Thanks Tom, the back is feeling better but not 100% yet. I'll definitely be taking you up on your offer when I get the cab back off and start block sanding it. I will need all the help I can get
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Old 06-14-2014, 11:53 PM   #2207
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Got the garage cleaned up today and pushed my truck to the other side to give me room to do some bodywork and paint. I started by masking off the Slosh Tubz and spraying the inside of them with bedliner. I couldn't believe how long it took me to mask those fenders off. I'm a total rookie at this, hope I get better and quicker at it or I'm in for a long summer painting stuff
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Old 06-14-2014, 11:56 PM   #2208
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Old 06-14-2014, 11:58 PM   #2209
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A pic of the bench that tried to put me out of commission
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Old 06-15-2014, 07:07 AM   #2210
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Alright Keith, you have watched me paint "Texas Touch"........I am here to watch and support project "What was I Thinking" 68 SWB.
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Alright Keith, you have watched me paint "Texas Touch"........I am here to watch and support project "What was I Thinking" 68 SWB.
Thanks, I appreciate you tagging along on my endless journey hopefully I can get rocking on this paint and body soon and see some real progress
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Old 06-15-2014, 11:33 AM   #2212
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Nice work on the tubs. Taping off anything really sucks!
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Old 06-15-2014, 12:34 PM   #2213
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Everything is looking great sir! I'm glad you're back at it!! Lol pun intended.
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Old 06-15-2014, 06:22 PM   #2214
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Keep on keepin on Keith!!!
Hey, is that a fitted cover on your truck in the back ground? I'm wanting to get one for mine.
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Old 06-15-2014, 08:52 PM   #2215
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Nice work on the tubs. Taping off anything really sucks!
Thanks Mike, it took me like 1 1/2 hrs to tape those off. The whole time I was like, this sucks.

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Everything is looking great sir! I'm glad you're back at it!! Lol pun intended.
thanks buddy. Still in a little pain but what are you going to do, I need to get this thing done.

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Hey, is that a fitted cover on your truck in the back ground? I'm wanting to get one for mine.
Thanks Jason, I'm plugging away at it. The cover is a cheap one I got from Pepboys, it is for a 63-87 long bed. I figured I would buy a little bigger one so that it covers all the way to the floor. Good thing I did because it didn't fit all that good I just wanted to get a cheap one for now to keep the overspray and sanding dust of the truck.
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Old 06-15-2014, 09:08 PM   #2216
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Well I finally took the plunge today and shot some epoxy on the front fenders. I got the fenders prepped and then cleaned up to spray. I made a huge blunder, I mix up my paint and as I'm pouring it into the gun, somehow I knock the gun off the stand and spill probably a 1/3 of the paint all over my bench, down the gun and on me yeah good times. I managed to collect myself and spray my first coat on. Then I waited the 30 minutes SPI recommends between coats and sprayed my second coat on. I guess I got lucky when I spilled the paint, I had just enough for 2 coats.

I can say that even though I had the mishap of spilling the paint, I think I did a good job of spraying especially since it was my first time ever holding a paint gun. I do have some dust nibs but I wasn't to worried about that since I'll be sanding the fenders anyway. I have some areas of orange peel too, what do you guys suggest I do to correct that? Anyways here are some pics, tell me what you guys think.







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Old 06-15-2014, 09:15 PM   #2217
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Oh yeah here's the updates I've been waiting for, looking good keith! I know squat about paint so I'm of no help
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Old 06-15-2014, 09:18 PM   #2218
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Sweet '! You'll be spraying color before u know it ! Glad your back is getting better !
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Old 06-15-2014, 09:32 PM   #2219
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Looking good Keith, thanks for the info on the cover. I would like to find a decent one for my truck just to keep the dust off of it while it's in the garage. You'll have her on the road before you know it
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Glad your doing better.
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Looking good Keith
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I haven't had the orange peel problem with epoxy but for sure did with the high-build. I found that a little extra thinner in the soup helped. Play around with the air pressure and also the distance from your work. Do you have a regulator at the gun? Is this the HFT set? Mine has a flow-control knob on the bottom, adjacent to the air inlet. Make sure that thing is opened enough to allow plenty of air flow. I know it's expensive stuff but it might be worthwhile to gather a few sample pieces to help tune your gun before you shoot the real deal.

Looks awesome by the way!!! Glad to see someone is making progress.
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Looks really good for a first spray. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't been following your build.
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Primer looks good to me. One thing I don't know if was mentioned, air pressure and volume are critical on hvlp setups. You need to use 3/8" hose and your pressure is set at the gun while pulling the trigger.
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Oh yeah here's the updates I've been waiting for, looking good keith! I know squat about paint so I'm of no help
Thanks buddy, I know nothing about paint either, just trying to figure it out

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Thanks Chris, as far as color goes, it is staying Matte Black for now. I'm going to save the Shiney paint for someone that is actually a pro at it How is your truck coming?

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Looking good Keith, thanks for the info on the cover. I would like to find a decent one for my truck just to keep the dust off of it while it's in the garage. You'll have her on the road before you know it
Thanks Jason, if all goes well and I get a little better at spraying then hopefully it will be on the road by next spring. I'm not concerned with the paint being 100% perfect but I would like it to look decent.

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Thanks Chuck, just trying to get off my but and get this truck on the road.

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I haven't had the orange peel problem with epoxy but for sure did with the high-build. I found that a little extra thinner in the soup helped. Play around with the air pressure and also the distance from your work. Do you have a regulator at the gun? Is this the HFT set? Mine has a flow-control knob on the bottom, adjacent to the air inlet. Make sure that thing is opened enough to allow plenty of air flow. I know it's expensive stuff but it might be worthwhile to gather a few sample pieces to help tune your gun before you shoot the real deal.

Looks awesome by the way!!! Glad to see someone is making progress.
Thanks, I did use the harbor freight gun to shoot the epoxy. I had the air pressure knob on the bottom all the way open and then used my regulator on the gun to control the air pressure. I learned alot yesterday on what not to do so hopefully my next spray session goes better. I know one thing I can work on is my distance from the panel, I caught my arm wandering a few times. I guess it just takes practice right. I appreciate the input, I certainly need it

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Looks really good for a first spray. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't been following your build.
Thanks, I found that it wasn't that hard to spray the paint. It was really everything else that gave me some problems

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Thanks Mike, I did use a 3/8" hose. Before I did anything I hooked my gun up dry and pulled the trigger to see how the air pressure was. At first I set the pressure on the gun at the recommended gun pressure of 30 psi. I realized what you are talking about because as I pulled the trigger it dropped to like 10 psi. So then I just upped the pressure coming into the gun until I had between 30-35 psi with the trigger pulled. I just think I need more practice at actually spraying the panels and setting everything up to spray
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