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Ryoken's 89 Crew Cab Tubebed build... aka Mutt....

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ryoken said:
more often than not, I do ok with dust.. a hood is obviously the big test.. which i will be spraying mine next week.. I've sprayed in enough sh*tholes over the yrs to know a few tricks.... my biggest complaint is the pervasiveness of the overspray.. i'm really not set up with full blown filters and good fans at the moment, so it takes a while to clear with just the 1 small fan going..

they didn't come out perfect... there's one small dent in the door I missed, plus some sandscratches in the fender and a bit of dust and orangepeel here and there... but like I said, at the end, I'll block out the whole cab, fix any small issues and overcoat it... it's a good trim and base...


spraying outside? just don't paint in the spring with the green pollen! :haha:
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My booth is just a single stall in the shop...14x20, I have an overhead intake filter close to one end of the ceiling, taped to the ceiling, and a boxfan under the bench with a filter before it, blowing out the opposite end...it will clear the room in about 10 min after painting. My biggest problem is it pulls air in from the attic area of the shop (hot right now) So I get everything ready to spray, tape up the filter, turn on the fan and spray, then clean up, and turn off the fan...works pretty good, but I've had real good results in there with BC/CC stuff. Just seems the SS gets the nibs in it from the long drying times.
 
Chief Brody said:
It will look great when it is all one color....I kind of think it would look neat to have some kind of black something on the hood...inset....stripe...maybe?
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I was thinking the same thing. maybe some flat black?

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yeah, it's rare these days that I set up for an actual paint job.. I haven't split the 2 bays with a plastic wall and done "the booth" in yrs now.. since the K5 went in.. well, i did have it up for sandblasting! :doah: :eek1: :haha:

but yeah, yrs ago, when i was painting stuff in here on the side, I'd have the full blown booth going... and the other bay would be open... last one was a 71 bug in Glasurit seafoam green... :pimp:
 
Chief Brody said:
What if I used 4 of those box fans?
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you'll have a f*ckton of air moving thru your booth... your more apt to have dust issues... 2 on high move a good amount of air.. i would suggest your run your exhaust fans at the end with the hood, down low if you can...


and yeah, sheesh, i really need to start typing out some stuff for you about prepping a car... initial blow out/wash... initial final wash... blow out.. mask... blow out... final wash.. tack... SQUIRT!
 
ashman said:
I was thinking the same thing. maybe some flat black?
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yeah, it would be the same satin I've been using on most of the rig... I'll have to take a look at the stockers lines and see if anything creative pops into my brain....
 
I figured if one fan was good, 4 would 4 times as good...clear it out in a hurry...what do you use for a paint suit so you don't end up looking like the girl in Goldfinger?
 
thanks, that was 2 hustling 10 hr days... considering i was out back blasting em at 11 am yesterday.. :haha:

man, i hate blasting at the house here.. i don't mind doing it, just not at my house... it's one of those "my neighbor s have GOT to hate my guts" kinda events... :haha:
 
ryoken said:
thanks, that was 2 hustling 10 hr days... considering i was out back blasting em at 11 am yesterday.. :haha:

man, i hate blasting at the house here.. i don't mind doing it, just not at my house... it's one of those "my neighbor s have GOT to hate my guts" kinda events... :haha:
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I hate blasting...I hate the gear...I hate the dust...I hate the grit...I love the results...I just hate the process...especially when it's hot..:doah:
 
yup, it's best a cold-weather sport... :)

that's when we do boat bottoms.. late fall, than they dry out over the winter... best is when it's windy, or a big giant fan... helps keep clean air moving thru... full coveralls, etc..

I miss that 1000 lb'er i used to run.. it was ANIMAL.. cut cinder blocks in 1/2... do a whole cement mixer in a long day...
 
Sure wish I had a cabinet for all the small parts I got...could blast all those bolts and nuts and stuff...
 
yup, I've been talking about it for yrs... you can get into one for like 5 to 800 easy enough.. but than again, I also want a horizontal bandsaw at 500.. i've had em at prior marina's tho, so i used to have access to one here and there.. currently, no...
 
I'm liking the color more and more every time I look at it.. it has a very "deep chevy orange" feel to it.. I'd say it's definitely more of an orange than a red... I also think it's gonna be an awesome secondary color on the x-over, etc, with all the black going on..
 
ryoken said:
so.... i've been wondering about this for a couple months now...

my rig, for whatever worldly GM wisdom, is referred to as a 1989 V3500, not a K3500... my parts guy said the main determination for that is the acc set up/belt's on my motor.. with the 3 different belts..

now my question is, I have seen K3500 listed many places too for 1989, in addition to the V designation... what exactly would the K rig be? are they only single cab 1 ton? or is it just some ghostly "carry-over" in a swapover time period...


I would much rather refer to the rig as K series, but apparently it's gonna be V for all the parts people..
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I went through and read everyone's responses to this, and none of them were completely right. C is the body code for a 2wd GM pickup. Just like F is the body code for a Camaro or Firebird. K is the body code for a 4 wheel drive pickup. Well in 1987, one year prior to the body change, GM changed the body codes form C/K to R/V. A 1987 R is a 2wd, and a 1987 V is a 4 wheel drive. I was told by people who worked for GM at the time, they did it a year early to get people ready for the transition. Then in 1988, the new line of pickups went back to the C/K body codes. The Blazer, Jimmy, Suburban, 3/4 crew cabs (till 1988), one ton crew cabs, and certain cab and chassis kept the old body style, under the R/V body codes until 1991.

So all 1987's are R/V, and all 1988-1991 old body style rigs are R/V's.

Clear?

Martin
 
We use a Geoff walls system for our booth. Cost like 2500 for the system and it is 12x24. Well worth it for the amount of projects we seem to be working on. Cool part is creates great seal and has built in air filters. Then an industrial fan on a speed control for exhaust.

When we are done its on a track so we just pull it out of the way to one of the corners.
 
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