Ryoken's Guide to Rust Treatment and Bodywork 101

[Chief Brody]

Wow...what a day...hard work..

Pics coming, 36 grit wheel and 40 grit longboard and fiberglass cement....

Not finished yet but got a lot of the way there

 

[Chief Brody]

OK...these photos are to show what it looked liked from last weekend when I taped up the door and built up the Dynaglass to about 1/8 closest to the door at the top.

 

[Chief Brody]

Here is the 36 Grit grinder wheel and I took Ryoken's advice and ground off the area waaay past where I needed to...maybe too long?

 

[ryoken]

"excessive" will be determined when we see how far the repair comes out...

 

[Chief Brody]

Then I layed on the glass and used a Lowes yard stick and raked the excess off.

I still left a horrible finish....that Dynaglass is kind of hard to work with

 

[Chief Brody]

Then I sanded for what seemed like hours, although that Green 3M paper is good! It's like the difference between a handsaw and a Skil-Saw!

HF Paper sucks.

Anyway...I sanded and sanded with 40, re-wiped on glass and sanded some more, re-wiped on glass and sanded some more.....

There's more pinholes in that Dynaglass than a gas station condom

 

[Chief Brody]

I was alternating, doing the driver's side while the passenger side dried

 

[Chief Brody]

And one final look before quitting for the day:

 

[ryoken]

are you happy with it?


btw, how's the hood lining up after the whole fender clusterknuckle?

 

[Chief Brody]

are you happy with it?


btw, how's the hood lining up after the whole fender clusterknuckle?

I can live with it....I wanted "perfect" but I can't get it there.

Yeah...the hood is the best I've ever had it yet....although I still think almost 1/2" gaps on the hood sides is kind of big....at least they match.

 

[Chief Brody]

I have looked at every square body I can find...when I see one on the highway I will stop and look if one is at a filling station or parking lot.

The factory gaps are all over the place on all of them that I have seen. The only perfect gaps I have seen yet were on a 1971 Blazer I saw in the Target parking lot.

It had nice gaps all the way around....but in the condition that thing was in I know somebody restored it completely and frame off....and the gaps are slightly different than on the 1973-75 square body, but obviously whoever did it knew what they were doing.

 

[y5mgisi]

You are continuous inspiration Chief.

 

[ryoken]

keep bangin.. you know the steps, get it thru fill... drive it around.. win lotto.. stick in booth.. cruise beach..

 

[Chief Brody]

Here's the Black 1972 Blazer I saw at Target....photos suck...took by my Blackberry

 

[ryoken]

that ain't exactly Lexus gap's...

 

[y5mgisi]

THats what i was thinking.

 

[Chief Brody]

that ain't exactly Lexus gap's...

Nice shiny paint has a way of making everything look better...even when it isn't

 

[Chief Brody]

That's the only other full vert I have ever seen around here...imagine my surprize when I saw him pulling into the parking lot...

 

[Chief Brody]

I was 45 when I started this project...I'd like to get it painted soon and have it finished interior and out by the time I am 50....man I am old...

It hurts more to work on it now than it did then...

 

[Chief Brody]

Another whole day and I made some more progress. I was able to clean the paint gun I thought was ruined. I had to put down more dynaglass on the drivers side in three low spots.

For some reason I could not get anything to stick in the pinholes...including more Dynaglass, so I douched on the Primer heavy...it went right in there and almost filled them. I need to sand and then glaze I guess.

I am getting close now...but running out of materials....had some paint thinner go down a rubber glove and holy mackeral that hurt for an hour.