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Ryoken's Guide to Rust Treatment and Bodywork 101
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Gone to get Kitty Hair
Actually all they had was Tiger Hair...wow...looks like a real hairball...
So I just did my first mod Hopefully it will be my last...what happened was that I was blocking the drivers door and just kept staring at the gap and finally said to myself...I cannot live with this gap...
I fixed the gap with the welder, but when I looked at it later, I realized that the fix made the rocker/quarter off a little from the door gap...so the easiest fix is to just make the rocker gap disappear...
I didn't do the prettiest job in the world...but it looks ok...
In the first picture you can see I fixed the gap, but set the seam off center
Hopefully it will be my last...what happened was that I was blocking the drivers door and just kept staring at the gap and finally said to myself...I cannot live with this gap...I fixed the gap with the welder, but when I looked at it later, I realized that the fix made the rocker/quarter off a little from the door gap...so the easiest fix is to just make the rocker gap disappear...
I didn't do the prettiest job in the world...but it looks ok...
In the first picture you can see I fixed the gap, but set the seam off center
Now to fix the rocker seam
PLEASE tell me isn't redneck rigging....
PLEASE tell me isn't redneck rigging....
I also drilled the Badge holes today and the tailgate panel...the tripod mirror holes and a couple of the trim piece holes...I have no idea where I need to put the rest of the trim holes....
take a closer pic... from like 3'.....
well... looks like I should walk you thru the incidentals soon on spraying a vehicle... order of panels, flash times, tacking, clearing, etc, etc..
if you hadn't yet, next time your at the body supply place, pick up a roll of the cheap green 36" masking paper.. it's cheap... i like standard 3M 2040 series masking tape, or even the blue painters tape is good...
well... looks like I should walk you thru the incidentals soon on spraying a vehicle... order of panels, flash times, tacking, clearing, etc, etc..
if you hadn't yet, next time your at the body supply place, pick up a roll of the cheap green 36" masking paper.. it's cheap... i like standard 3M 2040 series masking tape, or even the blue painters tape is good...
Closeup:
I haven't sanded it yet, the primer was wet when I put it up...I see that I missed a streak of green underneath...
I haven't sanded it yet, the primer was wet when I put it up...I see that I missed a streak of green underneath...
if ya ran glass in there, you should be fine...
get back to me in a week or so when your done blocking it....
MAKE SURE TO SAND/ZINC/SPOT PRIME YOUR DRILLED HOLES!
get back to me in a week or so when your done blocking it....
MAKE SURE TO SAND/ZINC/SPOT PRIME YOUR DRILLED HOLES!
if ya ran glass in there, you should be fine...
get back to me in a week or so when your done blocking it....
MAKE SURE TO SAND/ZINC/SPOT PRIME YOUR DRILLED HOLES!
You wouldn't believe the hair in this stuff....
I'll be done blocking in "or so"...I am planning on it taking 3 or 4 good weekends....The drivers door is almost there because I blocked it a long time ago...the new quarters just need orange peel removed at this point...tailgate needs some putty...passenger door is getting there...hood is 90% done and has been in a blanket for months now...fenders got all kinds of tiny little BB sized dings...
looks good, it might look a little better with a straight edge across the length of the bottom of the rocker to even that high point out where the seam was....nicely done Chief!
This stuff is kind of hard to work with...I packed it in as best I could and just let it hang out...it all sanded off after it dried...leaving shallow pits which I filled with regular filler
You mean on that bottom edge? yeah...I thought about that...I may get the grinder after it...
exactly...would just give it a little more finished/factory look down there. Doing a great job Chief!
How do you know when you need to stop blocking? What are you looking for?
When you block you are looking for the "block" to contact every bit of the surface....when it doesn't, the area that is low is not scuffed, therefore it is shinier than the surrounding area...if there is a high spot, you will break through to metal...
So you are keeping the flat part of the block perpendicular to the surface being sanded...never bending the block in order to hit a spot that the flat surface didn't get...
In short, blocking is "feedback" about the lay of your surface...once you have the surface leveled out where there are no lows or highs, then you sand to find a "paintable surface"...this includes sanding out orange peel and other imperfections with 400 to 600 grit paper. That's the crux...
You stop when you no longer see anything shiny and the entire surface is uniform in it's "chalkiness"...oh and I forgot...your bare hand will tell you a lot...sometimes you can feel a high or low spot that you can't see...
** sniff sniff **
I'm so proud...
I'm so proud...
saying it and doing it are two different things 
just kidding...
You only get out of it what you put into it...but I will admit...it's like 4 o'clock on Friday...and the clock just isn't moving...
It was fun fitting the badges today though....got to get a taste of putting it back together...
just kidding...You only get out of it what you put into it...but I will admit...it's like 4 o'clock on Friday...and the clock just isn't moving...
It was fun fitting the badges today though....got to get a taste of putting it back together...
** sniff sniff **
I'm so proud...
You should be...
I can't believe you took me from "what's rust bullet? how do I get this rust off?"...to ripping panels off, welding, filling, priming....not only can I not believe that I am actually doing it, but I can't believe I actually took on the task....I didn't know what I was getting into The primer gun finally "clicked" just last week...it occured to me that I don't even think about it anymore...I just load it and change spray patterns without thought almost...
Which brings me to another question....as I was priming the quarter the other day....on a long surface like that I couldn't help but think about painting base....and as I primed I wondered whether or not it matters if you paint in "front" of the line or "behind" the line....in front of the wet edge "pulling" it towards you...or "behind" the edge pushing it away...which side of the wet edge do you want to be? Looking at that edge is how I know if I am going too slow or too fast...
Something tells me that base and clearcoat are going to be a whole new feel....
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** sniff sniff **
I'm so proud...
Good teacher!
I am amazed by the progress Chief has made...when I first started reading this I thought that guy will never get it done.
Good job guys!
