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Ryoken's Guide to Rust Treatment and Bodywork 101

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i usually trim em out, than put some 2" tape around each hole and rattle can em prior to install, sometimes I'll even just freehand it with a rattlecan.. but sure, you could probably pack some paper in there after painting, might need to touch up a bit after trimming, but either way..
 
With the fenders... so if I understand correctly you paint them off the K5 and then put them on an paint them again. My K5 fenders have the black on inside and brown body color paint on the outside. Do the fenders get painted black first and then when on the K5 they get painted the body color?
 
Chief Brody said:
Say I do it in the garage...how do I cover everything in plastic?
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I would be cautious with doing this. The paint is going to gas off plus you will get fumes. The furnace is in my garage and so is the air intake. If your garage did not have a furnace or was separated then that would be best.
 
wazzabie said:
With the fenders... so if I understand correctly you paint them off the K5 and then put them on an paint them again. My K5 fenders have the black on inside and brown body color paint on the outside. Do the fenders get painted black first and then when on the K5 they get painted the body color?
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With the fenders, he means you need to spray the back side, then install them and spray the whole truck assembled. Thats what he means by trimming them out.
 
I just put out any pilot lights, hot water heaters, furnace...

parts get "trimmed" before being installed.. that's painting any edges, engine compartment areas, door jambs, anything that's isn't the direct exterior paint job..

that way when you mask and paint the car, you can strictly focus on the visible exposed "paint job" sheetmetal...
 
y5mgisi said:
With the fenders, he means you need to spray the back side, then install them and spray the whole truck assembled. Thats what he means by trimming them out.
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as Hancock would say, "good job!" :bow:
 
Thanks! Wish i could say i have learned as much as the Chief! Maybe one day, the student will become the master.
 
Wow...another whole hot day and I am still not finished with the main body...it's like biting off a chunk of beef jerky...it keeps getting bigger the more you chew....

Am I just slow or is this normal? neighbors must be saying "wow...it's looked like this for weeks now...what's he doing"....

I keep finding stuff...at some point I am just going to have to say ok..ok..good enough...

I puttied and spot primed some spots...gonna let it dry overnight...I want this to be it for the doors and quarters...tailgate would be much easier if it were off...thinking about that...

 
well, I hate to say I told ya so... ;) you've come this far, tough it out and give yourself your best shot at a perfect paint job! any imperfections in your substrate will be magnified in your paint..
 
I can see the 400 grit scratches...will the base fill those in?
 
base, and old school lacquer are generally best at 400 to 600.. single stages, anywhere from 280 to 400, depending...
 
remember that I said I didn't have any windows in my garage...I don't but I do have a square "hole" that goes up into the attic space above the garage...

What if I put a filter and maybe a fan face down in that square....and then all the fans at the bottom of the garage door blowing out?

I also got the fiberglass top hanging in the garage
 
eh, more likely to put dust in your hood probably...

you don't have a regular door to enter the garage? just the pull down?
 
ryoken said:
eh, more likely to put dust in your hood probably...

you don't have a regular door to enter the garage? just the pull down?
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That's it...but I have been thinking about cutting a place in the side wall for an air conditioner...

maybe I will check and see if somebody else will rent me their booth
 
well, the biggest issue here is actually, YOU, physically getting in and out of the garage while and after painting.... you really don't want to be "hangin out" in there if you can avoid it... do your coating... leave while it flashes.. go back in, rinse, repeat...

plus.. you need to be able to get out at the end.. you can't just throw the door up and leave.. the hood will look like 400 grit sandpaper... you'd have to be able to figure out a way to get out the framed fan/filter/wall thingy.. like a removable panel in the middle between the filters and fan...

when I made one, i ran a good filtered box fan at one end for exhaust, than a double furnace filter at the other for intake... it was as tall as the box fan...
 
oh, btw..... since this thread get's quite a few views, disclaimer for the masses....

BE FOREWARNED....... paint stinks.... filters catch the overspray, but exhaust fans will still be pumping smell/fumes.. if your neighbors are douchebags, you may wanna keep this in mind....

don't complain to me when grannie next door calls the cops on you for running a meth lab! :haha:
 
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