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Ryoken's Guide to Rust Treatment and Bodywork 101

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I do think I have hit on an old shade tree painter trick though....reduce with slow...douche...and let it flow, man....let it flow man.....:haha:
 
I hear motors, motors in my head.. :popcorn:



Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry...






or you could watch mine and Mutt's fave...



 
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I thought that was Britt Ekland at first....then saw it was Susan George....
 
On the doors where the front-most mirror leg goes, there isn't enough depth to put in a nutsert without bottoming out on the inner door metal which ends up being right in the door hinge hollow. The only way I see is to drill the hole all the way through, insert the nutsert, then close the inside hole.

Anybody got a better way?:dunno:
 
Chief Brody said:
On the doors where the front-most mirror leg goes, there isn't enough depth to put in a nutsert without bottoming out on the inner door metal which ends up being right in the door hinge hollow. The only way I see is to drill the hole all the way through, insert the nutsert, then close the inside hole.

Anybody got a better way?:dunno:
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Wish I knew where my old truck is, I'd take a picture.

I had the mirror on that Ford that had a top and bottom mount with a flat metal bow that went from one to the other.
Mirror mounted on the bow.
Vine ripped the nutserts out of the top mount.

Took a flat piece of steel, longer than the width between the holes. Drilled and tapped two holes where the nutserts were.
Then drilled and tapped a smaller hole inbetween with a matching hole in the door.

Used my Dremal tool to cut a slot in the outside door panel below the two original holes, but still covered by the mirror mount.
Eased the piece of metal in the slot until I lined up one of the original holes.
Put a bolt in to hold it, then swung the piece up until the other two holes lined up.
Put the third, new small bolt in, with a countersunk head. Tightened it well. It held the plate in place while I took out the original mirror bolts.
Then I put the mirror mount back on, threading the original bolts through the mount and into the plate.

The new bolt and the slot I cut were both covered by the mirror mount.

It all looks factory from the outside.
 
Started on my emblems today...stripped, washed, blacked, fill color painted first coat.
They get to dry 24 hours and then another coat of color

Then the face gets sanded with 1500 grit and cleaned up till the chrome shows....at least that is the plan...

I did the painting at the kitchen table and I am hoarse and almost drunk from the fumes...I didn't think it would be that bad...

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i'm using Testor's Gloss Dark Red enamel for the red, and my own single stage urethane Yellow Ochre for the yellow.
not sure which one is affecting my throat...which is a little sore...I'm not drunk now but I feel like I could run 20 miles or climb the walls...
 
y5mgisi said:
Should turn out nice!
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yeah...it looks messy right now, but when the slop is cleared off it should clean up nicely...
I wonder if I should clearcoat it...and before or after I clean it up...I don't want to contaminate the color...going to let it all dry a week before I sand it..
 
I am disappointed in the outcome...when I sanded them the shine came off...I don't know how to polish the chrome areas without messing up the paint...and there are many nicks in the emblems that didn't show up before.


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THis might be hack, but what i have done is get some chrome spray paint, sprayed it into the paint can cap, and then dipped a little modeling brush in the paint and hand painted my "chrome" on.
 
there must be some way to get some shine back on there...I don't want to do chrome paint
 
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