Making a lot more progress than me. Body work is for patient people.
Making a lot more progress than me. Body work is for patient people.
In reply to Andy Neuman :
You're still young, patience is for old people.
Stampie said:In reply to Andy Neuman :
You're still young, patience is for old people.
It’s a lot easier to be patient when the time flies by so much faster.
Spent a couple of hours this morning getting the hood sanded down to 400 grit.
I really regret using the stripping wheel on the aluminum hood. We have a bunch of scratches that didn't come out even with 80 grit. We tried filling it with our magic caulking. Hopefully they won't show too bad.
Wow! Looks real nice, even the way you have it there!
In reply to 2GRX7 :
Thanks. Hopefully the paint result will show the prep.
you don't want to do a "spirit of st. louis" cowling thing to that aluminum hood?
In reply to sleepyhead :
I would love to do that. Unfortunately that picture doesn't show how bad the paint stripper got it. I'll take a picture of the scratches this afternoon.
Here's the bad part.
All total we got 14.5 person hours in the body today. Still need to sand the rear bumper and figure out our mirrors. Sorry no pictures as the pizza arrived just as a storm was coming in.
Stampie said:Here's the bad part.
OK. I'll be the first to say it.
"That'll buff out"
In reply to Indy-Guy :
Lol I tried like a mofo to buff it out.
wax it, and then lay some vinyl over it? might be faster... doubly so if you use carbon fiber vinyl wrap 
In reply to sleepyhead :
There's free vinyl they'll give me at the Challenge. We used it last year to hide parts of the car.
Seems if you use chemical stripper on Q45 mirror housings the plastic will melt. No big deal as we have aluminum sheet. What should have taken 15 minutes took all morning.
1st CAD
That failed as did the 2nd CAD. We then decided we were too stupid for CAD and downgraded to PAD.
That worked and then we broke 3 bits drilling 6 holes for the rivets. After the first two bits broke we decided that 3 rivets were enough for each side.
Quick sanding of the rear bumper and it's lunch time.
Looks like you're getting close to "wrapping" things up. Or is it life inside a fish bowl? Can't wait to see it with your special brand of color.
Sweet paint booth!
Is that "pallet shrink wrap"?
In reply to John Welsh :
Why yes a lot of it is especially the side walls.
In reply to Dirtydog :
We couldn't wait either. We pushed through and did another 400 grit sanding, masked it all off, wiped her down with acetone and we were ready.
First though we needed to make our redneck paint shaker.
We shook the primer like that for 5 minutes, opened it up and first I noticed some goopy stuff on the lid. Then a paint stick confirmed, it was bad with the bottom of the can filled with thick goop that wouldn't stir in.
BERK
Packed everything up and said goodnight to the Q45.
Stampie said:Here's the bad part.
I'm amazed at how well the primer hid the scratches.
If you're aware they are there you can still notice some here.
Did you have any fans setup in the booth?
In reply to mrhappy :
No fans.
In reply to 2GRX7 :
That's redneck engineering at its finest.
Wow! Ingenious paint booth/ gas chamber. Also love the paint shaker. Is there anything a sawzall isn’t great for?
I know it's late now, but I made a little sheet metal TACO to cover the mirror holes. The taco fit is a little snug, so one sheet metal screw on the inside holds it in place. (Love the professional pain booth.)
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