Project Evolution *** Project Complete **** Wednesday July 9, 2014

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Project Evolution * Project Complete ** Wednesday July 9, 2014

Reply #1560 – July 27, 2009, 10:24:18 PM

Jerry, this slick sand, who makes it? I've really only dealt with PPG, and K36 primer surfacer. So is it a temporary coating that you sand off as you smooth? like maybe a 480 grit DA? I'm curious, as I'm looking to soda blast my car, neutralize it, then want to cover it with something, before doing body work and epoxy.

Can you tell I've been out of the bodywork loop for awhile? lol

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Reply #1561 – July 28, 2009, 07:54:15 AM

Quote from: 1Bad88tbird;284150

With you getting it in primer we can't tell how many cars went into the build. Lookin good!

Thats a good thing.

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Jerry, this slick sand, who makes it? I've really only dealt with PPG, and K36 primer surfacer. So is it a temporary coating that you sand off as you smooth? like maybe a 480 grit DA? I'm curious, as I'm looking to soda blast my car, neutralize it, then want to cover it with something, before doing body work and epoxy.

Can you tell I've been out of the bodywork loop for awhile? lol

I was out of the loop too. LOL

Evercoat makes Slick Sand, and Rage filler which is supposed to be the best to work with.
http://www.evercoat.com/productCategory.aspx?cat=2
http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=28

It's mainly a leveler/primer so to speak. They say it grabs the best on bare metal scratched with 80 grit, and over epoxy.
If you don't have a lot of welding and are just surfacing the car, I would just epoxy it as soon as your done blasting it. The epoxy will seal the metal better then slick sand if your not going to work on it for a long while. Then if you have to do any body work, you can grind the epoxy off where you need to. I did the SS first because I'm so close to priming it, and the SS will need to be epoxied or sealed before the paint goes on anyway. That's why I cut out the epoxy on bare metal step.

The other way. is to blast it and use picklex on the bare metal, but it needs to stay dry and also needs to be in primer within a few months or it will start rusting again from the humidity in the air. (like mine)

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Reply #1562 – July 28, 2009, 03:59:08 PM

Looks done to me. It's getting there now.

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Reply #1563 – July 28, 2009, 04:51:14 PM

I'm used to applying epoxy primer first, now I see. Makes sense in your case.

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Reply #1564 – July 28, 2009, 08:54:00 PM

Got out the long board.

Then sprayed another coat on everything and the hood

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Reply #1565 – July 28, 2009, 09:13:05 PM

We're getting to the exciting part!!

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Reply #1566 – July 29, 2009, 07:38:54 AM

And I thought the metal work was the exciting part..........LOL

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Reply #1567 – July 29, 2009, 09:19:58 AM

Man I wish I could lay down mud like you. I can't count how many layers I laid down, then sanded off trying to get my panel perfect. It never did come out perfect by the way.

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Reply #1568 – July 29, 2009, 10:46:57 PM

sometimes less is more.

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Reply #1569 – July 29, 2009, 10:52:28 PM

Quote from: daminc;284457

sometimes less is more.

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Reply #1570 – August 02, 2009, 05:28:53 PM

started the guide coat, and leveling today.
Now we can see where all the low, and high spots are on the panels. ;)

The dark shadows are the low spots in the panels.
silver spots are the high spots in the panels

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Reply #1571 – August 03, 2009, 10:48:09 AM

Would you mind showing me what you use for sanding? I did most of my work with a D/A, and a 8" board. I needed to buy a flex long-board but never got one. Its been my experience that there is a "sweet set" of tools that will do 99.9% of the work that needs to be done. You don't seem to be the type to waste $$.

Your causing me flashbacks.

-DZ

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Reply #1572 – August 03, 2009, 12:53:47 PM

it dissapoints me to see this thread at 75% completion.............
But then again,.......next up is the VERT!!!!!!

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Reply #1573 – August 03, 2009, 07:44:05 PM

take off all the paint and clear coat it.

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Reply #1574 – August 03, 2009, 10:15:17 PM

Quote from: danzajax;285075

Would you mind showing me what you use for sanding? I did most of my work with a D/A, and a 8" board. I needed to buy a flex long-board but never got one. Its been my experience that there is a "sweet set" of tools that will do 99.9% of the work that needs to be done. You don't seem to be the type to waste $$.

Your causing me flashbacks.

-DZ