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[madtoranajzedded]

Thanks Tony..

Agree.but a good gun will help me a little.

Watched a few vids of the gunman .he makes
it look soo easy.i think i might have to go
solid color hmmm..

Weathers changing here fast had to prime
dr jams and rear qtr.roofs still not done
it needs conditioning a bit better with
something like those scotch brite on a roloc
Fitting that goes on an air disc sanders..
Shes had some rust in roof and needs to skim
It slightly everything else seems a little
too aggresive to use.can see the dents.will
have a go at some once shes all in epoxy.
The hard ones ill see if o can get dexter
kertez to do them.some pics
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[madtoranajzedded]

Im not that far really..a hop skip jump and
a little swim and im there..im in New
Norfolk Tas lol...they call it the valley
of love haha...thanks for the offer though..

I do have a buffer here my brother bought
me and still in its box .its just a
supercheap one so should work ok..i did go
to trade aid now robayne down here looking
to purchase an 4" air sander one that
compressor can run with a trigger so i didnt
have to rev its head off and suck the life
out of the comp..Tom did say use a buffer but
i didnt think there was those scotch brites
for it.. i havnt come across one down here.
would you know where i could source one from
Melb...

[madtoranajzedded]

Yeah we are very limited in our paint supply
stores here we have buggerall gear..
Most times ive had to source from mainland
and Tom from Robayne has been kind enough
to get it in for me.i use the same ones but
for drill.i seen everything else when
searching on ripbay and didnt see them...

Thanks Tony

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[madtoranajzedded]

What have you guys used to replace that white
sealer in drip channels.i asked a question
little while back to no reply.looks like
same stuff used to fill gap between
lower valance panel to guard.ive taken abit
of it out with wire wheel to clean.found
some rust in there aswell..

Should i replace it with??? or dont worry
about it and just epoxy?

Cheers Maz
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[SmacT]

I'm no expert panel guy, but my thoughts are that you definitely need to seam seal, however I have epoxied first, then added seam sealer. Happy to hear of other methods, but that one made sense to me.

[SmacT]

Ah good, was hoping I had that right. Thanks for confirming.

[madtoranajzedded]

Thanks guys appreciate the help..on further
Examining from the underside it has rusted
through from the top...bugger..

Just looked for that tereson and watched a
Youtube vid of the 9320 tereson using
flatstream nozzles to lay it on a vehicle
thats primed..gee i can think of a few areas
where thay could be used on an unmolested
vehicle..i gather this is the one you used bud
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Edited by madtoranajzedded, 09 April 2017 - 02:56 PM.

[madtoranajzedded]

Roof is done..she has stripes lol..
Mixed it correct.maybe im not overlapping
enough.cigar pattern is great..
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[madtoranajzedded]

Thanks Bomber.i will try more overlap when
I go to do the other qtr panel..i actually
got the same effect on other side.i
slightly adjusted fan and a little flow.
when i done the roof but same effect...
When i first done the bay i must of bumped
the cheater valve (small reg on gun) and
sprayed it at about 10psi lol.it went on
really heavy by the time i went to do a guard
i could see it starting to run and thought
WTF haha..after that little episode i have
been hesitant to go reasonably slow and
hurrying it along.i guess i need to practice
alot but just dont want to waste the
materials...

Im glad im asking as the paint will come
out the same hey if i dont correct it...

Edited by madtoranajzedded, 10 April 2017 - 08:05 PM.

[madtoranajzedded]

Near ready to do lhs.shes had a hit on the
rear qtr rear door and front guard.lower
qtr section might have to b replaced.its
pitted quite abit with pinholes and the line
is pretty rooted.you could see whoever done
last used tabs and slide hammer.i will see
how i go spot welding them but first i will
get some copper plate to help fill them.
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[madtoranajzedded]

Shes a little rusty as you can see.i have
since blasted it.just hope i can do the pin
holes.i cut a little section out and
replaced warped it abit.nothing a bit of bog
wont fix.
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[madtoranajzedded]

This is what it looked before from Ian
Kooistras work ..frOcking terrible.i cut lip
off and a piece of the inner wheel well he
left there.there was a few reasons why i
removed it.one was where he bashed the bit
he left there and put outward dents along
the wheel arch on outside..you couldnt
really fix them till it was gone.lip was
missing in areas through sheer tire rubbing
ive tapped them all in.heeeeps better now.
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[madtoranajzedded]

As she sits.wax& grease then ready to go
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[madtoranajzedded]

Done ..aaaaand no streaks 😜.very happy
with my effort.im getting better...
It was only bout 17 deg but was sweating
time i finished lol...
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[madtoranajzedded]

Finally pulled me finger out and put down
final coat of por in plenum.used a foam
Brush this time than those cheapo disposable
brushes.they are no good to use in awkward
areas such as this,its that thick it pulls
the hair out of brush.have a couple imbedded
in paint..put down a rough coat on scuttle
panel couple hrs ago.wont see it but.will
recoat in 4hrs.hopefully put it on sometime
tomorrow.

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[madtoranajzedded]

Thanks Shannon.still havnt got that scuttle
panel on yet but i did do the end bits and
weld through primer on areas to b welded.
Got a couple of burn throughs but getting
better...


Slow i know but its progress ☺
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Edited by madtoranajzedded, 10 May 2017 - 09:07 PM.

[sibhs]

Hi Maz, looking great mate.

Painting your own car is very satisfying, I miss spraying the paint, it looks amazing when you get it right.

Keep it up.

 

Marty

[madtoranajzedded]

Thanks for the confidence Marty.i cant wait
till that day arrives bud.

Yaay..Ive finally tacked the scuttle down.
i put Lord fusor 109b in between spot welds,
save doing all of them as i only drilled out
Bout half of them.once all welding is
finished i will seal inside plenum with por
15 .plug welds aint bad will fix a couple up.
Havnt quite got it level on right side its extremely tight just need to put something
In iside to lift it up and should b good.
Very happy with my effort..
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[madtoranajzedded]

Hi guys ..i have finally Welded it fully and
have ground welds back.Where i have welded
scuttle both sides near wipers ,it has shrunk
on the curvature and has pulled it upwards creating a high cm wide 2mm high..hmmm tried
to tap it down in one area and split the weld .
Rewelded it.was only a couple spot welds
long.any ideas how to get it down..

Heat and tap?.if thats the case i dont think
i can do it without frocking it.

Cheers Maz
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