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ehale3
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Location: McCalla Alabama
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Ready for primer
My temporary paint booth
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Bob Elgin
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ehale3
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Location: McCalla Alabama
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| Bob Elgin wrote: |
| Man i love those Weld Wheels, takes me back to my racing days. |
I bought them from a guy that took them of his race car. |
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porkey
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Location: eastern Ontario
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I tried that plastic paint booth myself some yrs back. Fortunately I was just shooting some chassis black on some frame parts. That poly tarp or vapour barrier your using creates MAJOR static and dust will become airborn. At least in my case it did. I would have been sick if this was the result on my body.
Just a warning to you before you invest too much time and dough in your paint.
You might pull it off if you were just to spray primer that way cause you would be sanding it after.
Good luck with your project. |
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ehale3
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Location: McCalla Alabama
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| porkey wrote: |
I tried that plastic paint booth myself some yrs back. Fortunately I was just shooting some chassis black on some frame parts. That poly tarp or vapour barrier your using creates MAJOR static and dust will become airborn. At least in my case it did. I would have been sick if this was the result on my body.
Just a warning to you before you invest too much time and dough in your paint.
You might pull it off if you were just to spray primer that way cause you would be sanding it after.
Good luck with your project. |
Thanks for the info, what would you recommend? |
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porkey
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30 yrs ago I just wet the floor down with the garden hose to calm the dust. With an exhaust fan in the door and an opened window on the other side of the garage, results were satisfactory. 30 yrs later I just do my own bodywork then take the body to the local spray booth. With the price of paint now it's too much of a gamble for me. If the painter gets a spec of dust, he buffs it. Plus he has the latest equipment.
It's not the cheapest alternative but you only do it once. |
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Bill W
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| very cool project! can't wait to see some color on it! |
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Wetstuff
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So smart - you made a 'paint booth'. Looking forward to the result.
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ehale3
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| Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:53 am Post subject: |
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finally got it in primer and now a lot more work shows up
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mtnroads
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I had the same hood fitament troubles that your having. Here is the way we delt with it, i had some custom beading 1/2" dia wrapped in the same vinyl as the rear cover. Kind of a pain to get installed straight and taunt. I ended up using glue on the ends. I have even had the hood off once and was able to reuse them. heres a pic.
You can see the poor fit along the nose but this hides it pretty well.
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ehale3
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I had the same hood fitament troubles that your having. Here is the way we delt with it, i had some custom beading 1/2" dia wrapped in the same vinyl as the rear cover. Kind of a pain to get installed straight and taunt. I ended up using glue on the ends. I have even had the hood off once and was able to reuse them. heres a pic.
You can see the poor fit along the nose but this hides it pretty well. |
Looks good to me, beautiful buggy. When I snugged the bolts up it pulled the gap closed but I am going to use stock finder beading. |
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ehale3
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I fitted my gauges and wiper assembly to the hood and it is very tight but does fit
This picture I rotated the arm 180° it clears by about 1/16 when running
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ehale3
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Finally got it painted
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karu
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Wow 
Really nice looking! |
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mike1954
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| Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| what make primer and paint did you use |
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ehale3
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| what make primer and paint did you use |
K2 primer, base, color blender, and clear coat is Matrix
I used the color blender to carry the flake |
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jspbtown
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If you wiper motor is up close to the hood than I would add some foam weatherstripping.
Those motors have a tendency to move around and can clunk, or even worse, mess with your paint. |
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ehale3
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If you wiper motor is up close to the hood than I would add some foam weatherstripping.
Those motors have a tendency to move around and can clunk, or even worse, mess with your paint. |
I fiberglassed a nut under the hood so I can bolt the motor to and it will not move. I'll get a pic of it later for you |
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ehale3
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| Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| jspbtown wrote: |
If you wiper motor is up close to the hood than I would add some foam weatherstripping.
Those motors have a tendency to move around and can clunk, or even worse, mess with your paint. |
I fiberglassed a nut under the hood so I can bolt the motor to and it will not move. I'll get a pic of it later for you |
I didn't put the bolt in it because I was just mocking up everything but you can see the fresh fiberglass under the wiper motor there is a nut in the glass, I welded ears on the nut so it couldn't turn.
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jspbtown
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Personally I would still stuff some foam under the end of the motor. Those things twist a lot between the hood flexing and the stamped wiper mechanism.
You might not need it though...but if you do its a lot easier to put it there now. |
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