StreetRod Fender re worked
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geez i think it looked better before ya stripped the primer off funny how that works ya gonna do some blasting on it???that front edge looks kinda nasty but ive seen worse gotta love that old stuff huh:S :S :S
[b]bondomerchant wrote:[/b]
[quote]geez i think it looked better before ya stripped the primer off funny how that works ya gonna do some blasting on it???that front edge looks kinda nasty but ive seen worse gotta love that old stuff huh:S :S :S[/quote]Yeah its going to have some blasting, some cancer cut out, metal welded back in, a hell of alot of shaping etc etc etc etc..
I also will use naval jelly along with steel wool to scrub and clean the oxidized metal off and get it ready for epoxy.. then I gotta replace some metal and get to bangin it out.. Problem is my wife needs her nap so Im back in the house again.. DAMIT
UPDATE:
Cut out most of the cancer metal and welded in new.. Customer brought in other fender.. its worse than this one:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Wife bought had a conniption while i was doing this.. 😛 so I did not grind the welds on the last section.. I had to help momma:woohoo: :woohoo:
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Hey if it makes you feel better, i have done more work on stuff for less. Funny how everyones your good buddy when they wreck or need a paint job huh. I once sprayed and buffed a double bunk peterbuilt for beer while i worked and a quarter bag of pot when done:laugh:
Update:
Just a few whacks here and there and its gonna get skimmed and get out the door.. Gonna use all metal on the lip where it bolts to the body for added strength etc.. replaced alot of it:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I have a quart kit of epoxy from Matrix so I used it.. I have not used this because Matrix contains lead in the black and green and with all my kids and my constant pregnant wife running around I just wont use it… the white however does not contain lead..
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nice looking patch job on that fender bondoking looks like your getting ready for a little quality time with a plastic spreader;)
Polyester Primer:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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:laugh: Ah the smell of fresh bondo early in the morning.. I told the owner this is how I would do these fenders for such a cheap price.. He was fine with it.. Hope to have this one done tonight so I can put it in epoxy.. But that will depend on when my wife cracks and ask me to come back in the house:P
looks good!!! kinda like frosting a cake huh:laugh: :laugh:
Man that sho was a wavy mother scratcher…
Had to mud it 3 times completely top to bottom to smooth it all together.. Its setting in the sun right now with a few places touched up.. had to come inside to help out momma..
I think the owner will be surprised when he see’s the materials list.. Ive spread a hell of alot of mud today.. Maybe I should have beat on it a little more:blush:
I only used the shrinking disk on one bad spot.. rest were h/d and then it was all filled over as you already know from the pics in my last postSo far as follows off the top of my head
1. Epoxy for both fenders 22 oz..
2. 80g DA PSA Disk… alot 😉
3. Roloc disk 24g…. 5
4. Paper towels.. 1 roll
5. Bodyfiller… 1/2 gallon:laugh: :laugh:
6. Mixing pails…. 1
7. The polyester prince spreading mud… Priceless:evil: 👿Post some more pics when kids go to bed and I get to go back out in the garage
Update:
Its ready for prime except for a spot or 2 that needs a skim of putty.. Going to go ahead and put it in prime to get that part out of the way.. I will reprime the whole thing one more time before giving it back to the owner..
I also took some pictures of this little flexible block.. I used it to shape the whole fender.. So many guys go on about having a perfectly flat block, yada fukin yada fukin yada,, bullshit.. If you know what you are doing, you can work mud with your fingers without ever touching a block.. I am not saying throw away your blocks.. Just saying the internet has a way of stretching the reality of what many of us do..
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Next pics primer:evil:
looks good ta me hey what ya gonna prime your sculpture with bondo ???? poly right or no??
I got one of those flexible blocks too. I use it quite a bit, they are handy.
[b]bondomerchant wrote:[/b]
[quote]looks good ta me hey what ya gonna prime your sculpture with bondo ???? poly right or no??[/quote]Have not decided.. I have a little 2k left that I want to use up so may just use it.. I would like to poly it, but dont have any poly here and dont want to buy a gallon of the stuff right now.. Last time I bought any poly in the winter it went bad by the next summer.. Let me call my jobber and see if they got some quarts of the MarhydeB)
Flexible block huh?
Now I wonder where you got that 😆 😆 😆 😆Yes I wonder where I got that particular block…. Oh yeah, my [b]old old[/b] buddy Jim (JCCLARK) got that for me..
Well my other [b]old old[/b] buddy bondo…. uh what the hell is your name bondo:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: anyways under his tutelage I have decided to give polyester primer one more try.. Last time I used it I was just not happy with the end results.. I found that it would chip off like a lacquer primer job with bc/cc over it:P
But that was using the old version “Feather Fill”.. Today I bought the G2.. It was out when I used the feather fill before, but my jobber said there warehouse only carried the feather fill and not the G2.. Plus it was cheaper..Today I went to my Matrix jobber to buy this gallon of G2It was cheap today, only $55.. and it smells like body filler you spread, but the old Feather Fill had a different smell, it did not smell like regular old body filler..
So here is what I did.. Mixed 16 ounces and half a tube of activator.. I hate those flippin activator tubes.. I also added 10-15% FAST Reducer.. Matrix store does not carry acetone because they use it to make meth the guy said.. that is the reason I used fast reducer.. I know however that any reducer product slows this stuff down pretty good so I have been told and learned from personal experience the last time I used polyester primers..
Shot 3 coats with about 10 minutes flash on the first coat and 5 on the last 2 coats.. Used all 16 Oz’s.. Sprayed it out of an HVLP Astro QUL 1.9
Now for the results.. man it sure sprayed nice:evil:
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