Blasting.... part 2

Spent the long holiday weekend sandblasting brackets, hangers, hardware, canisters, bump stops, panels, header support, steering coupler and boot.....

I had noticed the gun wasn't cutting too well yesterday so I checked the tip today and it was flat eaten away, so I had to locate my replacement tips before I could start. I have the door hinges in the cabinet to be blasted next weekend and hopefully I'll get everything wiped down, hung and ready for paint.

I also noticed there is an area on the crossmember that the engine mounts to and a spot on one of the front wheelhouses that need to be worked on a bit before the final to coat is applied, so I'll address those areas next week as well.

More to come......

ZEBRA 3 OUT 

Chassis painting... part 8 / Blasting.... part 1

Not a very productive weekend.... The firewall didn't turn out as bad as I thought it was going to, so I'll hit it with the DA to smooth it out a bit before the final coat of Chassis Black....





Next, I installed the center section of the rearend and got it ready for it's final coat of Chassis Black as well....

Then spent most of the day looking for my angle head grinder before finally giving up and moving on to something else. Started to move a table into position to use as a staging area for some items I need to sandblast and it came apart, so I had to stop, get some hardware to put it back together and WTH... I found my grinder in the tool bucket!

Table reassembled and parts laid out for blasting my next playday...

This coming weekend is a long Thanksgiving Holiday weekend so I should have two days to work on the Tomato. Let's hope I have more to show for my efforts that I had this weekend!

Until then......

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Chassis painting.... part 7

Well this weekend, I got the firewall POR15ed and first coat Eastwood Chassis Black applied....

I think due to the colder temps today, I applied the Chassis Black a bit too because it looked a bit rough when I finished. I may have to sand it smooth before applying the second and Finish coats.

I also applied the seam sealer to the rear wheelhouse seams....

I'll clean up the edges of the seam sealer once it has set up.

I also got the rearend POR15ed....

when I finished, I left it alone and will hit it with some POR Self-Etching Primer before applying the Chassis Black.

Dam it, winter came a little too early this year and may derail my plans of having the car back to F3 the first of the year for final bodywork and paint... Time will tell!

Until next time....

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Chassis painting.... part 6

Early last week, I stumbled across an Eastwood tip by Kevin Tetz where he was using seam sealer in the can to apply the sealer to the seams, so I bought the mixing board and spatula set to try it out. The material came in, so Saturday morning I set about giving it a try...

I used a paint mixing stick to stir up the sealer (added a little Eastwood PRE to thin it slightly) and scooped up a medium sized glob and mixed it a bit more on the board with the spreader. I then got a bit on the spreader and started across the top seam on the firewall... the technique didn't work too well on the overlap nor around the nib that ticks out from the seam nor on the seam that immediately rolls under, so I devised a new approach.... using a 1" wide brush, I applied the sealer along the seams, pulled the tape and then feathered and smoothed the sealer using a 2" brush wetted with the PRE.

Worked pretty well to give the sealer a smooth "professional" look......

Here's a closer view of the more complex area.....

I also got my inner braces tacked into my rear control arms....

I'll turn it over to a pro to do the finish welding and the boxing of the arms.

This week, I'll order some more seam sealer (tubes and can) from Eastwood so next weekend I can seal the rear wheelhouse seams, then wipe down the cowl and firewall area to remove the film of seam sealer caused by the smoothing technique and then apply the POR15 and the first coat of Eastwood Underhood Satin Black. Once all that has dried then I will apply the finish coat of Chassis Black to the chassis and underbody and Underhood Black to the firewall and then it will be time to reassemble and hang the rear end!!

OMG.... Did I just utter the word REASSEMBLE???

Stay tuned for the next exciting episode! LOL

ZEBRA 3 OUT