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