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

Chassis painting.... part 5

Got the POR15 and first coat of Chassis Black applied to the frame....

 

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

front wheelhouses....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the core support and rear bumper filler reinforcement....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My tubes of seam sealer were dried out so I'll have to order a few new tubes before I can get all the seams sealed up. So I started playing with my front bumper pushbar idea. Dennis Carpenter sent me an email with the dimensions and profile of their 78-79 F series bumper guard, so I made a cardboard template of the guard and got to it....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brought the front bumper home so I can continue to tinker with the template.

 

More to come.....

 

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Chassis painting... part 4

I got the firewall, cowl area and wheelhouses masked and ready for seam sealer...












































































































also inspected the hood hinges and transmission crossmember I had cleaned at the local plating company....




 










































and got the bumper reinforcements, front suspension and steering linkages and front bumper hangers ready to drop off Wednesday to have them cleaned by the platers...

Next weekend plans are to apply the seam sealer and get everything POR15'ed and then shot with first coat of Chassis Black.

Until next time....

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Chassis painting... part 3

Had company this weekend so was a shortened play day Saturday...

I shot the core support with POR15 Self Etching Primer so it can be finish coated with Eastwood Underhood Black....

I also got the front suspension broken down and several parts staged for taking to have acid dipped to clean the rust, grease and grime off of...

























Next week I plan to apply the seam sealer to the rear wheelhouses and to the firewall and cowl areas.

Stay tuned for more....

ZEBRA 3 OUT

Chassis painting... part 2

Today I got the underside of the Tomato painted with POR15 and the first coat of Eastwood Satin Black Chassis paint.... plus I'll be wearing some POR15 freckles for a week or so! Turned out pretty good so far....















 

 

 

Next on the agenda is to apply the seam sealer along the wheelhouses and the joints on the firewall and get those areas painted with POR15 and coated with some chassis black.

More to come....

ZEBRA 3 OUT