Ok , getting Old and stupid is not for the weakin ! Did I say I hate painting ? I screwed up , I pulled the wrong sheet on primer in that I read the filler mix ratio instead of the epox I was using . Used a 4/1 ratio instead of a 2/1 ratio . My bad . Never will harden . Started stripping at 4 am this morn . Called at 7 when PPG tech line opened , they recomened aircraft stripper . This will put me back a week or more . We need pics ? Ok! Will start marking cans as soon as I buy them , lesson learned .
Not as bad as I thought . After stripping 3/4 of the roof in about 2 hours using heat gun and razor blade. I went to town to get airplane stripper and talked to my PPG local rep . He said I don't even need the stripper if the paint didn't harden and to use lacquer thinner . It works good but really stinks up shop and takes a lot of paper towels. So I did an area on the back of the cab with stripper and wiped it off in about ten min. Instead of washing with water I washed with lacquer thinner and done . Took about 15 min. instead of two hours . At this rate it will only take two days to strip and a day and a half to prep for paint again . That aplane stripper works great just got to make sure it's clean with no left over before primer.
Okay, I wasn't going to give an opinion on the color schemes, but the red cab doesn't suit me at all and with so many red cab votes piling up, I figgered I'd better cast my dissenting vote. The white top looks much more like 50's deluxe styling to me rather than like it was the plain Jane shop truck from, " 'Ol Joe's Texaco and Septic Pumping Service". As I recall (but I was pretty young then), in the late 50's, in order to have a car you could be proud to show off, it 'bout had to have more than one color. I remember the afternoon TV matinee car salesmen saying something like, "Now folks, here we have a real cream puff. It has a V-8, Automatic transmission, radio, heater and two tone paint. Hurry on down here, 'cuz this beauty won't last long." However, if it were mine, I'd paint the belt line black and run it out across the hood, then go up with white from there. The sleeper would also have the belt painted on and making a sweeping downward S curve from the cab height to the top of the bed rails with white above and red below. Just my thoughts and it might not look as good as I'd hoped once it was on there.
I thought you had decided not to use the dodge rear quarters on your build.? I can't decide which looks better.....love em both.
B-bop , since it's taking so long I decided to go for it . What's a couple of extra months ? Decided to split the quater at the blue white line a put 6 or4 inches and raise the wheel well enough to be able to remove the rear wheels . I wish I knew how to do the photo shop , that sounds like a good option . Happy New Year , Blue
Sorry for the late reply Blue. You might get away with a little hammer work over the Lizard Skin sound deadener but I wouldn't consider it on the thermal barrier as it seems more brittle. As much as it builds and textures I would probably recommend you get all you metal work done first with either product. As for the Aircraft Stripper, be sure to mask off any joints or seams in your metal before you apply it as the stuff will creep down into a joint and you won't get it out without opening the joint or maybe dipping the part in an acid bath then rinse and phosphate. I learned the hard way on a drip rail years ago. I like all red too.
I did an o/t truck with lizard skin. I put it directly over Epoxy Primer I did not top coat it as it was on teh bottom of the cab. I put lizard skin on the bottom of the cab floor and the top of the cab floor. Basically both sides of any surface I thought I could get away with. I put 3 gallons of sound control and 3 gallons of thermal control in my crewcab truck. Seems like good stuff, but i"m not done yet so don't know how well it works yet. Has held up to general wear and tear while working around it. Sliding things on the floor of the cab etc. Great build this thing is going to be too cool!
I did the lizard skin on the bottom of my 63 nova. I epoxy primed,then waited 1 day,sprayed the lizard skin waited 2 days, then epoxy again, waited a couple of hours, then base/clear. It looks great and cleans up great.
Oooh, that dolls it right up. The visor really adds a fine finishing touch. Cab and sleeper look great to me. Not sure I like the white on the 1/4 dead ending at the front. Perhaps taper it out on the sleeper, or run it all the way forward.... don't know, but the rest would sure look good in my driveway.
what if you switched the red and white on the 1/4 and ran the white all the why up to the front fender
what if you switched the red and white on the 1/4 and ran the white all the why up to the front fender between the moldings
I feel your pain on the primer fiasco. I grabbed the wrong activator priming my '36, made one p*** and wondered why the gun wasn't spraying. Turned out it wasn't spraying because the paint cup was filled with grey goo that was hardening so fast I barely was able to clean it before it solidified. The opposite of your experience but just as aggravating. The sad thing, I'd done it before... Great project, looks like you're having fun!
Moose , your attention to detail is just like your 32 Chevy ,OUTSTANDING, . For a retired guy you know your computer . I always need a grandchild to help . Ever come to Texas and the Lonestar roundup ,look me up and down some. Thanks again,Blue
Blue...Thanks for the compliments. I've enjoyed watching your project coming together and am looking forward to seeing the final result!
Got power back on last night after being off since last Friday at noon. Bad ice storm . Moose , took your last photo to a print shop and they made me two 11x17 prints . Had one made with a scale grid overlay and it's perfect . I gave the a measurement of the side window and he went with that and I am going with that , maybe next year I will have a running full scale model . Thanks for the work ,you've got my juices flowing again . Blue
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