Sunday, Sunday, Sunday Weather was a little cooler and the damn wind started up. I hate wind! Always blowing rags, tools, hood on your head and leaves and dirt into your paint! But we forged on and got ready to paint. So being this is a “budget” build we went to Home Depot and got the good old fashioned Rustoleom Black paint in a can to brush on. My Son picked out Gloss Black because it would look better and since I had already sprayed a few small parts with Gloss Black everything would match. We started with the frame upside down and with my Son taking the outside of the rails and myself the inside of the rails and cross members we knocked it out in no time. After lunch it was ready to flip and paint the top side. At this point we were losing daylight and it was starting to get cooler out. I left the frame out till 7:30 and it was still a little tacky to the top. The sides and bottom were nice and dry. No choice but to move it into the garage. Once everything is all back together I am sure it will need a little touch up here so not worrying about it that much. So now you’re thinking this thread is finished well not exactly. Just when you think you have fixed everything, found the areas you missed you discover another. While brushing on the rust converter I notice the bottom of the rail in the area of the battery box was corroded and a little thin. This is right in the area of the brake cross shaft brackets. Thinking since there is probably a lot of strain in this area it’s probably a good idea to fix it. After much deliberation on how to fix it, just bolt in a reinforcement piece or cutting it out and welding in new steel has won out. So why didn’t I just fix it before painting. Well I wanted to get the frame into paint while the weather was still warm enough was the main reason and I will have a yard full of leaves to contend with real soon. So keep watching and hopefully within a couple weeks I’ll bang out the final repair and touch up the repaired area in the garage and stick a heat lamp on it to dry it out.
Looks good. One question you call it a BFG, we call it a BFH. Ours means Big F'n Hammer, whats yours?
I'm in as well, this will surely help me when I get the body off my frame, I know it needs repair work
BFG is actually Big Fn Gun but think it was just auto correct making changes Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
great thread glad I found It, I hope to get my tudor body off this week end so I found this thread just in time, I bout the Hobart 190 little over kill but figured go big or go home.
Thanks Guys. Mechman_22 - I love my 140, so I am sure you'll love the 190. I used up the sample spool that came with mine and the local Home Depot had Lincoln Mig wire and that stuff is awesome. Not saying the wire that comes with the Hobart is no good but I noticed a difference with the Liconln brand wire an I am just a beginner welder.
I'm working on my frame now too. How is the rust converter base holding up for you? I did a body with the Eastwood stuff that dries black around the same time and it's unchanged and holding up, but it's been inside the whole time. I'm just curious how the topcoat is holding up sitting on top of it because I wouldn't mind NOT sending my frame out for blasting.
yeah im not a big fan of flux core but figured it would work for bracing the body since I don't have any sub frame, tomorrow I will try and pull the body off to see how the frame is. I do plain on running a bottle on my 190 tho how about you?
Sorry for the delayed response. Converter and top coat are holding up pretty good. of course now I see I missed a few spots. No worries I'll just touch it up once all together. Building a beach bomber not a show queen so a little "patina" is ok by me. This build is all about having fun and learning new skills. It's stress reliever not a stress creator
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