ill take more pics today in the sun. i used the variant 1.. clean face, light face, light flop.

shes a pretty stang for sure! It looked like a M1 in that small avatar lol. Have you done anything to it??

Heres my baby. Picked her up as a shell, and threw in a 306

Think of it this way, if you seal it with the rust stuff that's out there the rust will just grow out the other side and rot out the bottom of that area. Either way, it will suck for someone that owns the car later on.

Yeah, I agree, I thought the bar stool legs were bent so I tossed in it it the trash!

I think that I am going to sand it 80 grit and spread another fine coat of glazing putty and try to re-shape it.

It kills me when I have it so close and almost ready for paint. I know it will bug me if I dont get it perfect before paint.

Thanks again guys.

I've got a '98 Nissan Frontier, and last winter I bumped into a snow pile in front of my shop. It really pissed me off. It pushed the front bumper in slightly, and over to the passenger side about 1" or less. I've got to hammer out the corner of the fender and little painted strip of steel below the grill, but I'm stuck on how to move the bumper over.

Am I better off:

Welding up a little rack that can be come-along'd and pull the bumper over all at once

or

removing the bumper and straightening out the front of the frame - that's the part that is out of whack.



I'll get pics up when I get back home.

thanks a lot

ouch .... nothin worse than screwing up the blend panel .... When I natice soon enough that it ain't worked I've taken a rag and my reducer for my paint and wiped it off and started over totally . cause you can't afford to screw the blend panel.
at this point you may have to spray the whole side

whats up guys. i need some expert advise from the pros. i did a spot blend on my car on the 1/4 panel and blended in to the rear door. i got some mottle on the blend door and would like to re do it. the door was DA'd with 1000 grit to remove the shine and sprayed wet bed with sherwin blending clear. what are my options here? what id like to do is to re finish just the blend door. i was thinking if im careful enough i can remove just the clear and base that i sprayed to get it back to the scuffed OE clear. if anything ill have a couple burn through but very minor. then id mask the 1/4 panel off completely and just spray the blend door starting well in to the masked 1/4 panel. ill just pretend the masking isnt there. any advise?

NICE WORK and pics

Here is the paint. Since I am matching the car, I am using Nighthawk Black Pearl B92p. It gets reduced 1:1 which is really nice because I get double the paint. All paint gets strained before it hits the paint cup. By the way, it is PPG Deltron



Here is my Devilbiss Sri-W, this is a great gun for the small stuff, even bumpers. I have high flow connectors on this gun with the diaphragm regulator. I will run this gun at 20 PSI.



I do the basecoat outside so I can see where I have painted. No fancy booth here which is why I have chosen to take the pictures, to show you guys exactly where I do the paint work. I use the sunlight to show me where I still need to cover. I use a homedepot paint stick and an alligator clip to extend the grill out in mid air away from any dust from the stand. Four coats covers the grill well enough for me =)





Here is my clear coat. I use southern polyurethane's euro clear. It is some really great stuff! It mixes 4:1:2. Meaning four parts clear, one part hardener, 2 parts reducer. On the cup you will see “4:1:1”. That means you fill the clear up to the first "3" (if you choose to use that much clear, you could flll to 1,2 or 4) then the hardener to the next 3 and then since it is 2 parts reducer, you take the reducer up two 3 levels. Of course this gets strained!





So here is the grill painted with three coats of clear you saw just before. I waited 8 minutes between coats. It is important to not hammer the clear too much because before you know it you will be looking at a run. The clear was shot out of a Iwata LPH 400 1.4 at exactly 22 psi, 2 and half turns out on the fluid and the fan was wide open.

I think I see the problem.

The legs on the stool are crooked. Try catching the reflection of a stool with straighter legs.

But seriously, if its got a wave in it that's bothering you, just skim it wither filler and reblock.

Jomull55 good to see some other youngins around here. Maybe we can make some of these older fellers a run for their money lol. Is that a Mach1 in your avatar?

Oh boy...the world of bondo...now thats another story. I tell ya the best time I have ever spread plastic was the first time I ever did it. I thought it was easy as cake. haha!

Thanks! July will make 2 years that I've been the painter here, I was one of the body work minions previous to that. Always like hearing positive feedback!

X2! I hate laying parts, They turn out so much cleaner upright. And it's the best way for noobies to learn to get a good laydown!

Hi,

I am helping a friend restore a 67 charger and there is few panels with alot of surface rust, I personally never done any restoration work and any small rust i cam across I just sanded off in the past.

My question is once all heavy rust is removed, can the rust remedy be painted straight over once it turns black. Some of the areas are difficult to get in at and it'd be handy if this was the case.

Thanks

Darren

PDR is becoming pretty attractive during these tight times when I can give a quick $200 fix

Hows it going everyone? My name's Ryan and I was lurking around on here tonight and thought I would join. I liked everything I was reading. I'm 19 year old car guru and new to the refinishing world willing to learn. I got put into my Collision Repair & Automotive Paint/Body class because Auto Tech was full. I didn't want to do it but after being in the shop and learning hands on I love it. I started back in August and I'm in class Monday-Thursday. I plan on starting off as a hobby and possibly moving to a career.

I do have a few friends that I will be soon helping them paint their cars. We have a PPG center here in town and having the student discount helps a lot. I plan on learning a lot from this site and from what I've read you guys know what you're doing. Anyways thats a little intro for you guys. I've got plenty of questions!

Ryan