Kick

lol
Looks like you made it on time.

Scalliwag

yep I did and my new Goodyears feel pretty good. But the struts are jacked and I'm replacing them tomorrow after I clean the garage. I can't wait to get back to work Monday so I can get some rest (and see some hot @$$ coworkers )

Mr BiG G

ahahah u and ur co workers

Kick

hell yeah.

Mr BiG G

has anyone of u tried painting a car? im primering my entire car for almost free and if i can shoot the paint on my own too it'll save me some $$green stuff for some performance upgrades

Scalliwag

Paint and body work sucks big weenie!!! Find someone that knows what they are doing and get them to do it. Trust me on this.

Mr BiG G

yea i want it to be like a one time thing....do it once and wax it once in a while but not have to bother about it for a long time and have it mint looking....by the way wat time is it in texas ryte now?

Scalliwag

It is 15 til 1

Scalliwag

Have you ever helped or worked around any cars being prepped for painting?

Cheers!

i wish you were my neighbor, then i could borrow any type of tool known to god

Kick

yeh mine too.

Mr BiG G

mine too i'd be constantly at his place....his wife would prolly kick him out cuz of me....the 17 yr old next door bug lol

Mr BiG G

i've helped the auto body guy in my shop prep cars....infact im prepping my car on my own...buffing up the old paint....and primering it....once im done primering everything i'll spend some time wet or dry sanding everything and prolly get someone to shoot it for me.

ahh man i jus got lectured by my sis for using the dremel this late at night....i brought the intake manifold home from the shop and im using the dremel on it...the sanding drums are workin great.....now i need sumtin more fine.....after im done that.....u guys got any idea how i can polish it up nicely? with like some dremel fitting or sumtin?

Scalliwag

Oh man you don't know the half of that. My wife got into some **** with a neighbor of mines daughter that would always come over when she was home from college. She called me "MacGyver" because her Dad teases me about that. That was back when that show was still in production.
She brought two girls she had gone to high school with over one time and one was a little freak. A tough *** lookin' freak. They were a little drunk on top of that.
I can talk **** with the best of them and that one girl could talk some serious **** and had a badass bod which put me at my worst behaviour as well.
What we didn't know was that Ms. Scalli was listening to every word.
I had built a copper pot rack for neighbor girls mom they had seen and the one girl pops off something about me having worked on the mom's rack in a really naughty way and I said something about if she needed her rack worked on I could do that too.... that was when Ms. Scalli came out yelling "which one of you little bitches wants their *** kicked first?!?!?!"...... all I could say was "NOT ME!!!"
Ms. Scalli still does not think that was funny I know one thing, every time I think of neighbors coming over that is the one episode that sticks out.
The same neighbors daughter hosed her shirt down for me when she was washing her car once. I thought I would die. Good thing Ms. Scalli didn't see that or I would have. Or the time I told her I could make a directional parachute from her bra for their chihuahua, or the time....

Scalliwag

Well that is good that you have been around a body shop then. Usually the biggest surprise to people is when they *think* they have the body prepped and they shoot there first coat and see all the sanding marks and realize they have a long way to go from there.

As far as final polishing get yourself a 6" bench grinder and some cotton wheels and some polishing wheels for the Dremel. I hope you have a variable speed Dremel because 30,000 rpm will not be a good thing when it comes to using these items.
This pic shows some useful if not absolutely neccesary things you need for polishing. Always remember when it comes to polishing compounds that you cannot use the same cotton wheels or pads. When you change compounds use a new applicator.

Here is a great link to a company with everything you need and more and they are great people to work with http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/alpolkit.htm

Here is a pic of what the items look like

Kick

lol..
Wish I had a neighbor around here that had girls like that.

Mr BiG G

*scalliwag in his bedroom....checkin out neighbour gurl in her bedroom....*

thanx for the info scalliwag i guess i'll jus leave the gurl to stay next to u....i'll move in on the other side

P.S: the above is a joke!

Mr BiG G

scalli did u buy ur powder coating gun off caswell? and when u ceramic coat sumtin like a header....do u use the same powder coating gun and same process of baking?

Scalliwag

I got it at Harbor Freight.
Ceramic coating is completely different than power and requires expensive equipment that usually falls under a general term called thermal spray.
You can do a Google search for that term and find out more than you will ever want to know on that subject

banzaitoyota

same kit I have .

I am going to Powderpaint the engine bay of the project cat, using heat lamps to cure in a custom built portable enclosure.

hotkote.com has excellant poder colors

Scalliwag

That is an excellent idea. I could see making some insulated panels and doing that.

Mr BiG G

whats better heatlamps or oven? and how would u place it in an oven once it'sbeen coated......like if u placed it on a grill or sumtin wouldn't the grill mess up the paint?

Mr BiG G

how hard is ti to build ur own walk in sandblasting/powdercoating booth? what kind of steel do i use?

Rx7carl

So Scali, any user tips on the powdercoat? I'm gonna try the HF system. Already got an oven for it.

Kinda glad I dont have neighbors like yours. I'd get into wayyyy too much trouble.

Scalliwag

Just DON'T use rubber gloves or any gloves for that matter while spraying because you will build up a static charge and get the **** shocked out of you. I didn't learn that firsthand fortunately
Get a oven thermometer and test your oven to be sure the dial is acurate. Mine was way off.
Other than that just practice, practice, PRACTICE!!!