Well guys, I love my girls naked and this one is no exception. Here she is, stripped down to her essential self, all of her curves, folds and crevices on display to the world, not a modicum of modesty.
That's the good part, a fair amount of work to do what with the odd part that the blaster did not get (plastic plugs, hood hinges etc), so that will take a good part of the day.
Bad part (but long term good) is that plastic bead blasting erodes lead body filler so there is a little work to be done there, thinking a very thin skim of plastic and it will be good, otherwise I might just let the primer take care of it. I will mull it over the evening.
Also, there are a couple of pinholes in the spots where the drip rails were removed, I suspect that the metal was very thin there, what with my grinding and playing around since welding that joint was such a PITA, so the blast just punched through a few weak spots. Good thing in many ways, I would rather catch it now rather than having a blemish appear later once the finish is on it.
Anyway, order of events is weld up any spots that need it. Strip any little parts of paint remaining, then seam seal everything again.
Once the seam sealer cures (could be overnight....YIKES) then I have settled on a paint combination.
The high chromate Glasurit primer (801-71) is not available in Alberta due to environmental issues, so based on the discussion with the Glasurit tech rep, I am using 801-73, the low VOC version that he swears is just as good.
Then I will load it with the 285-20 DTM, one because I have it and second as if there is a tiny bit of bare metal exposed after the -73 then the DTM will take care of it.
Then sand, then re-prime, then sand, then re-prime and go from there. More pics to follow.
Dennis