Barrman
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They shut down school and let us go at noon for Good Friday. My mom was here at the house because it was the last day of spring break for Colton. She didn't mind sticking around a few extra hours and Jennifer had things she wanted to do. My way was clear for an afternoon of M35 work.
I needed to strip both front fenders and the passenger door. All needed to be bare metal because of scratches and deep gouges. It took me almost 8 hours with a D/A and 60 grit paper to clean up the drivers door last month.
I had discovered these little sanding/grinding wheels from Harbor Freight after I finished my door, but before I did my hood. They cost around $5. each. They don't like edges. I used an almost worn out wheel to do all the edges of the door on both sides. Then changed over to a new wheel and it lasted both sides of the rest of the door.
The fenders have lots of sharp edges so they eat more disc up. I also had one that threw itself apart pretty fast.
But, I started at 1300, took a break every 2 hours for a sandwich and was done and ready to paint at 1900. About 5 hours of real work. I forgot to take pictures until I already had the door and one fender done, so that is all you get.
Everything got painted on the underside last night and will get the outside painted hopefully Sunday afternoon since I will be out of town the rest of today and most of tomorrow.
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I needed to strip both front fenders and the passenger door. All needed to be bare metal because of scratches and deep gouges. It took me almost 8 hours with a D/A and 60 grit paper to clean up the drivers door last month.
I had discovered these little sanding/grinding wheels from Harbor Freight after I finished my door, but before I did my hood. They cost around $5. each. They don't like edges. I used an almost worn out wheel to do all the edges of the door on both sides. Then changed over to a new wheel and it lasted both sides of the rest of the door.
The fenders have lots of sharp edges so they eat more disc up. I also had one that threw itself apart pretty fast.
But, I started at 1300, took a break every 2 hours for a sandwich and was done and ready to paint at 1900. About 5 hours of real work. I forgot to take pictures until I already had the door and one fender done, so that is all you get.
Everything got painted on the underside last night and will get the outside painted hopefully Sunday afternoon since I will be out of town the rest of today and most of tomorrow.
Hmm, pictures aren't loading this morning for me. Let me post this and try the pictures on a reply.
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