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Here is an update on our restoration project. The past week or so we have been working on the inside and outside of the body and are very pleased with the results. Everything cleaned up real nice. What you see is bare clean metal. Now for some metal finishing on a few spots and cleaning up my mig welds here and there and then the new sills. Then we will soon be ready for the epoxy primer and repaint the bottom and inside of the rear fenders with the same Chassis Saver we used on the frame only this time finishing with a light grey for the second coat.
We used crushed glass 20 to 30 grit which really worked great. I was able to recycle each bag about 6 times. We set a 3 ft. high window screen against the wall at about 60 degrees and ran the used sand down it from the top to sift out the fine dust so it would flow in my blaster pot and then resifted it as I poured it into the pot to eliminate any chunks of junk in it. Sure extended the life on it. Once the body is finished and primed we will do the same for the doors, hoods and front fenders.
Nick
We used crushed glass 20 to 30 grit which really worked great. I was able to recycle each bag about 6 times. We set a 3 ft. high window screen against the wall at about 60 degrees and ran the used sand down it from the top to sift out the fine dust so it would flow in my blaster pot and then resifted it as I poured it into the pot to eliminate any chunks of junk in it. Sure extended the life on it. Once the body is finished and primed we will do the same for the doors, hoods and front fenders.
Nick