Builds "Chunk+12ht" version 2.0 (9 Viewers)

[dogfishlake]

I finished all of the patchwork. I had hoped to put epoxy primer on the bottom of it but ran out of time. As soon as that is done Chunk will head for the home shop for the bodywork.

Making this little patch was kinda fun. A little time with a hammer and dolly.

 

[dogfishlake]

I also did a little experiment with fixing the warped door panels. The plastic was missing so they got wet and warped up pretty good. I used a spay bottle to soak the back of the panel to get the board almost soggy. Then I sandwiched the panel between some heavy tables at my shop and put them in the oven at 190° for about 1/2 hour, then shut it off and left it in there for a couple more hours at around 100°. I took a sneak peak/picture but am leaving it sandwiched til tomorrow. I'm going to need to reinforce it later as the backer board is pretty cracked up from flexing. Some sort of glue layer I'm thinking

 

[dogfishlake]

Came out nice and flat

 

[Trapper50cal]

...as a pancake

 

[bdyer12]

looking great Pat

 

[dogfishlake]

Prepped the bottom of the truck and shot a coat of epoxy primer on. Next step is to get the body home to start prepping for paint, while the frame/driveline gets ready for paint/powder coating at my shop.

 

[dogfishlake]

It's kinda fun to weild a wet coat gun again. It is good refresh practice for when the exterior finishing happens.

 

[dogfishlake]

I hauled the body shell home after work and got it off of the trailer around 9:00. My tractor barely picked it, but did. Now on to bodywork and paint prep.

 

[dogfishlake]

It is generally not a good outcome to mix powder colors, with a few exceptions. The colors don't really mix, but rather sit side by side. As you look from far away they look uniform. One of the places to break the rules is with very similar colors.

I didn't like the look of the RAL 9002 on its own as it really needed a touch more cream-off white to it. RAL 9001 is too creamy but mixed in at about 30% it make the color super close to my paint sample. This should work well for the inner fenders, rad support and other things like that without noticing the mixed colors.

I did one inner fender as a test. Epoxy/zinc powder primer with a double layer of the topcoat.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Envious you can powder coat a semi if you wanted. Hehe.

 

[Trapper50cal]

A perfect white for this application...a hint of antique age to the warm, yellow-tinted off white.
Much classier and vintage than a blue-tint arctic white.

 

[dogfishlake]

I powder coated some 80 roof rack parts this morning and switched to satin black for a test for gloss and finish on Chunk's skid plate. You can see in the close up of the inside of the skid plate what even a little pitting looks like and I am going to try to make it nicer than that.
On the outside I coated it once, sanded it flat, then hit it again. Not going crazy but just using a DA sander and 150 grit to flatten it out before recoating. Worked pretty good. This is what the frame will get.

 

[dogfishlake]

I'm going to take a bit of a shot in the dark on paint materials. Well not totally, I did a bunch of research.
I went with the brand "Tamco" for my primers, sealer, and paints. I got enough white for the whole truck with hopefully a bit leftover for repairs due to using the truck as intended. Primer surfacer, sealer, and their chassis paint that looks pretty good. I did not mean to be a total cheap arse about it but I am all about saving money, and paint can get real expensive. I had pretty much decided to try it then found out my total bill was $500, so I'm super happy there. I will keep updates moving on how the system works

 

[dogfishlake]

Here's the link to Tamco paints. Hope it works out. Great service so far. Their chassis black is a high gloss and I really wanted about a 50% gloss but they flattened it down no charge and no problem. The 033 white looks correct on my test panel too.


Tamco Paint | Homepage

 

[dogfishlake]

Chunk chassis is in the shop for the holiday weekend. Every person in my house will be looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning, except me, and the doggies. We are coming over here to start stripping the chassis down. I rolled it in and started in with the hot water power washer. That 180° water with soap rocks the grime off. I'm kinda soaked now but disassembling the chassis will be a lot cleaner.

Before

After: steamy clean!

 

[roma042987]

Those steam cleaners are awesome. I remember using one 15 years ago and it always stuck with me how impressive they were. This past weekend I got to use one again to clean my 100 before swapping the engine out in it. It blasted the cv boot grease and oil grime off in seconds. Just as impressive as I remember.

 

[dogfishlake]

Those steam cleaners are awesome. I remember using one 15 years ago and it always stuck with me how impressive they were. This past weekend I got to use one again to clean my 100 before swapping the engine out in it. It blasted the cv boot grease and oil grime off in seconds. Just as impressive as I remember.

I love that thing. We use it for washing big parts in the powder coating operation. The cleaner in it has soap and mild phosphoric acid to etch steel and leave an iron phosphate conversion coating on parts. It is basically the same concept as "extend" rust converter. I wash the undersides of my vehicles in the winter with it. Really helps hold the rust back.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Killing it Pat!! Just picked up some parts for Old Landy from Deo @cruiserjunktion while in FL for Tgiving. Planning to hit it hard when we return.

 

[dogfishlake]

Killing it Pat!! Just picked up some parts for Old Landy from Deo @cruiserjunktion while in FL for Tgiving. Planning to hit it hard when we return.

Thanks! Fun so far.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Old Landy progresses. The adventure continues for a 45 with great history already.

 

[dogfishlake]

Working up an appetite for turkey this morning.

Old 2f/4speed out. Thanks for hauling Chunk around since 1987.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!