it's my 80 that's Baja Bound..
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Dan2722 said:Nice work Mike! Looks a lot different than the last time i saw it.
I have the sudden urge to make Guacamole.
Thanks Dan.
You mean, "I remembered I need to throw out my old guacamole..."
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I've lost some steam painting in my garage. I figured now is a good time to update the how much, how to, don't do and must do...... in other words, what I've learned.
I would edit my post, but I can't for some reason. The quote I had for the toner (32oz) was wrong. They quoted me a regular 32oz can of toner that includes binder. Apparently for every 32 oz of toner there is 16 oz of binders??? So my cost doubled - $213 was the cost of 32oz of 6v7. If you want an exact match to the color you choose via the paint code, you will need more than 8oz of toner per 1 gallon of Al's.
I used all 4 gallons of Al's, I'm not sure how anyone got through a whole 80 with just 2. The hood, roof and upper valance took 1 gallon and still needed a 2nd coat.
I was lucky enough to have 2 guns w/ hoppers while doing this. 1 gun was from a past Al's kit I purchased and the other from HF. They are almost identical, but 1 very big difference. The tips are different, the HF gun has only one hole in the tip where the Al's gun has 5. The Al's gun allows for larger coverage area and a finer texture.
Over-spray - although we taped and masked, taped and masked.... I still have to deal with it. I learned that lacquer thinner works great for spot cleaning this gnarly stuff. If you don't want to deal with cleaning over spray, tape what you don't want to clean, it will save you lots of scrubbing.
Paint inside. I had the option to wait for a job to finish then use a giant shop. I should have waited, but was occupying other peoples time, I felt obligated to get to work.
Eat after you finish. We had a bit of a carne asada parrrtay, uh hem, if you will. It was really hard to get back to work after a full stomach and a cold beer, but we pressed on.
I would edit my post, but I can't for some reason. The quote I had for the toner (32oz) was wrong. They quoted me a regular 32oz can of toner that includes binder. Apparently for every 32 oz of toner there is 16 oz of binders??? So my cost doubled - $213 was the cost of 32oz of 6v7. If you want an exact match to the color you choose via the paint code, you will need more than 8oz of toner per 1 gallon of Al's.
I used all 4 gallons of Al's, I'm not sure how anyone got through a whole 80 with just 2. The hood, roof and upper valance took 1 gallon and still needed a 2nd coat.
I was lucky enough to have 2 guns w/ hoppers while doing this. 1 gun was from a past Al's kit I purchased and the other from HF. They are almost identical, but 1 very big difference. The tips are different, the HF gun has only one hole in the tip where the Al's gun has 5. The Al's gun allows for larger coverage area and a finer texture.
Over-spray - although we taped and masked, taped and masked.... I still have to deal with it. I learned that lacquer thinner works great for spot cleaning this gnarly stuff. If you don't want to deal with cleaning over spray, tape what you don't want to clean, it will save you lots of scrubbing.
Paint inside. I had the option to wait for a job to finish then use a giant shop. I should have waited, but was occupying other peoples time, I felt obligated to get to work.
Eat after you finish. We had a bit of a carne asada parrrtay, uh hem, if you will. It was really hard to get back to work after a full stomach and a cold beer, but we pressed on.
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naw... you'd have to be driving a 7x to get that nickname.
By the way... did I say thanks for the help?
Nice one, Derrick.
Mike, I'm bummed I couldn't make it over to see it when you were spraying it this weekend. I'll have to come by and check it out one of these evenings or weekends.
Can't wait to see it with the black armor back on there. It's going to look awesome!
naw... you'd have to be driving a 7x to get that nickname.
By the way... did I say thanks for the help?
That knife for the Carne Asada, are you kidding me? Crocodile Dundee for sure! There's no denying it!
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It's comin along slowly. I've finished the light trim, mirrors, door handles and grill. I'm waiting on some tail lights and marker lights to arrive. I just finished the snorkel install and snapped some photos in crappy light again.
Note the lower valance. It's from an earlier model with the different grill. There is a significant gap between the lights and grill. The hacks that covered up a wreck could have at least grabbed the right valance. They didn't even bother painting it. It had stone chips all over it but the rest of the truck didn't. Rant over....
Note the lower valance. It's from an earlier model with the different grill. There is a significant gap between the lights and grill. The hacks that covered up a wreck could have at least grabbed the right valance. They didn't even bother painting it. It had stone chips all over it but the rest of the truck didn't. Rant over....
I dig it.
First time on this thread, I am in awe! WOW! Great job and great writeup!
93yotasr5
Come and take it
mo pics mo pics!!!!
Very cool
ive been on the edge with what color but im sold on that
1973Guppie
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I took a poop this morning that was the color of your truck......
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