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So you think the Alsliner is comparable to or better than Monster? It would be cool to match the tint exactly.
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If you look in the 60 forum for Sweet Ann-Marie you will see that Matt used Al's liner and loved it. He just did standard colors but I believe it is tintable. You can also tint the base mix of Monstaliner, there are instructions on how to do it on their site.
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That's a cool project! It's good to see I'm not the only one who's gone down the rabbit hole.
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Every little thing leads to 12 other little things! Pulled the lip off for the weather stripping in the ambulance doors this morning and getting ready to fab and weld a new piece.
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Sorry for the multiple post, but I have a lot of noob questions confusing me. Every task is taking a long time because I have to teach myself WTF I'm doing all the way along, and I definitely would be moving a lot slower if I didn't have MUD help!
Here's the question: You can probably see that there was some pitting on the right side where I pulled of the weather strip molding. I wire brushed out the rust, but I'm wondering if I should:
1. Weld the new strip in (thereby sandwiching some of the pitting, unpainted, between the molding and the body), and then paint the pitted spots with POR 15.
Or
2. Paint the pitted spots with POR 15, leaving the weld points bare, and then weld the weather strip in there?
I'm trying to get this little item off the gigantic list this weekend, so your reply is really appreciated.
Here's the question: You can probably see that there was some pitting on the right side where I pulled of the weather strip molding. I wire brushed out the rust, but I'm wondering if I should:
1. Weld the new strip in (thereby sandwiching some of the pitting, unpainted, between the molding and the body), and then paint the pitted spots with POR 15.
Or
2. Paint the pitted spots with POR 15, leaving the weld points bare, and then weld the weather strip in there?
I'm trying to get this little item off the gigantic list this weekend, so your reply is really appreciated.
Just as an aside here AGRRL.. the sticker on the window in post 8... Bargara is an easy 2 hour drive from where I live in Oz... it's a town on the beach basically, so you're probably lucky to only have the rust you have..... keep up the good work... 
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Just as an aside here AGRRL.. the sticker on the window in post 8... Bargara is an easy 2 hour drive from where I live in Oz... it's a town on the beach basically, so you're probably lucky to only have the rust you have..... keep up the good work...
Yeah, Bundaberg is where it was registered: salty and soggy from what I've heard, but a person can find rum there, so it's all good : ) Maybe I'll get down there one day to gawk at all the cool cruisers.
Here's a shot of the weather strip molding as far as I got this weekend:
Good luck with the welding, if it starts to work out is is fun to do but even more fun when its done.
I used a welder with the gas in the wire because it is a bit easier but more sparks and firework stuff.
For the rust that somehow decides to stay you can use paint that does not burn away when welding over it: inoxspray
I used roof nasty black sticky stuff to cover the wheelarches as it is water proof and sound proof and cheap and every shop sells it. Sometimes I wasted to much time on grinding places that are now covered under spraypaint, nasty roof stuff and plastic covers or carpet.
A good question for a self welder during welding and prepping: would the paid welder do what I am doing now?
I used a welder with the gas in the wire because it is a bit easier but more sparks and firework stuff.
For the rust that somehow decides to stay you can use paint that does not burn away when welding over it: inoxspray
I used roof nasty black sticky stuff to cover the wheelarches as it is water proof and sound proof and cheap and every shop sells it. Sometimes I wasted to much time on grinding places that are now covered under spraypaint, nasty roof stuff and plastic covers or carpet.
A good question for a self welder during welding and prepping: would the paid welder do what I am doing now?
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I've been avoiding welding in visible places for months, but today I finally bit the bullet and put that patch in the rear panel. I couldn't think of a reason not to weld from the inside since I had access to it, so I that's what I did. Would a paid welder have done that? I don't know, but I'm not getting paid enough for as much as I'm sweating screwing something up in a very visible spot. I think it turned out pretty well.
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Win some, lose some: the patching, shaping and welding of a rust spot I cut out by the wheel well turned out pretty well. Lighting the ceiling insulation on fire wasn't that awesome. F-werd. At least I had the fire extinguisher handy.
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I made a little progress today, but it was painfully slow. I also pounded my finger with a body hammer, which was painfully painful. I cut out some rust spots on my door. Forming the patch panels with all of the compound curves was just about more than I could wrap my head around. I got the difficult ones done, so hopefully I can get them welded in tomorrow, but I also have a treehouse repair on my daughter's fort to do, which she thinks takes priority, so we'll see. I doctored up a couple places in the internal door frame with POR15 where it was a little pitted and decided to go over the weld seems where the sealer had gotten old and crumbly as long as I had the can open. I'm getting really impatient to start putting things back together instead of constantly tearing stuff apart!
OH GOD YES. If my wife was as passionate about Cruisers as I am, maybe it'd be easier to sell her on stuff I need to spend money on for my 62
apocalypsegrrrl, I'm guessing by your outside pics that you're in central WA? You're doing alot of work on your rig that I'll likely have to do on mine once I get it into my shop.
If you're in eastern WA, I could use some help brainwashing my wife into being a Cruiser chick
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In my husband's defense, the job has obviously mushroomed into just the kind of thing he was worried about. Also, he's now got a lustful eye for '40s, so it is probably a contagious disease, this whole land cruiser thing.
SSHHH!! That's exactly what my wife is worried about.
But I'd have no complaints if she could catch the sickness too. I fully plan to indoc my little girl as she grows up. Especially since my 62 was the first vehicle she ever rode in
(sorry I can't resist sharing)
Don't be too impatient. You are doing a fine job so keep at it. Best you do it once and do it right. My wife makes the tea,coffee and sandwiches to keep me going but I do wish she would be more hands on. Each to their own. Keep the pictures coming cheers Brian
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Thanks for the encouragement: I need all I can get! The curvey bits stress me out! But my take away from working on these door patches is to just calm down and as long as I have the general lines right, the welder, hammer, and grinder will make up for some lack of perfection in the patch piece. I'm pretty proud of how these came out.
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I'm tearing into the roof now and I'm going to go ahead and pay a metal fab shop to make some rain gutters and roof patches, so I drew some pretty pictures for them. I thought these might be useful for somebody tearing into their roof:
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Birthday presents from my family!
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I got the rain gutter and roof patches back from SMK Fabrication in Pasco today. They turned out perfect and you can't beat the price they charged me.
I'm getting pretty close to moving out of the welding and into the bondo phase. I'm very proud to say that the only bondo I'm going to have to use is just a tiny layer of filler to even out the surface over the patches. There were a couple of spots that I didn't think I was going to be able to get at with the welder, but the more I did, the more solutions got offered or popped into my head and the more confidence I got. So all rust has been removed and has been will be replaced with welded metal!
Anyway, onto the next challenge: my experience with body filler is the same as my experience with other body work before I started this: zero. I would really appreciate some advice about a simple/cheap set of tools I should pick up for slapping it on and sanding it back off, recommendations on products, and pointers on techniques.
Thanks for taking a look and giving your opinions!
I'm getting pretty close to moving out of the welding and into the bondo phase. I'm very proud to say that the only bondo I'm going to have to use is just a tiny layer of filler to even out the surface over the patches. There were a couple of spots that I didn't think I was going to be able to get at with the welder, but the more I did, the more solutions got offered or popped into my head and the more confidence I got. So all rust has been removed and has been will be replaced with welded metal!
Anyway, onto the next challenge: my experience with body filler is the same as my experience with other body work before I started this: zero. I would really appreciate some advice about a simple/cheap set of tools I should pick up for slapping it on and sanding it back off, recommendations on products, and pointers on techniques.
Thanks for taking a look and giving your opinions!
Wow, looks like they done good. I might have to go through them if the sheet metal work needed for my 62 ends up being over my head.
Still keeping my hopes up that I'll be able to save my lift gate, but my expectations aren't overly high
I wish my family bought me truck supplies for my birthday more often....
Still keeping my hopes up that I'll be able to save my lift gate, but my expectations aren't overly high
I wish my family bought me truck supplies for my birthday more often....