Nice work Steve!

Very clean! I like your idea of the rustoleum what do you use to thin it?

Last edited by Derek (8/04/2013 7:48 PM)

Looks like you did a nice job on it.

MustangSteve wrote:

Derek wrote:

Very clean! I like your idea of the rustoleum what do you use to thin it?

 Rustoleum 7777 comes in a rattle can and covers very smoothly.  You cannot tell the difference from using the Binks gun or the rattle cans.  The best thing about rustoleum vs Krylon is the rustoleum does not get brittle with age. (as bad)...   Krylon looks great going on and sprays fantastic, but tends to chip alot easier once it gets set  up.

Best thing about rattle cans... no clean up.

  I did a google search and even called rustoleum. Both Lowes and Home depot sell it by the quart for $9.48. Rustoleum tech support said it can can be thinned and sprayed with either mineral spirits or acetone. Ah lot cheaper then rattle cans and better coverage I think..

McStang wrote:

That's a big hump! Looks great, like it came that way from the factory just goes to show what perseverance and a BFH can do. Did you replace the front frame rails too?

 Yes, the frame rails "floor support beams" are new.  The subframe connectors go all the way through them and all the way up into the front frame rails.  They are plug welded to the beams and front rails every 6" with a 1/2" plug weld on each side of the beam.

 


 

I did the seam sealer, primer and rattle cans today.  Since I did not do a 100% perfect cleanup of the existing floors, it does not look all that great, but it is protected and all one color.  In order to make it look more professional, I am going to go ahead and undercoat it with a thin coating of rough undercoater. That is just like adding texture to a sheetrock wall.  It hides all the defects.  This car is a driver and once it gets good and dirty, it will look great !!!

I will shoot the undercoater tomorrow morning.  I turned off the ac when I painted today.  Since it barely gets below 90 degrees here, even at night, it should be cured and ready for another coat by then.  It cured pretty good today at 100 degrees. 

I have come to the realization that it is more important that my car makes it to the bash than it is for it to be perfect ON THE BOTTOM.

Ok I'll bite,,,, who is going to crawl under there and look?  Just get a gallon of roofing tar from Home Depot and slab it on there..  then tell everyone how nice it is...  Yes this is my perfered method,,
 

I wonder what adding a hardener would do for the bigger cans of 7777?  

Other than needing a air supplied hood for the painter.

Last edited by Greg B (8/06/2013 12:54 PM)