Snow & Primer

"MM54" (mm54mk2) 01/20/2019 at 15:45 • Filed to: '71Chevelle

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This morning I got to use the snowblower for the first time this winter (see below) and this afternoon I finished the prep, masked, and primed the frame of the Chevelle.

Those bumpstops are held on with rivets so they’re getting painted. Won’t hurt anything, and you can’t see them with the suspension installed, anyway.

Being in a closed, heated garage I had to open the man door to get some sort of ventilation, because fumes. I discovered that, to spite my having cleared off the driveway in a timely manner (for once), it’s snowing heavily again.

So much for that, then. I was even thinking about running out to grab some stuff for this week.

My current plan with the Chevelle is to clean up and paint the master cylinder tomorrow (I want to do it before I paint the frame in case of cast-blast-overspray). Then Tuesday I’d like to paint the cowl/firewall (after cleaning them off, I’ve managed to get a layer of dust on everything in the garage) and paint the frame on Wednesday. This works out well since it’s supposed to be cold (like single-digit highs) tomorrow but in the 30's (almost 40's) on tuesday/wednesday, which means I won’t freeze with the door open to vent the fumes from the garage.

I had been wanting to paint the whole thing at once, but logistically it’ll be easier to do it in two parts, since I don’t really have anywhere to put the wires/MC/etc. that isn’t in the way of painting either the firewall or frame.

bshappy > MM54 01/20/2019 at 16:32

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Looks great!

MM54 > bshappy 01/20/2019 at 16:36

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Thanks! I’m really looking forward to getting it in paint.

shop-teacher > MM54 01/20/2019 at 16:42

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That’s a seriously productive day!

I, uhhh, folded some laundry ... Oh, and I took out the trash.

arl > MM54 01/20/2019 at 17:20

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Looking good. Are you going to use a chassis-type paint for the underside? 

NKato > MM54 01/20/2019 at 18:25

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 That your Vic? Clean it off, man. 

MM54 > NKato 01/20/2019 at 18:43

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At this point I only really use it for work travel (because better highway economy) and don’t have any of that in the next week at least, so nah. Prior to a couple day-trips last week it sat untouched for a month though, still started up like it had been but a day. It’s a rusty piece of shit but still a great car.

MM54 > shop-teacher 01/20/2019 at 18:45

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I’ve been doing laundry (in the way that it’s 5 minutes of involvement then an hour of doing something else) most of the afternoon, last load is in the washer now (FR stuff for work).

I should take out the trash, but the can is nowhere near full and I don’t want to dig out an alcove for it to sit in by the road, so it can wait until next week.

MM54 > arl 01/20/2019 at 18:46

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Going to use the same satin black on the firewall as the frame and other chassis components, nothing special on the underside. The floor pans were done in POR15 a while back, though not particularly rusty so in hindsight I could have just used normal black paint.

Brickman > MM54 01/21/2019 at 20:31

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What you are using to paint the frame? HVLP  or spraypaint?