"Pixel" (Improbcat)
05/03/2019 at 13:59 • Filed to: Project Colony Ship
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"Pixel" (Improbcat)
05/03/2019 at 13:59 • Filed to: Project Colony Ship | 8
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I am working on rust repair on Project Colony Ship, however it is being slowed by my house painting project and a lot of rain.
The weld seam is a bit warped, but the worst will hide under the trim.
I did make a version 2 left quarter patch panel and got that, the main inner panel, and one end cap piece welded in last night. The inner welding isn’t pretty as the angles all suck, but it is solid. All total i set myself on fire once and the car twice (solvent from not completely dry primer).
The goal with the inner pieces is to eliminate the usual places dirt/water collects. I hope to make it solid enough that some seam sealer and epoxy primer will end the rot problems here (I’m at least the 2nd person to fix rot here on this car)
I need to drill holes for the filler panel bolts, then cap off the rear opening and i can move on to the other side.
ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy
> Pixel
05/03/2019 at 14:15 |
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That doesn’t look like much fun. But you are saving yourself a lotta dough and hopefully a lotta future headache.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Pixel
05/03/2019 at 14:17 |
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I sympathize.
Old-Busted-Hotness
> Pixel
05/03/2019 at 15:44 |
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A word of advice from my own rust-repair experience: Cut out ALL the affected metal. Don’t just cut it back to “less rusty.” If you don’t it’ll start rusting right at the seam you just made. Epoxy primer is a good call.
Any rust you can’t cut out, stop it with POR-15 or Eastwood’s rust encapsulator.
Good luck!
MM54
> Pixel
05/04/2019 at 19:10 |
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Nicely done!