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Yep, take the metal to at least 150grit before priming as a minimum, in my opinion. I actually go to 220. Crazy paint guys will say 400.... Yep, beadroller. The Trick Tools ones are amazing. |
All that work really shows.
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Looking good, John. I'm pretty sure your car is what gave me the idea to extend my rockers which will help me be able to mount my front fenders easier.
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”Thanks! No real voodoo on my end....and to be clear, those latest pics of the bottom of the car have had a bit of body filler to the welds. Did that as much to seal up any small pinholes but it definitely smoothed out some of those areas for looks also. I used Evercoat Everglass, as it's waterproof so it's a good compliment to the epoxy primer for sealing up the under carriage. Raptor coming in the next month or so.”
So do you use a seam sealer before the Everglass or does the Everglass work to seal the seam and smooth it out? Thanks! |
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For areas that are a true seam (like, trunk floor to the rear tail pain), I'll use seal sealer then a shot of epoxy on top of that and then the Raptor. Good tip is to run masking tape on both sides of the seam, then spread the sealer, then peel up the tape in the middle of the cure cycle....makes for a clean line. Probably a bit excessive here, but I'm fortunate to have a good friend that is a high-end paint dude and he's been kind enough to guide me through the little but important details, thus I'm taking his advice 100%. Wish I had the $$ to have him do it!!! |
bottom of this car is amazing. nice work
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Hood vent - for another day!
Attachment 71144 A little bodywork on the firewall Attachment 71145 Touched up the epoxy Attachment 71146 Filler primer....now the block sanding begins. Attachment 71147 |
Whats the hood vent from? measurements? I'm looking for one for my car to match the Anvil ones and make fit the cowl hood.
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Block sanding firewalls is truckloads of fun.
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nice job on the firewall, it looks like allot of work!
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I've been struggling with those 2 stupid chimneys that I built on the firewall for the 2 fire suppression heads....the automatic head (in a previous post) is pressurized from the factory so you can't do anything to the line in order for it to penitrate the firewall perpendicular, and the hose (braided) limits the options so sort'a stuck with something sticking out from the firewall. Anyway, didn't like what I did so changed it... I think this gets closer to a clean solution.
Attachment 71272 Finished the first round of block sanding, went through to metal in a few spots so touched them up with epoxy along with the fire suppression fix. Attachment 71273 |
Great job! Wow, that did clean up the visual element big time :thumbsup: Who's fire suppression system are you using?
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I choose Safecraft for a few reasons; I like the 3M Novec agent, I liked the idea of the automatic heads in parallel with the manual....maybe overkill for us but I watched a guy, knocked out, in a sprint car fire, left an impression. And they were having a smoking deal at PRI. Customer service has been great. If I was going to do the automatic head again, I would have exactly mapped out the head location and line path before ordering, as the automatic line is pressurized from the factory. I sort of did that, but could have eliminated this mounting bracket if I just had the head mounted to the line with a 90 degree fitting from the factory. I'm also going to do a 5lb, separate system for the interior. I looked at SPA and FireBottle and Lifeline...all were solid solutions as well. Don't think there is a LatG sponsor for this one but hopefully someone will jump in here if they have another idea, probably should be a whole lot more conversation on this topic. |
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Built a temp booth so I could contain sanding dust, as much as possible, and so I could spray primer. Just trying to manage the mess a bit.
Attachment 71471 Attachment 71472 Sprayed a final coat of polyester on the firewall. I will block it and paint next. Attachment 71473 |
Great work on the booth, my garage will need a full overhaul once the car heads out to paint as the poly dust ruins everything!
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Bet it feels good to be so close to paint. Nice! |
Just scanned through your build thread... looks awesome.
Nice work on the fiberglass parts. I cheat the mold process like you do, sometimes using the thin aluminum house flashing material or tin foil to do lay ups on. On your inner front fiberglass liners there is a thin liner material similar to the foam board that will prevent the rocks coming off the tires from star cracking your gelcoat on the good side. It gets put under the last layer of glass. |
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I think you are asking what the material is? It's a single layer of Kevlar but it's just in the area in front of the dry sump tank and really just to help with any larger object going through to the tank/lines/fittings. I would do 2 layers if I had to do it over, one is good...two solves it 100%. Just capitalizing on the better ballistic properties of the Kevlar in this area, I'm not really doing it to help with any spider cracks, though it would probably help there too. I'm going to gamble a bit with protecting the inners by doing a semi heavy coat of Raptor, maybe 4 layers on the part of the inners that can be seen from the engine bay. I built the inners so they could be removed without removing the fenders, sort of expect some repairs at some point. Hope that helps? |
Love following this.
That garage though, killing it. Reading nothing but nice things about Fesler...:D |
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Aw come on guys, I keep seeing the thread bumped up, but no pictures. Killin me over here.
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Shot a few coats of OMNI 243 primer. Won't block sand for now. Paint and Raptor for another day. Hadn't planned on smoothing the inside but did a light sweep of filler just because I could/should.
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Poking yourself in the eye with an ice pick or block sanding a firewall?
150 and 220 done, 400 next. Paint this weekend. Hope everyone is safe and doing as well as can be expected. |
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This is looking sweet!
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Firewall painted/cleared this weekend.
First pic is sealer...DP-90 2:1:1/2(885 reducer) The following pics are after paint and clear. Deltron 9700 black. 1:1 PPG D8115 Matte Clear: 3:1:1 1/4 Attachment 71671 Attachment 71672 Attachment 71673 Attachment 71674 Attachment 71675 Attachment 71676 Attachment 71677 |
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So smooth, very impressive.
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