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Week of February 9, 2003
"The sandman cometh"
I'm developing 'six pack' abs from all this sanding. Well, maybe it would be more accurate to say that my keg is getting smaller. Anyway, the point is that this is HARD work. And boring.
As Randy described, I started the blocking process on the latest primer. I
sprayed black 'rattle can' primer on as a guide coat. Lacquer is much
better. Enamel takes a LONG time to dry and never does dry enough to sand
off without clogging up the sandpaper.
It was amazing how quickly the low spots showed up. See the one in the lower
middle of the photo? It sanded out with some more work with the 18"
straight line hand sander.
A few final instructions from my Grandson Mason regarding how to get all the
problem areas fixed. He's a wiz! or maybe it's just that he wizzes a
lot.....
3M makes a product for sealing cracks in drip rails. I killed any rust in
the crack of the drip rail then used this stuff to seal it.
After a lot more work, the panels are looking great. This is the hood
after going to 320 grit. I had a slight sand through on the back edge and
hit just the back with a coat of primer. I will feather it in and go to
the wet sanding cycle with 600 grit.
Still have a lot to do if I'm going to paint next weekend.
Total for the week was 24 hours.
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