72 duster Build progress
Been working on the duster on and off ..... this is what i have been dealing with
I have found these spots all over the car......only thing i can think of that would have caused it would be the primer I got must of had moisture in it somehow......so I am not even going to risk it....I am just going to go buy some better primer to use this next time around because I do NOT want to deal with crap like this again.
I am basically stripping all the primer back off......one panel at a time,getting the steel nice and clean again anywhere I am finding those spots,then airing off the dust,then wiping down with a dry rag,then wiping down with prepsall,then wiping down with a dry rag again and then spraying etching primer down....then moving on to the next panel. doing it this way avoids any bare metal from being exposed for very long and breaks the work load up into sections for me so that it does not feel like such an overwhelming task. doing it this way I have got about half of the car done already. and the quarters and fenders are both slicked with a skim coat of filler for the most part....so i shouldnt have to deal with these issues in those areas. so I basically have half of the roof to go and both doors and then I will be ready to spray the car with primer and block that out and then spray sealer and ill be back on track for getting it painted!. a couple more hoops to jump through, and I hate feeling like I am going backwords.....but I would rather find the issue now and fix it than after its in paint and ruin my paint job months or years down the road.
and to top it all off, today I toasted my SECOND sander I have used on this project ( the last one was a craftsman and only lasted a few hours.....this one I have used for over a year and has seen some long hours....so I expected it I suppose lol).so that little set back is slowing me down from finishing up too lol.
anyhow. the goal is to try and get all of the car sanded down and re prepped and what not and spray primer by mid next week to next weekend. Then Ill block it out and seal it....after that I should be ready for paint finally. hopefully everything goes smooth and there is no more issues.
Been working on the duster on and off ..... this is what i have been dealing with
I have found these spots all over the car......only thing i can think of that would have caused it would be the primer I got must of had moisture in it somehow......so I am not even going to risk it....I am just going to go buy some better primer to use this next time around because I do NOT want to deal with crap like this again.
I am basically stripping all the primer back off......one panel at a time,getting the steel nice and clean again anywhere I am finding those spots,then airing off the dust,then wiping down with a dry rag,then wiping down with prepsall,then wiping down with a dry rag again and then spraying etching primer down....then moving on to the next panel. doing it this way avoids any bare metal from being exposed for very long and breaks the work load up into sections for me so that it does not feel like such an overwhelming task. doing it this way I have got about half of the car done already. and the quarters and fenders are both slicked with a skim coat of filler for the most part....so i shouldnt have to deal with these issues in those areas. so I basically have half of the roof to go and both doors and then I will be ready to spray the car with primer and block that out and then spray sealer and ill be back on track for getting it painted!. a couple more hoops to jump through, and I hate feeling like I am going backwords.....but I would rather find the issue now and fix it than after its in paint and ruin my paint job months or years down the road.
and to top it all off, today I toasted my SECOND sander I have used on this project ( the last one was a craftsman and only lasted a few hours.....this one I have used for over a year and has seen some long hours....so I expected it I suppose lol).so that little set back is slowing me down from finishing up too lol.
anyhow. the goal is to try and get all of the car sanded down and re prepped and what not and spray primer by mid next week to next weekend. Then Ill block it out and seal it....after that I should be ready for paint finally. hopefully everything goes smooth and there is no more issues.
