1968 Dodge Dart "Nikki"
Update on the Dart! It has been a while but, I have been working on her!
Well What I ended up doing was using paint stripper on the engine bay and it removed alot of the "crap" paint. That was the issue with this car. It was Yellow out of the factory, and the someone primered it, and rattle canned some stuff yellow. So the rattle can products came off right away, but the stuff out of the factory was still there.
I also removed the steering box, column, and brake cylinder, as well as the wiper motor, and the heater cover, brake lines.
Now, i'm just gonna go at it again with some 220grit paper, and then give it another excellent cleaning hahaha
I also started sanding down the car with 220 grit, and my new black and decker random orbital sander (I love that thing!), as stated all other paints came off easily, but the main base paint. Its funny to see this car go from grey to yellow hahaha
I also busted out the grinder and strip pads and anywhere I saw rustish looking parts on the body I took down to bare metal.
I also began to cut out some of the rust that was on the car, seeing I just got my new Mig Welder from Eastwood! I know the floor pan looks bad but, aside from that 1 rust hole that I cannot cut out because it seems to be on top of the frame, I cut out the hole next to it, and after grinding next to the cut, it seems like I will have a clean enough surface to weld too.
So thats that as of now, I have pretty much sanded the whole exterior of the car to where I would like it to be, aside from the bare metal panels, which I will never do again unless necessary! hahaha I have stripped it from everything I feel would get in the way of the painting process.
Whats next on the list is, scrubbing and stripping the floor plan/inside, sanding inside where necassary, possibly removing dash, some inside trunk sanding, another go at the engine bay, and then im gonna wash that sucker good!!
During all this I shall be practicing my welding before going at the car! But by the time im done with the above, Im sure I will feel confident enough to begin the floor pan welding, lap welds.
Update on the Dart! It has been a while but, I have been working on her!
Well What I ended up doing was using paint stripper on the engine bay and it removed alot of the "crap" paint. That was the issue with this car. It was Yellow out of the factory, and the someone primered it, and rattle canned some stuff yellow. So the rattle can products came off right away, but the stuff out of the factory was still there.
I also removed the steering box, column, and brake cylinder, as well as the wiper motor, and the heater cover, brake lines.
Now, i'm just gonna go at it again with some 220grit paper, and then give it another excellent cleaning hahaha
I also started sanding down the car with 220 grit, and my new black and decker random orbital sander (I love that thing!), as stated all other paints came off easily, but the main base paint. Its funny to see this car go from grey to yellow hahaha
I also busted out the grinder and strip pads and anywhere I saw rustish looking parts on the body I took down to bare metal.
I also began to cut out some of the rust that was on the car, seeing I just got my new Mig Welder from Eastwood! I know the floor pan looks bad but, aside from that 1 rust hole that I cannot cut out because it seems to be on top of the frame, I cut out the hole next to it, and after grinding next to the cut, it seems like I will have a clean enough surface to weld too.
So thats that as of now, I have pretty much sanded the whole exterior of the car to where I would like it to be, aside from the bare metal panels, which I will never do again unless necessary! hahaha I have stripped it from everything I feel would get in the way of the painting process.
Whats next on the list is, scrubbing and stripping the floor plan/inside, sanding inside where necassary, possibly removing dash, some inside trunk sanding, another go at the engine bay, and then im gonna wash that sucker good!!
During all this I shall be practicing my welding before going at the car! But by the time im done with the above, Im sure I will feel confident enough to begin the floor pan welding, lap welds.
