Gerahead's 71 Dart
Once the passenger door had some epoxy on it, some flaws were more visible. It doesn't look like anything too serious, which is good.
The fender came pretty clean with no areas requiring rust repair.
The areas where the headlights go and some of the various depressions in the substructure at the front of the fenders were unreachable with my stripping wheel. You can see where the original white paint is still hanging out.
I was able to find some very small wire wheels (1-1/4" and 1-1/2") at Northern Tool and they worked really well to get into those small, tight areas. After DA'ing the outer surface, the rain returned so it was back inside to work on the quarter panel extensions. I decided to get after them with elbow grease and 180 grit. After I finished the first one, I decided to try wet sanding them to keep the paper from loading up and that made a huge difference! Lots of stroking and a couple of beers got the rears looking pretty good. Some scrapes and gouges will need some attention, but they are clean!
The dark spots are low spots where there is still some factory primer lurking. I think that will stay! L8r
Jim
Once the passenger door had some epoxy on it, some flaws were more visible. It doesn't look like anything too serious, which is good.
The fender came pretty clean with no areas requiring rust repair.
The areas where the headlights go and some of the various depressions in the substructure at the front of the fenders were unreachable with my stripping wheel. You can see where the original white paint is still hanging out.
I was able to find some very small wire wheels (1-1/4" and 1-1/2") at Northern Tool and they worked really well to get into those small, tight areas. After DA'ing the outer surface, the rain returned so it was back inside to work on the quarter panel extensions. I decided to get after them with elbow grease and 180 grit. After I finished the first one, I decided to try wet sanding them to keep the paper from loading up and that made a huge difference! Lots of stroking and a couple of beers got the rears looking pretty good. Some scrapes and gouges will need some attention, but they are clean!
The dark spots are low spots where there is still some factory primer lurking. I think that will stay! L8r
Jim
