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  • yellomalibu
    Legendary BangShifter
    • Mar 2008
    • 3631

    #961
    Around here, you'd have to have one heck or a strong air conditioner to keep the shop at 70 degrees for 24 hours!

    November, and it's been close to 90 all week. Sheesh. - but we have a cold front coming that should limit highs to the lower 80's.
    Last edited by yellomalibu; November 6, 2015, 03:42 AM.

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    • Deaf Bob
      No Life Outside BangShift.com
      • Feb 2012
      • 19255

      #962
      Yellowmalibu...do you need a dehumidifier to paint?

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      • DanStokes
        Ancient LSR Guy
        • Oct 2007
        • 28347

        #963
        I don't know about in Arizona but in general low humidity is a good thing when painting. Modern paints aren't as bad but older paints would blush like crazy if exposed to high humidity - as they dried they'd suck water from the atmosphere and the paint would get a white haze. The cure was to block it and respray with a slower thinner (that's why the make faster and slower thinners).

        Dan
        Last edited by DanStokes; November 6, 2015, 08:03 AM.

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        • SuperBuickGuy
          No Life Outside BangShift.com
          • Jan 2008
          • 31924

          #964
          I thought slow thinners were for... ummm... "life challenged" painters like me.*

          *I can say "life challenged?" what I really mean is I'm a paintard.
          Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; November 6, 2015, 09:06 PM.
          Doing it all wrong since 1966

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          • DanStokes
            Ancient LSR Guy
            • Oct 2007
            • 28347

            #965
            Me too, SBG. The slower thinner also gives you more time to flow the paint into itself so you can use it that way, too. Really good painters (like, not me) can get around the car fast enough that they don't need it and can get the jobs out the door quicker. I've sprayed a lot of the old enamel jobs (Centuri, etc.) which dry really slowly and give you lots of time to melt everything smooth.

            Dan

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            • yellomalibu
              Legendary BangShifter
              • Mar 2008
              • 3631

              #966
              For painting houses, no - I typically use latex based paints, and if it's humid they just take longer to dry.

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              • SuperBuickGuy
                No Life Outside BangShift.com
                • Jan 2008
                • 31924

                #967
                so painting happened... and now I'm waiting for paint to dry....
                holes plugged with golf tees


                taped


                and start spraying the sound deadener/insulation




                just a stock toyota fj40, nothing to see here


                underside will get a undercoating, then tape comes off and the entire body gets primered...


                but that's as far as I can go on this for a bit... needs to dry... but I'll get onto the under-stuff (hopefully) in a bit.

                Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                • silver_bullet
                  No Life Outside BangShift.com
                  • Jun 2009
                  • 23880

                  #968
                  never used tees for hole plugs... will have to remember that ...thanks!
                  Patrick & Tammy
                  - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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                  • SuperBuickGuy
                    No Life Outside BangShift.com
                    • Jan 2008
                    • 31924

                    #969
                    transmission mount




                    the paint dried to an almost chalky consistency. Once I get the undercoating, I'll apply then do the top coating for the sound deadener.... my hope is it is durable enough and reduces the need to use the 2nd heater
                    Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                    • SuperBuickGuy
                      No Life Outside BangShift.com
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 31924

                      #970
                      alrighty, other then doing a full drop suspension test when the frame slid off the lift... it was an uneventful night (it missed me)


                      pulled the transmission and transfer case to finish welding and paint the various bits that needed such


                      and put it back together


                      this is after the drop - the only damage was the mufflers caught the lift arms and popped out. I was not thrilled with the ball-and-socket design and this just confirmed it. I'll do straight, flat panels and blow-proof gaskets between...

                      and the next pick of things to do... air compressor


                      I know it seems like not a lot, but getting the plate to line up and get to this point took a bit of time




                      Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                      • silver_bullet
                        No Life Outside BangShift.com
                        • Jun 2009
                        • 23880

                        #971
                        if you do not want to be stranded in a snowy pass, belt alignment is critical, so , don't sell yourself short!
                        Patrick & Tammy
                        - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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                        • SuperBuickGuy
                          No Life Outside BangShift.com
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 31924

                          #972
                          as everyone knows, I tend to bounce around on what I'm working on.... tonight was a classic case of this
                          oil pan damage


                          bfh and block of wood and things are looking better


                          I don't think there was a hole, but I brazed it to be certain


                          then bent up a shield (planned to do this before the drop test)


                          paint


                          brake line brackets welded


                          the start of clamps


                          now in my defense, I was planning on finishing the reservoir clamps - but realized I don't have any stainless strap.... but I do have stainless for the skid plate... yeah, you guessed it

                          time to yack out the skid plate


                          anyway, tomorrow I'll continue with more of the same - it's a day off (thank you Veterans!!!!)
                          Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                          • SuperBuickGuy
                            No Life Outside BangShift.com
                            • Jan 2008
                            • 31924

                            #973
                            got one of two batteries today - which is good, it means I can start on the battery box.... but first, decide what to do....






                            I like this position because it will have a flat plate that is even with the bottom of the bumper.... nothing hanging down and access to it will be through the floor

                            oil pan is fixed, skid plated and reinstalled


                            and one skid plate is in place, eventually I'll replace the bolts with button head bolts

                            Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                            • SuperBuickGuy
                              No Life Outside BangShift.com
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 31924

                              #974
                              my goal is to have the painted body on the chassis next week....
                              Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                              • SuperBuickGuy
                                No Life Outside BangShift.com
                                • Jan 2008
                                • 31924

                                #975
                                made out of stainless because, why not?




                                thanks for looking
                                Doing it all wrong since 1966

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