Joined: Sun Feb 26 2006, 08:46PM
Location: Kingston,Ontario
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One portion of left floor pan where undercoating was removed and surface rust was hiding.Note body color overspray only on the outside facing dimples. Buffed to bare shiny metal and a coat of epoxy primer. My spray gun is not suited for spraying sideways while I am lying on my back. I need a spray gun with a hose and bottle to get all the tight nooks and crannies.. This is where a rotissrie would be very helpful.
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Joined: Sun Feb 26 2006, 08:46PM
Location: Kingston,Ontario
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I have an old flourescent lamp that I use while I ma under there.Lights 'er up reall good! LOL Someday we will see all four tires back on the ground...
Joined: Sat Dec 10 2005, 04:28PM
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68Cbarge wrote ... I tried to do the speckle paint in the trunk but ran out.. This trunk is huge!! LOL! I will re-do it the next day or so. The unpainted area was where I stood to paint the tailpanel. I run a large fan and my garage door opened.I do wear a mask at all time when painting.
Half a job
Lea. . You ever heard of Ospho? It's a rust converter. You can spray it on to some of those places, let it dry and then prime. Will give you a better, longer lasting finish. If you can't get it up there, let me know. I'll get you some
Joined: Sun Feb 26 2006, 08:46PM
Location: Kingston,Ontario
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I also painted the trunk areas where I removed the undercoating. Two coats of epoxy,and this is the first coat of paint. I will have to use a brush to get where my spray gun can't reach. Better protected than the thin coat of paint the factory applied,IMO. Enjoy...It will be covered up with black undercoating..
Joined: Wed Oct 12 2005, 01:10AM
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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personally I like the look of fresh black paint under a car, I used a rubberized rock guard coating on my 68 Coronet I restored, had a little pebbly look to it but it was a clean flat black and was easy to touch up.
Painted undercariages, once they get a little dirty I think they look like he!!.... !nope More effort to keep them up then it's worth. IMO
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My '68 vert wasn't undercoated and on a gravel road it sounded like I was driving inside a garbage can. After that experience made sure the '70 vert was well coated with Ziebart. That made a world of difference, road noise was greatly reduced, well, as much as you can in a rag top.
If you do undercoat it, use a heat gun on the seams to make sure they are absolutely dry. The heat will also tend to wick the undercoat into the seams to give you a nice water tight seal. I don't know about now, but years ago when Ziebart first appeared on the market, they wouldn't give you an unconditional rust warranty unless the car had never been driven. That's why mine went straight from the car transport to Ziebart and I must admit I had nearly zero rust under the car after nearly 30 years of abuse.