Projects Rob Bobs 1932 truck part 2

Nice job with the truck.

 

Thanks for the kind words guys.

 

I've managed to do the paint and body work on a good portion of my truck the past few months! Sorry I didn't document this stage of the build very well but basically I put the Bondo on and sand it off. The beds not perfect and was pretty rough to begin with but overall I'm pretty happy with how everything came out. First round of epoxy sealer. Then apply the filler

 

Then 3 coats of slick sand. Dry block everything with 180 and prime again with 3 coats of 2k primer and it's ready for final sanding and paint.

 

Moving on to paint. I sprayed the hood top and sides along with the bed, taillights, and roll pan.

 

Nice! And black too! Hot rods should be black.

 

WOW!! Well done

 

I can tell this is not your first rodeo ,Which brand of paint did you use? Look like 2 stage. Looks slick, like the picture of the reflection. Frank

 

I do paint and body for a living mostly small repairs for car dealers, nothing fancy. The base coat is Axalta and the clear is Nason 498-00 its a more budget minded system but we're still able to get good results from it.

 

Thanks.

 

Yep, black was a pretty easy decision for me!

 

Nice work on the paint.

 

Thanks, its not perfect by any means but still pretty happy with how it came out.

 

Very impressive - Nice work.

Mart.

 

Did you custom make your clutch and brake pedals and would that master work with front disks?

 

I got the clutch and brake pedals from RJays speed shop, I'm not sure if they will work with disks. You can call Cory I'm sure he can help you out. 816-291-4575 hope this helps.

 

Man, she's going to look sweet all back together.
Nice work, as usual!

 

Thanks I can't wait to get it back together, I hope to be finished in time for HAMB drags, don't know if it will happen or not.

 

Beautiful!

 

Man, that is slick! Very, very nice.

 

Your truck is looking very nice.Quick question on using slick sand. I just heard about it and bought a gallon to use on my 46 Ford. You sprayed 3 coats on your box. Did you do any blocking between coats? Does it spray out similar to a high build primer? Thanks

 

I spray 4 coats, with anything I'm spraying. I like to spray the first coat very dry, it forms a barrier, then I like to add three wet coats with the proper flash time in between coats, I typically don't sand in between coats mostly cause its not dry enough to sand. Slick sand to me sprays like it needs to be reduced but if you just go full fluid on your gun and move really slow it build like crazy but be sure to allow good flash time. Hope this helps.

 

That does help alot. Thank you. It is much more re assuring to hear how it works from someone using it vs. the paint supplier sales guy!

 

No problem if you have anymore questions feel free to ask. Ill also be documenting the paint and body aspect of my build a little better, and will be sure to have part numbers with every step.

 

Not your first parade for sure. Looking good!
When will the cab be ready for top coat?

 

It will be a while I haven't started on the body work yet.

 

I'm not sure how I missed this. Great work and problem solving. I'm going to steal the crap out of some of your ideas for my '34. thanks for lots of pics, I know how easy it is to just work straight through when you get in the groove.

 

So there have been a few people interested in the paint and body aspect of my build up until now I haven't documented this very well but over the weekend I painted my grill and took pictures of each step to show you how I do things. Disclaimer: I'm not saying my method is the only way of doing things there's more that one right way of doing things. Also the materials I use are more budget minded I just simply can't afford to paint my entire truck with expensive paint and 400$ per gallon of clear.

 

So I started with a new grill not sure what manufacture, it was in decent shape but along the sides there were minor ripples nothing major just needed a skim with fine filler and a quick sand then it was ready for primer. I forgot to take a pic of the grill before and after the filler work. I sanded the filler smooth with 180 then sprayed 4 coats of 2k primer. Make sure whenever you spray to always put your first coat on very dry this creates a barrier and allows the following coats to adhere better I do this with primer, base, sealer and clear it's just a good habit to get into. This is the filler I like to use. So after the primer has dried I lightly block over the area that has filler to ensure its straight before I do the final sand before paint.

 

The method I'm using is called the single prime method. Basically you spray 3 coats of primer and go from blocking to final sanding for paint within those 3 coats, this goes agains everything I was ever taught but if you use a good primer and are careful about it you will achieve nice results. I'm only doing this on the smaller parts everything else I block re-prime then do my final sanding. For the final sanding I use a orbital palm sander with 400 and an interface pad. I use these flexible sanding sheets with interface pad to sand all the hard to reach places. On any areas where I cut through I spray some 1k primer then sand it smooth with 400. Now everything is sanded and ready for paint!