Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Cli55er On 2013/7/1 9:13:07

not digging the gloss sealer. goes on too thin and i can't really spray it, pretty goey stuff.

i did figure out that cooler temps seem to set the linseed WAY faster. its just too humid here and the linseed takes forever to set. i had the trunk out in the sun and the linseed just kept trying to seperate into runs over and over. so i brought it inside. smoothed it out...and BAM it hardened right up in about 2 hours.

so from now on i'm going to bring the parts inside to set. seems it likes 75 degrees and little humidity.

i put the fuel door in the freezer to see what happens. this is my test piece for the hotrod shop. trying to see if colder makes it harden faster.

you can see the trunk lid is pretty smooth now and i love the patina under that shine.

the hood is next...starting cleaning it up. you can see that steel wool and murphy's oil soap works wonders on surface rusticles and dirt and grease.

not sure what that 325 number means on the hood.....but that is part of exactly why i'm preserving all this as it is.

the under side of the hood will get a coat of herculiner....screw the hood pad....see several people have trouble keeping it in place because of heat. so herculiner will be a great replacement and permanent.

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