Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
Posted by Charles On 2017/7/1 18:29:08
7-1-17
Well bit the bullet and decided to clean the interior sheet metal and paint it with POR-15 (eventually). I will also do the underside of the car and hopefully will never have to worry about rust again.
This is a job you just have to jump into and start. I kept thinking about it and that just lead to procrastination because I knew what a nightmare it would be!
I thought it would take the day to remove the interior and I could start tomorrow, but I had the interior stripped in 10 minutes.
I noticed an unexpected pool of water under the rear seat. Everything was dry except for the puddle so I'm not sure where the water is getting in at. Nothing on the seats or door panel. Sucked it up with the shop vac. You can see the rusty floor in the rear seat area pic.
Armed with a face shield and dust mask, I went to work.
The roof wasn't too bad. Most of the tar came off with a scraper. I briefly hit it with the wire wheel and called it done.
The floor was another story.
Ended up taking about 2-1/2 hours and 1-1/2 wire wheels in my grinder. A huge mess that took multiple vacuum sessions to clean up.
I have gray POR-15 already. I'm thinking of using that on the inner roof and buying some semi-gloss black to do the floor and eventually the trunk. Didn't get to that today. Maybe I will paint the inner roof tomorrow.
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Well bit the bullet and decided to clean the interior sheet metal and paint it with POR-15 (eventually). I will also do the underside of the car and hopefully will never have to worry about rust again.
This is a job you just have to jump into and start. I kept thinking about it and that just lead to procrastination because I knew what a nightmare it would be!
I thought it would take the day to remove the interior and I could start tomorrow, but I had the interior stripped in 10 minutes.
I noticed an unexpected pool of water under the rear seat. Everything was dry except for the puddle so I'm not sure where the water is getting in at. Nothing on the seats or door panel. Sucked it up with the shop vac. You can see the rusty floor in the rear seat area pic.
Armed with a face shield and dust mask, I went to work.
The roof wasn't too bad. Most of the tar came off with a scraper. I briefly hit it with the wire wheel and called it done.
The floor was another story.
Ended up taking about 2-1/2 hours and 1-1/2 wire wheels in my grinder. A huge mess that took multiple vacuum sessions to clean up.
I have gray POR-15 already. I'm thinking of using that on the inner roof and buying some semi-gloss black to do the floor and eventually the trunk. Didn't get to that today. Maybe I will paint the inner roof tomorrow.
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