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Re: KPack

Posted by kevinpackard On 2023/6/6 18:49:46

Thanks JWL, that is helpful. The weatherstrip adhesive may be a good route to go.

I finally started working on the hood project. I had my wife and oldest daughter help get the hood off the car. I wasn't sure how heavy it would be once it was off, but now I know it's not bad. The underside of the hood had lots of pitting and rust, along with some leftover insulation.

I took an angle grinder with a wire brush to it and got it all cleaned off. Then hit it with a good scrubbing of Ospho to neutralize anything that remained. I let it sit for a day then sprayed a wet coat of black epoxy primer. I'm going to let it dry then probably hit the visible areas with flat black paint to protect the primer. It won't hold up long term with UV.

I removed the hinges, the springs, and the rubber bumpers for the hood. I got the sandblasting cabinet back up and running after a year dormant and cleaned everything off. The hinges were caked in grime, dirt, and dust. They cleaned up nicely. I then painted them with the same metallic paint I've been using for the other bolts that I've cleaned and restored.

The springs were hung with weights on the end to open them up a bit, then sprayed black. The rubber bits had decades of dirt and lots of paint overspray on them, and the sandblaster made them look nearly new again.

While I had the hood off I took the opportunity to clean up the firewall a bit. The original paint is on there and I have no plans of repainting the car anytime soon. So I decided to keep the original paint there as an homage to what came from the factory. It was filthy and covered in primer and paint overspray. I did a lot of wet sanding, compounding, and waxing to bring back the original color and some of its luster.

-Kevin

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