Re: Jeff's 48 Custom 8 Victoria Project
Posted by bigmoparjeff On 2013/10/6 17:07:39
As usual, I'm falling behind on my Packard blog again. I'm going to try to get caught up here, since blogs are more interesting if they are about things that are happening now, and not past events. I'm hoping to have the car running by next Sunday, but I make no promises, since it seems that I can't work more than about 30 minutes before I run into another problem.
This chapter is pretty basic: cleaning, de-rusting, and painting parts. Most parts were media blasted in to remove rust and any old paint. Anything that wasn't delicate went into the red cabinet first for a shot of TP Tools "Fast Cut MAX", which is a reddish color abrasive that's more aggressive than sand, and works quite well. The Fast Cut doesn't get into tiny depressions in the metal, so I do a quick second blasting in the black cabinet that contains glass bead. Parts that didn't have significant rust, were non-ferrous, or just delicate-looking were only treated to the glass beads. Most of the hardware and really small items were soaked in Ultra One rust remover. It works really well, though you really have to dry the parts fast to keep them from flash rusting. Even though I cleaned up much of the hardware, I plan to replace the common items with new stuff. I will save the old hardware in case someone wants to do a top notch resto some time in the future. Mostly everything got painted to protect it. I used mainly Rustoleum Professional series paints, along with Eastwood, Duplicolor, Plasticoat, and some odd-balls out of my 30 year spray paint collection. I used a little artistic license to add a bit more color to the mostly black engine compartment. A few items turned out a bit brighter than I expected, and I may have to repaint those later on. I'll see how they look when the hood is back on and it's much darker in the engine bay.
May to August 2013. Parts prep and painting.
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This chapter is pretty basic: cleaning, de-rusting, and painting parts. Most parts were media blasted in to remove rust and any old paint. Anything that wasn't delicate went into the red cabinet first for a shot of TP Tools "Fast Cut MAX", which is a reddish color abrasive that's more aggressive than sand, and works quite well. The Fast Cut doesn't get into tiny depressions in the metal, so I do a quick second blasting in the black cabinet that contains glass bead. Parts that didn't have significant rust, were non-ferrous, or just delicate-looking were only treated to the glass beads. Most of the hardware and really small items were soaked in Ultra One rust remover. It works really well, though you really have to dry the parts fast to keep them from flash rusting. Even though I cleaned up much of the hardware, I plan to replace the common items with new stuff. I will save the old hardware in case someone wants to do a top notch resto some time in the future. Mostly everything got painted to protect it. I used mainly Rustoleum Professional series paints, along with Eastwood, Duplicolor, Plasticoat, and some odd-balls out of my 30 year spray paint collection. I used a little artistic license to add a bit more color to the mostly black engine compartment. A few items turned out a bit brighter than I expected, and I may have to repaint those later on. I'll see how they look when the hood is back on and it's much darker in the engine bay.
May to August 2013. Parts prep and painting.
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