My first rebuild
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Drifting
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Tulsa Oklahoma
Ok! Time for you guys to weigh in and post some pix!
I am working on cleaning up my door jambs. To me this whole project is slop unless this part is perfect. I need pix of your front and rear jambs, the process you used and materials. I need to understand what every nook and cranny should look like so really close ups will be nice.
I also need pix of how much gap should be at the front and back of the door when closes. Mine seem really wide also what seams and seam sealer works best
And is paintable.
This is the boat critical part to me for some reason. When I open the door to get in, I want it to be just as beautiful as the rest of the car.. Lots of post here guys, please!!!!
I am working on cleaning up my door jambs. To me this whole project is slop unless this part is perfect. I need pix of your front and rear jambs, the process you used and materials. I need to understand what every nook and cranny should look like so really close ups will be nice.
I also need pix of how much gap should be at the front and back of the door when closes. Mine seem really wide also what seams and seam sealer works best
And is paintable.
This is the boat critical part to me for some reason. When I open the door to get in, I want it to be just as beautiful as the rest of the car.. Lots of post here guys, please!!!!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,548
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From: Woodinville WA
Ok! Time for you guys to weigh in and post some pix!
I am working on cleaning up my door jambs. To me this whole project is slop unless this part is perfect. I need pix of your front and rear jambs, the process you used and materials. I need to understand what every nook and cranny should look like so really close ups will be nice.
I also need pix of how much gap should be at the front and back of the door when closes. Mine seem really wide also what seams and seam sealer works best
And is paintable.
This is the boat critical part to me for some reason. When I open the door to get in, I want it to be just as beautiful as the rest of the car.. Lots of post here guys, please!!!!
I am working on cleaning up my door jambs. To me this whole project is slop unless this part is perfect. I need pix of your front and rear jambs, the process you used and materials. I need to understand what every nook and cranny should look like so really close ups will be nice.
I also need pix of how much gap should be at the front and back of the door when closes. Mine seem really wide also what seams and seam sealer works best
And is paintable.
This is the boat critical part to me for some reason. When I open the door to get in, I want it to be just as beautiful as the rest of the car.. Lots of post here guys, please!!!!
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,650
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From: Tulsa Oklahoma
Ok! Time for you guys to weigh in and post some pix!
I am working on cleaning up my door jambs. To me this whole project is slop unless this part is perfect. I need pix of your front and rear jambs, the process you used and materials. I need to understand what every nook and cranny should look like so really close ups will be nice.
I also need pix of how much gap should be at the front and back of the door when closes. Mine seem really wide also what seams and seam sealer works best
And is paintable.
This is the boat critical part to me for some reason. When I open the door to get in, I want it to be just as beautiful as the rest of the car.. Lots of post here guys, please!!!!
I am working on cleaning up my door jambs. To me this whole project is slop unless this part is perfect. I need pix of your front and rear jambs, the process you used and materials. I need to understand what every nook and cranny should look like so really close ups will be nice.
I also need pix of how much gap should be at the front and back of the door when closes. Mine seem really wide also what seams and seam sealer works best
And is paintable.
This is the boat critical part to me for some reason. When I open the door to get in, I want it to be just as beautiful as the rest of the car.. Lots of post here guys, please!!!!
Melting Slicks
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From: Japan
Fatcat,
I think if you dig around about halfway through my thread you'll get a picture of what it akes to get those jambs cleaned up. I used stripper on the big surfaces but mostly it was a lot of 60 grit sanding then working down to finer grits ountil I had all of the paint removed. The door jambs, hood sill, and rear deck opening sills were easily the most tedious, time-consuming parts of the whole sanding job because of all the tight corners, and they were also the hardest parts to get good paint coverage in. When you're shooting paint in those areas you've got to double- and triple-check to make absolutely sure you've got good coverage from every angle. Not THAT important in the grand scheme but important if you want the result to be non-cheesy...
I think if you dig around about halfway through my thread you'll get a picture of what it akes to get those jambs cleaned up. I used stripper on the big surfaces but mostly it was a lot of 60 grit sanding then working down to finer grits ountil I had all of the paint removed. The door jambs, hood sill, and rear deck opening sills were easily the most tedious, time-consuming parts of the whole sanding job because of all the tight corners, and they were also the hardest parts to get good paint coverage in. When you're shooting paint in those areas you've got to double- and triple-check to make absolutely sure you've got good coverage from every angle. Not THAT important in the grand scheme but important if you want the result to be non-cheesy...
Safety Car
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From: Bridgewater nj
I cheated and buffed my door jambs and the looked like new when I matched the OEM color on my vette.
Other car and trucks I've done I usually took the door off especially if going to a different color. Align your doors perfectly and Drill a guide hole in the hinge to use when re installing the doors so alignment will be easy.
With the doors off you gain access to the hinge, spring, inside the front fender and of coarse the bottom of the door. Shoot it let it dry then re install to shoot the rest of the car.
Other car and trucks I've done I usually took the door off especially if going to a different color. Align your doors perfectly and Drill a guide hole in the hinge to use when re installing the doors so alignment will be easy.
With the doors off you gain access to the hinge, spring, inside the front fender and of coarse the bottom of the door. Shoot it let it dry then re install to shoot the rest of the car.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Woodinville WA
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Drifting
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From: Tulsa Oklahoma
The guy at the paint store is saying 2 sprayable gallons each of candy and clear and 1 gallon of base? That sounds like a ton and it is really expensive.
Last edited by FatCat; Mar 9, 2013 at 08:57 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Woodinville WA
it is just about right - candy doesn't cover in 10 passes - so you need lots of paint to keep darkening it to get to the shade you want.
Of course, if you ever really light the tires up, you'll damage the paint and it'll be unrepairable without getting your razor blades back out and stripping the car.
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Drifting
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From: Tulsa Oklahoma
candy? ugh! why candy?
it is just about right - candy doesn't cover in 10 passes - so you need lots of paint to keep darkening it to get to the shade you want.
Of course, if you ever really light the tires up, you'll damage the paint and it'll be unrepairable without getting your razor blades back out and stripping the car.
it is just about right - candy doesn't cover in 10 passes - so you need lots of paint to keep darkening it to get to the shade you want.
Of course, if you ever really light the tires up, you'll damage the paint and it'll be unrepairable without getting your razor blades back out and stripping the car.
Like this. http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/countycorvette/8139230724/
Le Mans Master
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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Ugh! Why is that? I just saw a dark blue candy on a Vette I liked. What I am after is this, a dark blue that when the light hits it just right, it has a purple hue. If that makes sense. Not a purple car but kind of a second take to say. Was that car blue or purple.
Like this. http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/countycorvette/8139230724/
Like this. http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/countycorvette/8139230724/
Melting Slicks
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From: Woodinville WA
candy is for show cars, and cars that one race to the best spot for their owners to park their lawn chairs.
candy is fragile
candy is expensive
candy is impossible to match if it ever needs repair
candy doesn't last as long as any of the 2 stage paints
if you want purple in your blue, do a two stage with blue base and a purple tint in your clear coat - throw some pearl in the paint and watch it explode with color.
candy is fragile
candy is expensive
candy is impossible to match if it ever needs repair
candy doesn't last as long as any of the 2 stage paints
if you want purple in your blue, do a two stage with blue base and a purple tint in your clear coat - throw some pearl in the paint and watch it explode with color.
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Drifting
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From: Tulsa Oklahoma
candy is for show cars, and cars that one race to the best spot for their owners to park their lawn chairs.
candy is fragile
candy is expensive
candy is impossible to match if it ever needs repair
candy doesn't last as long as any of the 2 stage paints
if you want purple in your blue, do a two stage with blue base and a purple tint in your clear coat - throw some pearl in the paint and watch it explode with color.
candy is fragile
candy is expensive
candy is impossible to match if it ever needs repair
candy doesn't last as long as any of the 2 stage paints
if you want purple in your blue, do a two stage with blue base and a purple tint in your clear coat - throw some pearl in the paint and watch it explode with color.
Melting Slicks
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From: Woodinville WA
no... pearl is pearl - it's a fine metal flake (sometimes even ground up pearls) that makes the car sparkle. Tinting is using candy mixed with clear to slightly change the color of the paint on top of the basecoat. When done right, it's described as having depth (people will say the paint looks wet, or the paint looks like you can reach into it).
Thread Starter
Drifting
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From: Tulsa Oklahoma
no... pearl is pearl - it's a fine metal flake (sometimes even ground up pearls) that makes the car sparkle. Tinting is using candy mixed with clear to slightly change the color of the paint on top of the basecoat. When done right, it's described as having depth (people will say the paint looks wet, or the paint looks like you can reach into it).
Mix the candy in the clear and what do you mix the pearl with? Base or clear?
Last edited by FatCat; Mar 9, 2013 at 11:59 PM.