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03-14-2015 | 07:40 AM
#5417
03-14-2015 | 08:52 AM
#5419
Tech Addict
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 659
From: Indianapolis give or take...
There was a couple guys in Ft. Wayne that had the best rust buckets I've ever seen. They used some chemical they got at Michaels to actually corrode the lexan. It looked exactly like rust.
Here's the video they showed me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRxRLBIxx1U
The product name is shown at the :21 mark.
Here's the video they showed me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRxRLBIxx1U
The product name is shown at the :21 mark.
03-14-2015 | 10:44 AM
#5420
Tech Fanatic
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 980
From: Spring Hill Tn
The method I do and use it for on and off road bodies. I do my body color on the inside. Then sand; and apply your stickers. Then apply a light coat of the primer colors of your choice. Sand that when dry. Then finish with a flat clear to kind of protect all that.
03-14-2015 | 04:07 PM
#5421
Some people like to scuff. I tend not to on candy colors, but on solids I might. I just don't like scuff marks in the translucent colors. I don't use sand paper, but Scotch brite.
If you scuff do so before painting.
If you scuff do so before painting.
03-14-2015 | 04:42 PM
#5422
03-14-2015 | 05:38 PM
#5423
03-17-2015 | 04:00 PM
#5424
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03-17-2015 | 05:28 PM
#5425
Tech Elite
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,010
From: Brownsburg, Indiana
You can buy a brand new 1964 Mustang! Yep, all new with a few "improvements" along the way. So, is it really a 64 Mustang? Dunno, but I think it's a cool thing for this company to do.
http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story...pr=36796456051
http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story...pr=36796456051
03-18-2015 | 03:19 PM
#5428
I've found that wing joining tape from the hobby shop works a lot better for repairs than drywall tape. Drywall tape isn't really structural. Its just to hold the mud, or Goop/ShooGoo in our case.
With this tape, you put a real thin coat on with your finger, then cut the tape to length and press it tight. Then coat the whole thing with a thicker coat of Goop/ShooGoo. Makes the repair really strong.
Its called "Wing Joining Tape" and it comes from Great Planes or Carl Goldberg. Most shops carry it. 1", 2", 3" widths x 5'-0" long. Plenty for lots of bodies for about $4.00.
With this tape, you put a real thin coat on with your finger, then cut the tape to length and press it tight. Then coat the whole thing with a thicker coat of Goop/ShooGoo. Makes the repair really strong.
Its called "Wing Joining Tape" and it comes from Great Planes or Carl Goldberg. Most shops carry it. 1", 2", 3" widths x 5'-0" long. Plenty for lots of bodies for about $4.00.
03-18-2015 | 07:11 PM
#5429
I cut it to fit in the nose and then cut separate pieces for the top of the front wheel wells. I put lines of Shoe Goo down the length of each strip, about 1/2" apart. I then sandwich the Shoe Goo between the body and the fiberglass tape. I then use a Bondo spreader to force it down into the contours of the body. This helps to spread the Shoe Goo around and also keeps it off of my hands. Makes a cleaner looking piece, too.
03-18-2015 | 11:09 PM
#5430
Tech Adept
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 109
Chrome bumper paint
Hi I need some recommendations on which chrome paint looks the most realistic.
Is there any special prep?
What is the proper way to apply it?
Also Indy Hobbies I saw you painted a orange 70 boss mustang.
What brand of paint was it and the color name?
Thank you
Is there any special prep?
What is the proper way to apply it?
Also Indy Hobbies I saw you painted a orange 70 boss mustang.
What brand of paint was it and the color name?
Thank you