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Got the top sprayed Classic White today. Was 72* what a perfect day it was for painting. Unbelievable in the middle of January.

Not bad for someone who has no idea what he is doing. I did get some runs on the back so I will have to sand those out and shoot the back again.

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Re: 64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"
 

Hell yeah! :metal::metal::metal:

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Been a minute since I checked in… Lotsa great work going on...:metal:

Guess I'll have to get you a shirt in the mail, got some ordered, all out of stock right now...:lol:

P.S. I'll post a pic of a piston outta an old Shovelhead I had...

Re: 64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"
 

Looking great from here Bret !!

Good spray day has to be even better, getting it mid January.

The runs on the back of my cab looks like a shower door glass after a good shower, the rest of the truck is equally bad, so I know there is a load of prep ahead.

Your progress, despite a few setbacks, has been great, no doubt aided by your actual aspirations for doing the truck justice.

Well done so far mate.

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Progress! Looks good. I can't wait to start on my '68 GMC. I need to finish my new pole barn first. Today and yesterday is the first time in a couple weeks it's been above freezing or the teens for that matter. Keep up the good work.

Ryan

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i sure hope you'll be nice to that beautiful green and polished aluminum motor you're working on... it looked to me like you thrashed your other motor builds until parts were sticking out all over the place.
be nice to this one, its too pretty to blowup.:lol:

closing in on break in time...

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Hopefully it holds together a long time

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Thank You.

Thanks Don.

Thank You Rian. I am still agitated by the runs on the back and haven't been out to see how it all looks completely dry. Going to drop by today after work and see how the bad the runs are. I saw some tips online of using a razor blade to shave down runs. Might save me some time sanding.

Thank You Ryan. Yes the weather was in the 70's for 3 days and then we are dropping back to the 40's. I plan to get the back sanded and prepped and ready to shoot for when the next 70* day my popup. If not have to wait til March

No problem there Clem. All those motors where my teenage years. I still have a heavy foot but this motor is bone stock so no use in pushing it hard. Just a cruiser. Before my father in law died and we talked about the truck he made me promise I would not put a hot rod engine in it. So keeping my promise. Plus the fact that the older I get the more I just want the engine to run good, sound good, and be dependable. Those hot rod motors with high lift cams always need some attention of some sort.

It should at least until my young ones become of driving age. :D

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I haven't heard of using the razor blade on primer and paint. I have heard about using it on clear though. Not saying it wouldn't work, not to mention primer isn't that hard to sand. Just don't sand THAT part alone as you'll put a dip in the primer that you'll see later. (I don't know what you know and don't know when it comes to painting) Sorry if that sounded a$$ish

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I found it on different sites using it on solid color and clear. The reason I wanted to try it is so I don't sand down to the primer. If I can just knock down the runs and then scuff the white then I will just reshoot it without having to primer again.

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I stopped by the garage on the way home from work to see how the paint dried. I was very disgusted/disappointed/depressed over how it came out when I left Sunday. Well seeing it today dried I feel much better. The sections where the paint came out smooth have an awesome satin eggshell sheen. The front pillars and inside the door jams look great and the front eyebrow.

The back does have a million drips I will have to cut and respray. The top I am torn on. It is very smooth around the edges but out in the center it has bad orange peel. Too bad its the Satin paint if it was gloss I am sure I could cut it and buff it out. Not sure yet if I will respray it. I have enough paint left to spray the back so I will focus on that first.

Just hate having to do things twice after all that prep work, but that's what comes from being a rookie painter.

Re: 64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"
 

Just adds to the fun… being a rookie that is...:mm: I'm dealing with lots rookie things at my end…:waah:

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i hear ya bro... don't get down on yourself. theres just a ton of things that can go wrong in paint work. even the most experienced painter can get major mishaps. and doing stuff twice, i guess its part of the deal. a good way to look at it is... its only time, not thousands of dollars you'd be spending to have someone else do it for you. and the DIY pride when finished will be huge.

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Bj yer engine is :jdp::jdp::jdp::metal::metal::metal::ennyd:

Good work man! Reminds me of getting mine! lol

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Thanks Don. And thanks for letting me know about Donnie. Haven't had a chance to call him yet.

Thanks Clem. Really appreciate you support and everyone's on this forum. I tend to be my own worst critic wanting everything to be perfect. It is part of my personality striving to be a perfectionist and having a touch of OCD. In the end I keep telling myself it is a "50 year old truck" and is going to be a driver not a show truck. So it doesn't have to be perfect. Most of the mistakes I make would never be spotted by anyone except maybe another car or truck guy. I felt the same way when the seam sealer on the roof messed up and I got that straightened out. Its not about the obstacle when run into but how we got around them.

Thanks TJ. Can't wait to see you new one under the hood and burning rubber!

Re: 64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"
 

Here's a pic of that piston I was telling you about...:eek:
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8653/...c7202dde_b.jpg by ta2don, on Flickr

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:jdp: OMG that is painful for my eyes!

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I sanded all the runs out on the back of the cab. Today was a beautiful 72*. Perfect day for painting. Masked off the back on the side of the sail panels and shot some paint on. It came out great this time. 2nd times the charm.

I am very impressed with the fine line tape I bought. I only had one little place on the front driver A pillar mess up.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/...18bf3bd9_b.jpg20150129_131853 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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This paint has a very unigue texture when it dries. At first I thought the roof had orange peeled. But I think it is just the way the paint dries. A very cool Egg shell satin.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/...ef36bab9_b.jpg20150129_132105 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/...44b07c4c_b.jpg20150129_131800 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Need to get the bodywork finished on the bottom half and order some Blue paint. I think by the time I get through painting the whole truck I will have this painting thing figured out. Maybe!

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Well done Mate !!!

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And I'm over here still dicking around with my rockers:banghead::banghead::banghead:! It looks good Bj!

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Very Nice Brother!!! :metal: Looks like you are getting the Paint thing down...:mm:

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Just seen this thumbs down on this entry above.

No idea how it got there??

Did I put it there or someone else?????

Clearly, Not my opinion.

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Its looking good Bret .
I bet you feel it's turned a corner and now on the home straight . It won't be long before you are driving it again .

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Thanks Rian. Don't worry about the thumbs down. Didn't even notice it.

No worries MJ. If it makes you feel better I truly have been working on my cab since July of 2013 on and off. It has been a long road. I only get 10-15 hours a week to work on my truck so progress is slow for me too.

At some point I will figure it out. My biggest problem is I get so excited to spray paint I get in a hurry and don't hold the gun parallel to the bodywork. That's how I made all the runs on the back. Just have to watch my technique.

Thanks Martin.
As soon as the bottom half is blue and the cab is complete and put back on the frame I will start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Re: 64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"
 

very nice work... love the effect that eggshell satin gives.

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Nice! I got the same way when I painted. I feel like I need to hurry before the paint dries in the gun or something. I know it won't but like you said just work on the technique. Keep up the progress. Looks great. Best of all your learning from the mistakes. There are a lot of people that don't have the ability to. They put the blame on other things.

Ryan.

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Good work bud! :chevy:

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Thanks Clem. I appreciate the support you gave in an earlier post. It helps keep me motivated by the tremendous support on this forum. I would really like to come to your event in October with Rian and Martin but I don't think I will be able to make it this year. Hopefully when my truck is done maybe I can make it.

You are spot on about the hurrying. I feel like I am trying to disarm a bomb and only have a few seconds left before it goes off. Plus after all the runs I was a little gun shy. But I setup a big cardboard against the wall to check the flow of paint and spray pattern. I also heated the truck up with the 2 big halogen lights I have and warmed the paint, hardener, and reducer in the kitchen sink in warm water for about 30 minutes. As you said to make a mistake is human to make it twice well....

Thanks TJ. Still waiting to see your 292 come together. I forgot to post it but I found a picture on facebook of a guy that put a 6-71 blower on his inline six. Was going to post it in your thread but can't find it now. Not sure what kind of an intake he was using it. At first I thought it was yours because it looked almost identical and then I saw the timing chain cover and it didn't have the detail you put on yours.

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Nice save on the paint, had to do mine a couple times too. I think our trucks look great with a white top and that satin looks classy:metal:

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Work looks good. Glad you backed up and did it again so that you would be happy with it.

Dwight

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Looking good!!! That satin white is sweet.

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Thanks WhippinSaw. I agree I have always loved the two tone with White. The trouble I had was deciding how to paint the White as they are many different lines you can mask off. In the end I just went original.

Thank You. You are right about that. I would have urked me everytime I saw it. I may even end up reshooting the top only as their is a light spot on the very front of the shelf.

Thanks Dwcardfan.

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Had another really nice 70* day today. Was warm enough I was able spread some filler on the back of the cab and finish up all the bodywork. I spent quite a bit of time on the outside back corners of the cab as this is all visible on a stepside. Both sides had their share of dings and I hammered and dollied as much as I could. Used the new Rage Gold filler I got for Xmas. This stuff is awesome lays down real smooth like peanut butter and has virtually no pinholes and sands real easy. The weather started to chill in the afternoon so I was not able to shoot primer. Couple of coats of filler primer and some blocking and the cab is ready for some Midnight Blue!


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/...54e7e738_b.jpg20150201_145452 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7357/...703fd350_b.jpg20150201_145501 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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Re: 64 C10 Stepside "Jaybird"
 

Funny how these build threads are like a drug.

I am sitting having a quick coffee in a hospital before getting out to go hunting again and checked in.

That filler sounds like a rather good investment.

Progress is Progress.

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I agree Rian. I read people's build threads before I go to work in the morning and usually read them when I get home.

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Stripped my passenger door yesterday. Found some stuff I really didn't want to but that's how these old trucks are. Surprises around every corner. The front corner is rotten. That is a relatively easy fix. It appears the door check broke at one time and the door was allowed to swing to far and crease the door. The body man that fixed pulled some of the dent and then filled over with a 1/4" bondo. I swear I ground at least a quart of bondo off this door.

So I will have to cutout the two creases and weld in some new metal. There is also a crease running down the bottom middle of the top curve part. Not sure I can really do anything with this and it is not that deep so will probably just fill over it.

Does any of this look familiar Rian?

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/...3884e8b1_b.jpg20150207_113741 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7307/...7dddda3b_b.jpg20150207_113746 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7334/...afc336d0_b.jpg20150207_113757 by bjohnson388, on Flickr


Looks like an ANGRY BADGER was riding shot gun and beat the hell out of the bottom of the door. I am really curious how this even happened as the original rocker had no damage in this area? Was going to bang this out from the inside since there is a speaker hole but there is another panel behind it so no access. Probably just cut it out at the edge and then hammer the edge square and weld in a new piece.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/...c6f406ed_b.jpg20150207_125046 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

Also the door check area is beat up as well. Must have been a violent wind whipped the door or something who knows!
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/...c01e2014_b.jpg20150207_125100 by bjohnson388, on Flickr

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The joys of P.O.s :lol:
Small potatoes for you Brotha!!!:metal:

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You can look at THIS page about newer door checks.

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What have you decided about the doors, are you going to re-skin them up to the window frame?

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My current plan is to make some wooden pucks that match the profile of the two outer areas I need patches for. Make some patches and then trace them out over the damaged area cut out and weld in the patches. I don't really want to replace the whole door skin. I found a tool online that I might be able to use to push the crease out from the inside.