Rusty's not very quiet cuda progress

So my buddy was over , he's done more of this (& much better) than I have, He felt I needed to work the rough edges, started on that today.20220426_144339.jpgDecided to do this all by hand, got the rear pretty good & started on the top, all the edges will take some time. I'm inching my way towards the seal coat!20220426_161358.jpg
 
So the rust converter finally came, it was pretty cool out so I read the can, don't put on metal under 50 degrees, well it was 54 out there so I'm sure the metal was colder.
Also have to wait 48 hours before topcoat, looks like prime is yet a few more days out!
Which also depends on the weather!
So I went after a job I've been putting off as long as possible, scraping 2 layers of tint off the rear window, I started this years ago when the car was together, contorting my poor old body in directions it did not want to go, said to myself what the heck are you doing, this may well be laying on a work bench some day, well I decided not to take it out, but it was much easier standing in the upright shell & scraping away.
My hands will wake me up for days, but I got it done in about 3 hours! 20220428_131356.jpg
down to my last razor blade, but I endeavored to persevere!20220428_144553.jpg
So I got out the leaf blower & covered the town in tint! 20220428_144603.jpg
This was in the inside of the quarter panel! 20220428_144612.jpg
 
todays project was to put on the rust converter, the drip rail, window channel & the sides where the doors mount, first coat on, but only a small part of the work turned black, started working on the rear window channel cleanup while that dried. put a second coat on & even less turned black, most of the pitted areas did? I'm not sure if this is how it is supposed to work?
taped off the glass to try & save it. 20220429_143718.jpg
At first glance I though I was rust free, the other car the whole bottom corner was GONE! 20220429_151243.jpg
with a little more cleaning I did find one pin hole, still not too bad. 20220429_152019.jpg
Drip rail ready for the converter20220429_141138.jpg
This is how most of the areas look? 20220429_154359.jpg
Ended up with a razor knife to try & get that window gunk off, trying to get enough clean to get some paint in there, not sure how much shows behind the molding? 20220429_151257.jpg
 
Got a few more holding up the paint things out of the way today, did the other side if the rear window, worked on cleaning up the bottom of the drip rail area & roughed up some spots around the doors that I don't think I have to strip to bare metal.

My whole world is upside down! 20220430_115628.jpg20220430_114520.jpg
Most of the rust was in the deep channel on the outside edge. For whatever it's worth I spread the rust converter on these areas? 20220430_114537.jpg
There wasn't that many seams you could get to from the bottom, but I hit what I could with seam sealer.20220430_122239.jpg
 
Guess it takes a while to do it's thing, now I hope it does to the rust what it's supposed to??
Much more turned black overnight.20220501_133345.jpg
Got a few more little things done, itching to shoot primer but trying to make sure everything is ready & I don't miss anything.
 
So I got off all but one window clip, that was a screw in & the screw backed into the glass so I left that one on, wire wheeled around all the pins, JB welded the 2 pin holes & cleaned the glass a little more, got a few small stains & scratches but works for me!
After I sand down the JB I'll run a couple of coats of the rust converter in there & then start taping off the glass & the front end, everything else will get the seal coat!
 
So on the more bad news front, I called the guy who was going to rebuild my engine, now he's up there in years & said he got covid, over now but no energy he'll call when ready, I hope this doesn't make him retire???
Some of the older mopar guys my know him, from the Max wedge days, Jerry Stein out of jersey
 
It's a test on the eastwood rust converter, after sanding the JB I put the first coat in there today, I Had major patches in that lower drivers corner on the other car, all the way down that seam into the trunk lip area.
Also checked it from underneath all solid in there, it's mostly on that back lip.
 
You still get out to the track once in a while, I don't think I've been since the day with you & the 340 bros, just talked to Donnie the other day.
 
Pushing to be ready for a major primer shoot, looks like mon. & tues. are going to be nice, found a few more spots to seam seal & started sanding & taping off the car, of course after I packed up I noticed a few more areas that need seam sealer , quarter skin to door jamb & the seams on the sill.

Need to sand/rough up the bottom of the passenger rocker too, should get that stuff done tomorrow & then a day off for Mothers day! 20220506_164645.jpg
Seam sealer I hit today20220506_130717.jpg
Don't think there was any here but figured it couldn't hurt?
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Window all taped off20220506_115414.jpg
front end roughed up what I will paint again , the rest of the front I can use a drop cloth.20220506_142552.jpg
So the hope for Mon. & Tues. is to get everything seal coated, bottom, interior & interior of the trunk & around the windows & the roof & then 3 or 4 coats of high build on the roof, I will start with the gal of black I got for free & then use the gray on top of that on the roof, will let me know pretty quick when I start sanding how bad it is!
 
K I think I'm ready for the marathon primer shoot, went around touching up a few spots I noticed as I was cleaning everything.
A spot on the rocker where it met the new quarter skin had a big gap, so I JB welded that & sanded it a little smoother. 20220508_130206.jpg
where it met the new quarter skin was a big gap, so I hit that with some JB weld & sanded it out a little smoother. Have been using the leaf blower a bunch of times to try & blow out the last of the blasting media & mouse houses, today I turned the compressor up to 140lbs & used the air gun, got out quite a bit more, here's some of the nastiness! 20220508_134935.jpg20220508_141335.jpg20220508_141346.jpg
Most of that is out of the rear frame rails

This is the bottom of the patches in the back of the trunk floor, I did that work on the jack stands & guess I didn't look at the bottom too close, with it upside down I saw a very rough mess, so I ground it down a bit 20220508_134613.jpg
A little smoother now, it's not going to show, but it was nasty! Now a little less nasty!20220508_153836.jpgIf all goes well the shoot starts tomorrow.
 
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a good wand and 140psi is the ONLY way to get the shit out..bonus points you can roll it hit it roll it hit it and keep doing it till nothing comes out
 
I was completely rotating the car & using the leaf blower till today, more volume but probably less pressure, but I could never get it all out of the car, just kept moving under something else.
today I used the wand, & rolled it a few times, I can still hear some mouse nuts in the frame rails but when I got the stuff to a low spot I vacuumed it out before the next roll, pretty sure most (you never get it all ) is out, just hope it stays put while I paint after that I don't much have to worry bout it!
Last thing I did was leaf blow my fake grass to get as much of the sanding dust out of the area.
I'll blast the car once more before I shoot.
 
What a marathon, I'm too old for this, 6 hours of mix & shoot mix & shoot etc etc.
Started with the almost 1/2 gal of black my friend gave me, shot the whole bottom then realized it wouldn't be enough for the seal coat on everything, so I shot the roof next & then went into the cabin till I ran out.
Switched to gray & finished the seal coat.
nice two tone interior! 20220509_162522.jpg
ooopsy a couple of spots I missed20220509_162534.jpg
Now I started flipping the car for each coat, should have shot one when it was all black, looked pretty good, gray is anywhere I saw the red primer after the flip. 20220509_161320.jpg
Looks like I did ok with the big gun getting all the nooks & crannies20220509_172403.jpg20220509_172413.jpg
Now the high build on the roof was going good , got 4 coats on, but by the last coat (4th gun load) my 6" back for a 6" spray turned into 3" & 3".
Cleaning the gun was nasty, I had shot 5 guns worth of the sealer with no problem then cleaned the gun, guess that little thicker mix won't last the hour it takes for 4 coats? Hope the gun is ok, took a long time to clean, then I took it out & shot 1/4 cup of thinner, the spray on that looked ok? 20220509_172342.jpg
was too tired to even shoot the guide coat, I'll shoot that in the AM & then start the first round of blocking.
 
yeah pot time on sealer will typically start getting a lil gummy/firm neer the end, while "spray-able" not happily

strip the gun and soak it for about an hour in acetone, it will get the hardest of hard stuff out even epoxy primer...i keep a small bread loaf tin specifically for this, i also have a lil muffin tray for "quick soak" where i dont fully strip the gun, its enough of bowl/tray to just get the entire tip of the gun without the pot and tip on it..ie to basicly soak just the fluid flow space...its useualy how i clean my gun as i can pull the 3 parts put it in the tray fill just past where i need to with acetone and walk away..come back in an hour or 2 wipe it down and its good to go

just be sure you dont have any plastic or rubber bits in the acetone..."some" nylon parts can be ok but may swell then shrink back up..i dont recommend it
 
Spent about 3 hours sanding away, till my arms begged for mercy, working in 180 for the first round it's looking decent, got most of the black out on one side, with still some sanding to go, only broke through on a couple of edges so far & I'm not seeing any drastic lows or highs!
Borrowed a super block for this! 20220510_142240.jpg
Hoping tomorrows session will get this round done & ready for the next coat20220510_151629.jpg
Considering what I started with I think it will be OK.20220510_151714.jpg
 
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