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> First of the Texas Twins, First Build
Puebloswatcop
post Apr 11 2022, 02:33 PM
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So, overall I have about 5 or 6 hours of blasting done and am about half way through the underside and engine compartment.

To answer some questions...Is this doable....yes. Is it pleasant...Absolutely not, it is very messy. Would I do it again, nope. I would save up the money to have a dustless blaster come out and do it. I figure by the time I am done, I will have about 12-15 hours invested, Cost about $200.00. I will gladly pay the $900-$1000 to have someone else do this job.

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post Apr 11 2022, 07:10 PM
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Save some energy to vacuum and blow and wipe and bang and swab and repeat and repeat and repeat. And even then stray abrasive will appear as soon as you start to paint. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post Apr 11 2022, 09:06 PM
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Apr 11 2022, 06:10 PM) *

Save some energy to vacuum and blow and wipe and bang and swab and repeat and repeat and repeat. And even then stray abrasive will appear as soon as you start to paint. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)



Totally agree Bob, and then I still have to clean the garage. Will finish this one, but when I do the second twin, I am paying the money..
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post Apr 16 2022, 03:49 PM
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Another few hours of blasting today...between heat and humidity and all the dust, it makes for a miserable project. Cant wait to be done...But, got most of the front trunk blasted

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post Apr 16 2022, 03:51 PM
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And the air intake grill...figured this is allot better than trying to sand the openings by hand

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post Apr 16 2022, 03:53 PM
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The passenger compartment is done

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post Apr 16 2022, 03:59 PM
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Engine compartment .....Done

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post Apr 16 2022, 04:01 PM
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Bottom of the body...Done
So Monday I will finish the rear trunk and touch up a few other areas and blasting will be done.

Thank Goodness. Happy Easter everyone.

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post Apr 19 2022, 08:01 PM
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Well, Finally got done with the media blasting. What a mess. Next few days will be spent just cleaning the garage.

So, if you ever feel tempted to media blast your car, spend the money and have a dustless blaster come do it for you. It takes an average of 9 hours, so at anywhere from 75-100 per hour its worth it. Just my humble opinion.
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post Apr 20 2022, 06:15 PM
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Forgot to post the Pics of the finished Blasting job. I decided not to blast most of the outside body panels and will prep them by DR sander and hands on sanding. If you look carefully at the ceiling, yuo can see where the tent was, it totally discolored the sheet rock....Damn. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

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post Apr 20 2022, 06:17 PM
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The underside of the car and the engine compartment came out really nice though.

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post Apr 20 2022, 06:21 PM
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And after two full days of garage cleaning and spinning the car about 100 times, I think I have gotten the majority of the media out of the car and out of the garage. Now I guess I will just have to finish the sheetrock and paint over the whole ceiling so I can cover up the grey square I created....

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post Apr 20 2022, 06:33 PM
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You've done a great job!
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post Apr 20 2022, 08:18 PM
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Looks great, both the blasting job and condition of the body metal.

Maybe a bunch of posters on the ceiling?
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post Apr 20 2022, 09:32 PM
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Apr 20 2022, 07:18 PM) *

Looks great, both the blasting job and condition of the body metal.

Maybe a bunch of posters on the ceiling?


Lmao, never thought of the poster thing, used to have those in my teenage years.... great idea... .girls, cars or both?
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post Apr 22 2022, 03:06 PM
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Today started the next chapter in this build. Started covering up the metal that was blasted over the past week. I started in the passenger front wheel well. This is what it looked like after blasting...

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post Apr 22 2022, 03:34 PM
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I filled in along the new seam where the flares were attached with body filler , just to pretty up the seam. Then covered all of the other seems with new seam sealer.

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post Apr 22 2022, 04:43 PM
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After sanding the seam smooth where the flare mated up and letting the seam sealer cure, I painted the wheel well and most of the bottom of the car with 2K Epoxy. Man that is some nasty stuff, don't spray that without a respirator....

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It looks great Kevin! In hindsight, I wish I would've taken more time on the underside of my project.

Keep up the great work!
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post Apr 22 2022, 06:37 PM
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QUOTE(9146C @ Apr 22 2022, 05:30 PM) *

It looks great Kevin! In hindsight, I wish I would've taken more time on the underside of my project.

Keep up the great work!



Thanks Rob. I finally feel like I have turned the corner and I am actually starting to build the car rather than tear it appart. I appreciate the encouragement...
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