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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:25 am
VERY nice! I'm inspired, can't wait til I get to that point. Great photography too- most of the time the text has to describe what the photo is supposed to be showing. Not so in this case!

What kind of ventilation / air filtration did you use in your garage when you shot? Any fans?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:32 am
Thanks for all the nice comments! I've answered a few of the questions above by tagging on an extra piece to the original post.
I got a ton of amazing advice from this forum so, thought it would be good to give something back that would help others.
No you aren't imagining things, the cow blinked!

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:37 pm
Very nice thread bro... it is nice to see you giving back.. it will be a help to allot of people and give hope for those who sometimes think they cant do it... I have said it before... great job and the car looks outstanding
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:34 pm
What I do on runs is put body filler over them to make it even, then block it out wet with 1200 grit paper. The filler will be gone when the clear is flat. It will then buff/polish out. I didn't invent this trick. An old man taught me this when I was learning how to do this art. Thanks for listening.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:59 pm
Welcome to the board Wayne.. that is a good point for runs.. lots of ways to attack them and that is a tried and true method you speak of..
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:25 pm
Been busy. Car is now finished! Many Thanks guys for all your help/advice.

It's been a long road (over 20 years), however, my speedy has finally made it to the open road.

I reckon it was worth the wait!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:45 pm
Aberrant wrote:Niiiiiiice. You mentioned some runs you missed, you can burnish a bur onto a razor blade and put a bend in it to keep the corners from gouging the paint and scrape them down. Catch them at the right time and you can take 90% of the run out in 30 seconds, then I have tiny peices of oak with rounded edges as sanding blocks for finishing it off. Seems like you're not doing it right if you don't get some runs, so fixing them quickly is worth learning.

I like the long disc sanding block... hehe. I make mine from wood.


i was wandering somthing about this razor technique. I dont get what it means to burnish a bar onto a razor blade, and then why the bends?? The way i often use the razor technique is to just put 2 pieces of masking tape on each side then scap it down.



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:06 pm
****!!!!!!!!

That is just beautiful.

You should be really proud of that job.......can you imagine paying somebody to do that?

Again.........fantastic..........way to go.



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:30 pm
That is simply Beautiful. And after 2 decades it must be an amazing feeling. wow.

Sormatt,

Running the razor blade (one direction) on a flat piece of sand paper
will create a slight burr, kinda like a rake. flip the blade over
and bend it a little too keep the edges away from the surface.
then you kinda "rake" over the run, scraping it off essentially.
BUT i like using a flat piece of wood and maybe some 800 grit tighly
wrapped around the wood (only 1 layer). Sanding in a circular
motion til it's mostly flat, then switch to 1500 flatten even more,
then maybe 2000 and you're ready to buff. Works better for me.



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:50 pm
One of the best write-ups in the history of the internet. :shock:
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