Nice, I'm putting this in my notes. Bondo has the fiber glass resin stuff that is a pita to sand. Usually have to wasp it :P I'll give what you mentioned a go!

 

Ya caught us
That's one shortcut we are doing. Mainly because of the clips. The one on the door, we had to take off, and the clips are very brittle. So, since we're going to paint it the original blue anyway, with silver sides the rest of the trim stays. We couldn't find the clips either, so it was either take the chance and possibly have to remove them permanently, or go this route.

Yea, we've used this combo a lot. The Duraglass is hard to sand too, but nowhere near as bad as resin.
And if you use Chromalite once, you'll never go back to Bondo. VERY easy to work with, very smooth, easy to sand, and no air bubbles. And, if I remember right, double check me on this, but I think it's cheaper than Bondo too.

 

The roof all repaired and ready to go....



Got the high-build primer on today. 5 coats on the cab and 9 on the bed.

 

looks good! like you setup too. what are you using for a highbuild primer? my friend recommended my to use nason 2k, any thoughts?

 

Thanks,
We do use 2k and I think it's Martin Senour, something like that. I'd have to ask Steve, but it's what we get from our local NAPA. For base/clear we go to the body shop supply store to get PPG.

 

It's probably martin senour crossfire, that's what the napa i work at sells

 

Thanks, I'm pretty sure that's it.

Outside, paper off....



then some glazing putty for the leopard look....

 

Looks good... You know you wanna keep it!

 

Wow looking good! How do you level the body? Eyeball it?

 

Thanks. And yea, I do want to keep it. I guess we'll see, I may just do that.

 

Thanks,
You mean the body lines, yea eyeball

 

Try this they seem to have alot of stuff clipsandfasteners.com

 

Base coat / clear coat on yesterday....

 

I Like it, I like it alot

 

Sweet! I'm going to paint my truck black next year when I get some money. Summit racing had pearl black paint for 100$ and clear coat was not bad either. I need to get into air-brushing!