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  1. jlcustomz

    Shine found a more relaxing way to do bodywork

    All of us that know who Shine is knows he's done good work for decades, but has had to slow it way down now. Being an innovator and not a quitter, he has found an easier way to deal with bad damage at a low cost. We know I'm b.s. ing ,figured someone could use a laugh
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    Glass Scratch Removal

    I've tried a little glass scratch repair here & there over the years without much success. Cerum oxide powder isn't good for much & some sanding pads just left too much mess to get back clear in any reasonable amount of time. For heavy scuffs on glass, metal polishes have helped as much as...
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    Fine tuning difficult body lines

    Back to work on my widebody el camino project recently. This is an over ambitious project as far as metal work is concerned, but that's how you grow. Wasn't able to get metalwork as nice as I wanted, but still well within reason for such a project. Some areas have a few rounds of epoxy, filler...
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    Tapeless 2 tone spraying

    Part of my day job these days has been an increasing amount of painting entrance doors with just commercial waterbourne acrylic paint. Not much work room right now for multiple jobs, prep takes up most of my time, do installs, repairs etc, & a lot of customers want their door panels 2 colors...
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    Harder body filler for metal.

    Doing a bit of custom metal work which parts of may not be as close to perfect as I'd like. Would really like a harder filler at least for lets say corners of wheel well & extended sail panel edge where a few spots need more than a thin skimcoat & could easily get hit hard & chip. I used to use...
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    pressure assisted gravity feed gun.

    Something I've been looking into mainly for some non automotive pro waterbourne coatings could also be useful for spraying primers out smoother with a smaller tip. Sounds pretty simple, but having a hard time trying to get a gravity feed gun with a small pressure assist to the cap to help it...
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    el camino widebody/raised height quarter panels

    Back to figuring on next mods on my el camino with the 2016 Camaro front &2016 z-06 vette rear. Need to get several things out back to blend in with the new late model vette bumper. Figured on cutting off the sides of my aluminum bedcover which have a 59' chevy concave fin profile & extending...
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    Did good deed for the day

    I don't fund homeless people, do church projects all weekend, or any sort of other saint like stuff. But it is a good feeling to take a worthy younger person under your wing , so to speak, for a little while & show them some basics of a skill they have interest in, in this case spray painting...
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    Got bored & drew something.

    Sometimes when I can't work on projects outside I get out the old fashioned pencil & draw stuff. No computer drawing skills yet. This is a 2017 el camino concept drawing that started out based on a 2 door impala ss concept drawing I saw. Then I changed most everything. Thinking about adding the...
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    Possibly epoxy/ mat on customized teo plastic bumper

    Doing another front end conversion custom reshaping & fitting this time a 2016 Camaro nose to an 83 el camino, replacing my 2010 conversion I did in 2009'. Did the first conversion reshaping with heat & hot air. plastic welding. Repairing this stuff is one thing, fabricating with it is a whole...
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    Collision work job offer advice

    Been just an occasional car painter/ customizer & Part time painter of entrance doors at my day job, which is door/ window install repair, etc. I'm really good at most of what I do at the day job, but some stuff these days is really getting heavy for a 47 year old to be doing, plus baking out in...
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    Opinion on rearview changes

    Figure I'd post this here in the metal section, since it will involve metal work to transform. Been trying to come up with a better looking design for the rear for some time now on my 83 el camino with the 2010 Camaro nose. Think I'm liking my latest concept, which someone did a photoshop pic...
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    Clearing over clear plastic

    A few future projects could involve clearing over acrylic( plexiglass) or polycarbonate (lexan). Figured I'd ask here rather than learn the hard way as usual & I know others would have interest in this subject. One would be sanding & clearing over worn headlights. I'm sure results on this one...
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    Higher end fiberglass advice??

    I have a decent amount of fiberglass experience with traditional mat/ general polyester resin & some with epoxy resin & cloth for repair. Next project is my el camino with the 2010 Camaro nose conversion posted in the new from Jacksonville thread. Looking at taking a 2015 aftermarket (duraflex)...
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