[Jim1611]

Dave do you lay awake at night thinking these ideas up? I've heard of metal shrinking, but I have hardly no talent for body work. That is a great idea!! It amazes me what a guy can learn on here! I will have to remember this one for sure.

[Eaglekeeper]

Cool. I've only heard of shrinking discs and never really paid attention until your post. Watched a few utubes and is definitely something I'll plan on using. Online, $50.00 for a disc; making your own out of a pot lid - Priceless! Thanks.

Hope my wife doesn't catch on where the pot lids have gone.

[mike76CJ5]

very interesting build thread - thanks.

[Skerr]

You mean you just run a pot lid over the bumps and they go away?? As advertised on T.V....

[243]

Originally Posted by Jim1611

Dave do you lay awake at night thinking these ideas up? I've heard of metal shrinking, but I have hardly no talent for body work. That is a great idea!! It amazes me what a guy can learn on here! I will have to remember this one for sure.

Jim, as Scott said..."as seen on TV"

I saw a show on TV years ago, like Hot Rod or Car Crazy and an Asian guy was doing a demonstration with a corrugated shrinking disc. Fast forward a few years and I was talking to my uncle about it but never could find it on Google because I had no idea what I was searching for. Eventually I found it on Youtube when searching for bodywork vids.

Originally Posted by Eaglekeeper

Cool. I've only heard of shrinking discs and never really paid attention until your post. Watched a few utubes and is definitely something I'll plan on using. Online, $50.00 for a disc; making your own out of a pot lid - Priceless! Thanks.

Hope my wife doesn't catch on where the pot lids have gone.

Although I like the pot lids with the rolled edge (it is definitely dangerous without a safety edge but so are chainsaws), the extra weight amplifies the vibration if the hole is not perfectly centered. I think the ultimate would be a 3/16"-1/4" thick disc turned on a lathe...probably really expensive.

Originally Posted by mike76CJ5

very interesting build thread - thanks.

Thanks Mike

Originally Posted by Skerr

You mean you just run a pot lid over the bumps and they go away?? As advertised on T.V....

Yeah, that's it...just rub the lid over the bumps and poof, they are gone. I am still looking for the lamp I can rub and a hot Genie pops out


After I took the girls to the HS football game I stripped the hood insulation and degreased the underside with Purple Power. I was going to sand it and paint it tonight but decided to leave it in the sun to dry tomorrow. I would not have had time anyway.

I used a red Scotchbrite pad and scuffed the fenders I primed last night and mixed up some Graphic Red paint and sprayed them. They looked good in fading light and I can't wait to see them in the morning.

I shot a photo at 2500 ISO before heading to work so it is not very clear but the paint looks good.




I have the Jeep under the canopy so I am thinking about building a temporary paint booth with 2x2's. I need to measure the truck tomorrow and see how much it will cost. It would be nice if the four walls bolt together so I can take it down between paint jobs and hide it in the backyard. I think stapling the plastic to each side would work and then tape over the corners when I put it up.

In queue: D100, CJ7 and a 68 Vette.....definitely need a booth


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[243]

I read DuPont's cutsheet on the Nason Urethane paint and noticed it can be wet sanded with 1200 or finer grit sandpaper and buffed out. That could be very handy when painting in less than ideal conditions like next to a dirt driveway and under some huge trees when the wind is gusting to 17 mph

I may or may not use the BC/CC on the CJ although I am leaning more towards the BC/CC.

[243]

I prepped and painted the inside of the hood and the hinges in between thunder showers last night. We made great progress this morning; we started early and pulled the windshield cowl, hood and fenders and prepped the areas for paint. The neighbors were out constantly walking back and forth from the front to the back of the house glaring at us. They ran for cover when I started spraying even though I was shooting at 20 psi instead of 40-70.

I think I am getting to the end of the rope with them. If they had not have cut brush and trees down on my property I am sure they would have called the sheriff by now.

The paint will be tack free in a few hours so we are going to run some errands. I will paint the core support black and then continue bodywork on the bed, the fenders and hood will go back on tomorrow. If I have time I will bolt the new doors on and get them aligned correctly. I would like to drill an 1/8" hole in each hinge so that I can bolt them back on after painting the jambs and fit an nail in each hole. I don't know if I can get a drill motor in the space to drill at 90 degrees.

Oh, the *RED* paint really is that bright, the orange is the 25 year old, faded factory red paint and the darker red on the door is a repair from way back.

[Jim1611]

Looking great Dave! I do like that red too. That'll look even better when you get the black paint sprayed. Too bad about the neighbors. Hey maybe you ought to invite them over, have some chairs and refreshments and let them watch. We all like it here, maybe they will too!!

[Skerr]

What are your neighbors worrying about? That you are turning the neighborhood into a car repair place? I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I had the impression that you lived in a rural area.

The truck is looking really good. I like the red. Clay will probably want to spray something like that on his Jeep. I don't know how you do so much so quickly.

[243]

Originally Posted by Jim1611

Looking great Dave! I do like that red too. That'll look even better when you get the black paint sprayed. Too bad about the neighbors. Hey maybe you ought to invite them over, have some chairs and refreshments and let them watch. We all like it here, maybe they will too!!

That will never happen Jim, the neighbor has three degree's and all the edumication has gone to his head. You know the type, those that think they are so high up the intellectual ladder that it would be impossible to have a conversation with the redneck looking-acting neighbor. I have not had the chance but when it gets down to it, I will have to tell him a guy can have three degrees and still be a dumbA$$

Oh, and I have *one* of those fancy degree's and keep it to myself; and, I also know which end of the hammer to hold...the best of both worlds

Originally Posted by Skerr

What are your neighbors worrying about? That you are turning the neighborhood into a car repair place? I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I had the impression that you lived in a rural area.

The truck is looking really good. I like the red. Clay will probably want to spray something like that on his Jeep. I don't know how you do so much so quickly.

Scott, I live next to the only organic gardeners in the neighborhood. Part of the reason I have a garden, is to prove my automotive hobby can co-exist with a garden

[Jim1611]

Originally Posted by 243

That will never happen Jim, the neighbor has three degree's and all the edumication has gone to his head. You know the type, those that think they are so high up the intellectual ladder that it would be impossible to have a conversation with the redneck looking-acting neighbor. I have not had the chance but when it gets down to it, I will have to tell him a guy can have three degrees and still be a dumbA$$

Oh, and I have *one* of those fancy degree's and keep it to myself; and, I also know which end of the hammer to hold...the best of both worlds





Scott, I live next to the only organic gardeners in the neighborhood. Part of the reason I have a garden, is to prove my automotive hobby can co-exist with a garden

For the life of me I can't see why anybody wouldn't want to have a nieghbor like you Dave. You shoot, work on Jeeps, and from all due indications are great at griiling out. Yes I remeber that roast you had on the grille.

Well maybe if you were to wear a suite and tie when you're working he'd think better of you. Get some of those glasses that slide down your nose too.

[Skerr]

Originally Posted by Jim1611

For the life of me I can't see why anybody wouldn't want to have a nieghbor like you Dave. You shoot, work on Jeeps, and from all due indications are great at griiling out. Yes I remeber that roast you had on the grille.

Well maybe if you were to wear a suite and tie when you're working he'd think better of you. Get some of those glasses that slide down your nose too.

Let me help you, Dave....

Sunday afternoon, invite some friends over and shoot some skeet out over the lake. Then, next week, get a truckload of chicken litter for your garden, and dump it close to your proppity line! They can't complain... it's organic!

[243]

Chickenchit, good thinking Scott

I try to play nice, this morning I used hand tools until 8:00 and then I went to town with the air ratchet. I normally don't adjust the regulator so it tends to really scream at 125 psi

It took most of the morning but the parts truck fenders and hood are on and in near perfect alignment. It sure is nice when a project falls into place, and this is one of them.






I spend a few minutes filling some holes in the test fender. I needed to practice filling the holes without a copper backup. Harbor Freight did not have a stud welder so I started thinking about an alternative to drilling holes. Welding some washers in place of studs may work; I will need to rig up a hook on the slide hammer and try it out.

[Shasta69]

I'm laughing with you Brother.... buggers also bite!

ps: Subscribed..... nice work

[Skerr]

Originally Posted by 243

I have a neighbor whom I would like to drill holes in HIS truck! I bet THAT would be a GREAT stress reliever!!

So you actually hook to the washer with the slide-hammer and pull out the dent? I have no idea about body work...