I Repaired My Inner Fender

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  1. rthomas771

    rthomas771 Member

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    I ended up making a patch where the battery acid damaged the inner fender apron and also patched the BIG holes in the shock tower. I finished painting Rust Bullet today. Tomorrow I'll seal the seams then put the suspension back together so I can turn the car around and do the other side. (don't wanna shoot sand inside the garage) For pictures http://1bad6t.com/Maverick/maverick_7.html
     
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  2. Jamie Miles

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    Nice work!!
     
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    Looks really good.(y)
     
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    Hey that's coming along pretty good, nice work.:bananaman:2thumbs:
     
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    very nice job
     
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    Great work!!
     
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    Great job...:thumbs2:

    do you have a pic. of that fine sandblaster you were showing me the other day?

    see you in a few days...going to my Moms in N.C. today for her Birthday...:yup:

    JFF...:chirp:
     
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    Great job! Looking good.

    Jim
     
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    Thanks for all the pics, that was cool to watch the progression....
     
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    I glad you didn't want me to show them my homemade parts washer made from a kitchen sink :rofl2:
    I know it looks country...but my redneck homemade sandblaster is the bomb. It out performs the store bought pressure pot blaster. It uses regular $1.50 play sand from Home Depot. The store bought blaster has to have someone shaking it to get the $13 a gallon media to fall to the bottom of the pot and it loves the air volume and clogs up every time to release the trigger. I paid around $8 for the nozzle at Big Lots and the plywood and screen (to filter the sand is on the lid) I had lying around. I forgot what the wheels came off, but they were laying around also.

    [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    is that a can or sand inside the box? interested..
     
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    I don't care if it's "redneck" - I'm just into whether it works well or not. Very cool! (y)
     
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    It's about 100 lbs of sand.

    It works great! better than the store brand blaster
     
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    very nice!
     
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    That's the same kind of blaster I have. I just poke the suction hose into the sand bag and start blasting.
     
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