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    Thanks NCW and CN. Interesting it replaces an etching primer and is high build.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BamaNomad View Post
    Interesting words associated with that product... including "As with our other innovative product ideas, a guide coat was developed within this product. The guide coat allows users to easily detect low or high areas in their panels. "

    Any idea what that means?? Use of alternate colors of their product ? or ??
    It means that when sanded, the color changes enough that you can use it as a guide coat. If you've ever used SPI black epoxy, it does the same thing. When sanded it turns to a flat dark gray instead of shiny black.
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    Thanks CN.. no, I've never used SPI, or this Clausen product, but heard good things about them...

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    Here's a couple pics of the bottom of the floor. The first one is with the PPG DPLF that I applied years ago. It's been sanded and everything sealed with 2K seam sealer, and a little filler to smooth some welds, dents, etc. The second picture is after a couple coats of SPI Epoxy with sanding and minor filling between coats. The final touchup areas aren't sanded yet. I'll add the pic with the K36 when it's done....didn't get to it yet

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    Finally got the K36 shot. When I turned the body completely upside-down I found some other areas that needed attention, like the "armpits" below the a-pillars and some spots on the toe boards that might be visible. This stuff is a ton of time-consuming work!

    After drying a day or so, I'm going to do some fine sanding and filling/sealing if required, then touch-up the K36. After that I'll be ready to mask and shoot the bedliner.


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    Looks great, and over the top. As tough as bed liner can be, that I really would like to use on many things, it's always been my concern, is to as how do you ever get that stuff back off as needed?
    I would love to know, really.
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    Seems to me that you could remove it the same way you'd remove paint, either with sanding, a stripper wheel, or blasting. I'd guess chemical stripping would work too.

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    That's true, re 'removing' anything on the floor ( My wife and I used a propane torch on one side, and a scraper on the other to remove undercoating off mine, the mineral spirits and scrubbing to get the residue off before sandblasting to get a paintable surface...), but due to it's irregularities, it's much tougher to remove anything on the floor than on a smoooth exterior body surface..

    PS. CN, your floor is definitely over the top... it's way past 'good enough', and besides you... no one will ever know how much nicer it is than it has to be.. Couldn't you be better spending your time on the things that 'function' or make it look/go better?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BamaNomad View Post
    Couldn't you be better spending your time on the things that 'function' or make it look/go better?
    Thanks, but I already did all that. The chassis is virtually done except for coating headers, which I plan to do soon. Everything else was done during the build. The only thing not done is the rest of the interior but it's also quite a ways along.

    I need to get the body into paint so I can start assembly. I think one needs to be meticulous about paint prep because once it's painted, it's too late to say "I should have...." A little more blocking on the rockers and some touch-up priming and the body will be done.....this week. I only have a little more priming and blocking to do on the doors, hood, fenders, and tailgate since I prepped all of those things some time ago before the last mockup (primer should be good and dry ). Then after the bedliner it will all go off to paint.

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    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


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    56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
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    1962 327/340HP Corvette
    1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
    2001 Porsche Boxster S
    2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
    2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax

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    There's about 1000 'incidental' parts that have to be painted body color also... Are you sending those to the painter, or do you plan to do them yourself? (ie. tailgate hinges, hinge covers plus those little tiny ones on the outside, the cover plates for the interior panels, etc.. You may have eliminated some of those with 'custom parts'...?

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