I’m sure razor blades would work great, just like with bondo/filler!
I’m sure razor blades would work great, just like with bondo/filler!
After a week-long trip to Montana and a 2-week trip to Florida, then catching up on yard work I finally got back into the shop. Amazing how fast you can piss away a whole month. I installed a 1 1/4 HP Genie garage door opener on the new shop this week because I got tired of lifting the big 8x8foot door so often. Then I did some more cleaning and masking on the Nomad and I still don't know if I've masked it enough to keep bedliner off the outside of it. I may have to just mask off the whole damned thing to be safe.
I was going to start shooting the bedliner today but it's windy and I'm not doing it inside. I thought I'd try shooting a few loose pieces and way up in the quarters to see what kind of texture I get and get used to the process. Since I'm leaving for branding in Casper this afternoon it looks like I won't be able to try it until Monday . Tic, tic, tic....
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
Well I said "what the hell" and masked off the entire car except the wheelwells and rear inside quarters. Everything's covered except the firewall and if I get bedliner on that I deserve it. I just don't want to deal with any over-spray on the car. Only took a few minutes and now I can spray wherever I want to. I'll still drape some sheeting over my rotisserie when I get it outside. No wind all week......except today.
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
Its hard to mess up spraying bedliner. Just keep the gun moving and spray it somewhat evenly, and you'll be fine.
Dave, from the old neighborhood in Jersey!
I finally finished spraying the bedliner today. It was easier than I thought it would be, and the over-spray wasn't nearly as bad as I feared. I sprayed my front fender shields on the bottom side, the removable flap for my battery tray on the passenger side rear, up inside the quarters, and both wheelwells. It was tricky getting it up inside the quarters behind the wheelhouses without screwing it up but I think I did okay. Pretty happy with the results but I still have to un-mask it all. I used 4 liters (the entire kit) for all of this. Still plan to spray the inside of the front fenders when I get them completely primed and blocked, per Matt's advice, so I ordered another 4 liter kit.
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56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
Keep those progress pics coming Laszlo. Lookin' good bro.
1957 Nomad- LS1/T56 on C4 chassis
1959 Fleetside Apache 1/2 ton, shortbed, big window, 327ci.
Looks good Lazslo! Where do you buy colored bedliner?
- 1957 Chevrolet 4 dr hardtop Bel Air Sierra Gold/Adobe Beige - Purchased July 5th, 2013
- 1957 Chevrolet 4dr sedan 210 Larkspur Blue/India Ivory Sedan - Purchased Aug 6th, 2012 (not running)
- 1957 Chevrolet 4dr sedan Bel Air Canyon Coral/India Ivory Sedan - Purchased June 30th, 2013 (not running)
- 2017 Chevrolet SS Sedan - LS3 - TR6060 - Nightfall Grey Metallic - Purchased April 2017
It's a "tintable" bedliner from TCP Global, but it's just a re-branded Raptor Liner from their Custom Shop. You pour 3 ounces of your basecoat in it and add the hardener, then shake it up and spray. It comes with 4 liters including hardener and a gun for $109 shipped. I think I got it for $99 a few months ago but just ordered more at the higher price. In the sun you can see the metallic in it. It's pretty flat so it should go with my flat clear pretty good.
The only problem I had was the bottle doesn't hold all the hardener and tint for some reason. I added the 3 ounces of tint first and shook it up to get the color uniformly distributed, then added the 250ml of hardener....but it was completely full and I had 2 oz of hardener left. So I mixed what I could and poured it all into a mixing cup and added the rest of the hardener, mixed it up really good, and poured it back into the bottle. I called TCP and asked about it, and they acted surprised. The guy said perhaps there was too much material in the bottle. All of them were like that.
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
Its looks really nice, I'll have to look into it once I get to that stage. Thanks for the info
- 1957 Chevrolet 4 dr hardtop Bel Air Sierra Gold/Adobe Beige - Purchased July 5th, 2013
- 1957 Chevrolet 4dr sedan 210 Larkspur Blue/India Ivory Sedan - Purchased Aug 6th, 2012 (not running)
- 1957 Chevrolet 4dr sedan Bel Air Canyon Coral/India Ivory Sedan - Purchased June 30th, 2013 (not running)
- 2017 Chevrolet SS Sedan - LS3 - TR6060 - Nightfall Grey Metallic - Purchased April 2017
Looks great! Nice texture!
Dave, from the old neighborhood in Jersey!