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Air Compressor.................................................. :thu
Several pneumatic tools for air compressor....... :thu
Paint remover disk for grinder............................ :thu
Media Blaster..................................................... :thu

Tools to work on Gert FINALLY!! :yah :pbj :yah :pbj
 
Yeah going to keep her.

Next weekend going to take a trip and buy a cowl vent assy, and some other parts for her down in Houston or maybe Waco. :thu
 
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You are gonna LOVE sand blasting.

Tip, do not wear a thong and bikini top while sand blasting [nb]unless you'll be taking pics)[/nb] and whatever you do wait till the hottest days to blast :hs

A 3/8" air ratchet will be a nice addition too.
 
Congratulations Kat, I am so excited for you. :yah

There is seriously no greater feeling than working on your car and watching the progress unfold.

I don't know a lot, but slowly learning as I go, if I can be of any help let me know.
 
Thanks! I've been waiting since May when I got Gert to get tools to work on her. I almost got a welder, but we decided to pass on that since neither of us knows how to weld and we have folks who've offered to weld stuff if needed. We would have also bought a blasting cabinet, but since we don't own a truck, only 2 small cars... no way to get it home. Yet. Hubby might be getting a Chevy S10 pickup March 19th. :part

Now that I have some tools... where to start?! :confu Engine bay of course. Got to clean it up, repair the hole left by the battery acid.
 
Hope you got some good PPE to wear when using the sand blaster. I have done that and it will take your hide off! Also I think you live in Texas, do not wait until it's hot to do the sand blasting, wearing the needed face shield and hood is hell when it's 100 degrees outside. Cant wait to see pics of Gert as you progress, you will be doing this :steer in no time!
 
PPE.. Check! :thu

Oh yeah... I won't be doing much when the summer heat starts in. My garage will turn into an oven! I'm hoping to get most of the hard labor work knocked out before the summer heat wave. I might wait though to install carpet though when it's hot out. I read that installing carpet works better if you lay it out in the sun to warm it up.

Oh yeah I almost forgot... I learned of an auto paint place in town that I can get tons of stuff for body work there instead of having to order stuff or use auto part store stuff. We stopped by yesterday, but they closed at 1pm so I'll have to check it out Monday. I'm curious if they carry POR or if I'm going to have to order it. I was told 1 gallon would be more than enough to do my mustang.
 
Kat, I blasted my fastback in the garage and it was a big mistake, at least the way I did it.

There is an open hole in the garage for attic access, although we typically use the pull down ladder inside the house for access to the main attic for storage. The blasting dust went up through the garage hole and settled on everything we had in storage. It also went through the door to the house and settled on everything in the adjacent den. Obviously everything in the garage was covered.

I recommend you remove everything from the garage you don't want to have covered with dust, or don't want to spend hours trying to clean up afterwards, and seal off the garage from the house really well. Seriously, you may not think it is a big deal to blow the dust off of stuff with compressed air, but it is an absolute mess. You would be better taking everything in the garage and putting it in a corner of your living room or a spare bedroom, it will be time saved in the long run over trying to clean it after blasting.
 
I was thinking of using a staple gun and hang up some thick plastic sheeting from the ceiling all around Gert.. like a tent, and make something like Dne's little vacuum/blaster gadget with my shop vac that I never use and just do small area's at a time to help cut down on mess.
 
I did something similar (which is why I left everything open in the garage. I took a 2x4 and rolled it a few times in the edge of a tarp, then screwed the 2x4 right into the ceiling joists in the garage, rolled the bottom of the tarp in 2x4 to hold it down against the floor, effectively doing the same as you describe. It contained the worst of the dust, but still much got around it as I previously described. If you keep stuff in the garage, I would still cover it with plastic, or put large garage bags over it, etc. It is amazing where that fine dust can creep into and settle.
 
Why not roll it out into the driveway, blast it, and roll it back into the garage? That's the way I did mine. Also, without a moisture filter, your blaster will clog up in a matter of minutes.

 
Why not roll it out into the driveway, blast it, and roll it back into the garage?
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.... because 2 doors down lives a cop who is anal retentive.

Most of the rust and body clean up will be done by grinding. I won't be blasting the whole body. The blaster is for those awkward places so I can spot blast. Misc parts will be put in a blasting cabinet to clean.
 
"Kats66Pny" said:
Now that I have some tools... where to start?! :confu Engine bay of course. Got to clean it up, repair the hole left by the battery acid.
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That's exactly what I'm doing Kat, as much as I want to jump into the LS rocker I am forcing myself to repair everything in the engine bay and slowly work my way to Fred's arse. LoL
 
I used POR 15 years ago to help preserve the floors on my El Camino... even with the proper prep POR-15 did not hold up to the magical salvation that it was hyped up to be. Once you get the surface cleaned up, epoxy prime it then topcoat it with the correct sheen paint. It will look much better than the Peel Off Rust product... I hate that crap. For as many people that it works fine for there are probably 2 that it did not.

If you don't blast the whole area, then you might want to get one of these right angle die grinders and a bunch of roloc discs to manually strip metal down. I just did both sides of the radiator support on my el camino yesterday with the brown discs and it came out very nice. The 2 inch discs makes it fairly easy to get into tight areas... you can also get a variety of sanding discs for the grinder to sand down welds too. If you are going to do a lot of metal prep, then this tool is a must have in my opinion.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001X1YOM?ie=UTF8&tag=bestcoverycom-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0001X1YOM
 
Well I've never used an air compressor before OR a paint gun... so who knows how well I will do using paint products. I'm only doing the engine bay so I guess it doesn't matter if it doesn't come out looking super nice, right? :part
 
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