Re: Getting Started

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Thanks for the tip. I know Eastwood IIRC has a weldable primer. I have a dehumidifier running on constant on in my shop. I was looking for something that would allow me to spray and them only have to remove what I needed to do the work on. But now that I think about it there is little point to doing it that way as I don't want the pitted rusted metal left around at all.
  At this point I'm hoping to get it in the shop the weekend after thanksgiving. We are taking a cruise from Jacksonville to Key west and Nassau that ends Thanksgiving morning and I have the rest of the week off. I just hope to get a few sunny days to push it outside nad sandblast the engine compartment out.
Probably to ambitious  an undertaking in that time frame. But I'm going to try!--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV

 
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> Mark, I'd just use a cheap spray bomb paint to protect the area from
> rust temporarily. Primer doesn't hold back moisture, at least most
> don't. You'll have to grind/sand the paint away from the area to be
> welded, but shouldn't be a big deal. Glad to hear some work will be done
> to the car! 
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> I'd seal that crack in the paint on the American with some more paint.
> Even if you just take a "close" color model car paint and put it on your
> finger and work it in the crack, then wipe the surface with a rag
> dampened with paint thinner, that will seal the crack. Would be better
> than counting on the primer! I'm not sure about the urethane primer, but
> if it's like all others, it won't seal moisture out. Cars painted in
> primer as the finish coat usually have a sealer sprayed on after the
> primer. 
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> Original message--------------------------------------
> > I hope to soon actually begin work on the Ambassador.
> > I have little doubt that at some point it will be sold. but until that
> point is reached I would like to do it right the first time!
> >   I need to pull the shortblock and blast the rust in the engine
> compartment and firewall areas, then weld in new metal. My question is,
> What is the best primer that people are using now to treat freshly
> blasted metal when they plan on welding on it later? I expect many
> starts and stops in this project with long delays in actually working on
> it. Therefore I want to treat any bare metal as soon as I uncover it.
> >  I will need to weld on it later.
> > On the American front I took it out today for ride and drive and
> stopped at Lowe's. Wouldn't you know that the wind caught the door when
> I opened it and pulled it forward so hard it tweaked the hinge. Then
> when I tried too shut the door it took a big chunk of paint off the
> front edge! I adjusted the door when I got home, but the chipped paint
> is still in need of attention. I'm bummed! The edge being chipped is no
> big deal, but there is an actual crack in the paint about 1/2" long
> going back into the door panel area. The car is painted with acrylic
> enamel and I now it will nye nigh on impossible for me to repair it and
> get it right. So I'm going to touch up the edge and hope it doesn't rust
> in the crack. I'm hoping the urethane primer I used didn't crack and it
> will be OK
> > 
> > Bummed!
> (from Mark Price...)
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