BIG REDS 67 Fastback build thread.
- Thread starter BIG RED
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since the weather has been anything but nice, I spent most of today doing some of the boring stuff. I stripped the door jambs and rockers, some mild surface rust in a couple spots but nothing a wire wheel cant fix.
Then I scraped off all of the old watershield glue and old caulking from the inside of the door. After that I had to get the rest of the paint off of the inside of the door. This was extremely time consuming and tedious because the metal has a texture to it, so I couldn't sand it or wire wheel it like I could any other part of the car. So I used chemical stripper and a little brass wire brush by hand so I could get all of the paint of the nooks and crannys without destroying the texture. Once again the doors were completely rust free.
a very light coat of self etching primer
close up of the texture.
Then I scraped off all of the old watershield glue and old caulking from the inside of the door. After that I had to get the rest of the paint off of the inside of the door. This was extremely time consuming and tedious because the metal has a texture to it, so I couldn't sand it or wire wheel it like I could any other part of the car. So I used chemical stripper and a little brass wire brush by hand so I could get all of the paint of the nooks and crannys without destroying the texture. Once again the doors were completely rust free.
a very light coat of self etching primer
close up of the texture.
