Hickory Posted May 29 Author Report Posted May 29 Got a new toy. I bought a shrinking disc and i love it. My hood panels had a real bad oil can distortion and its just flat steel with louvers in it. With some finesse I was able to remove all of the oil canning. Will post pics in morning. Quote
Hickory Posted May 29 Author Report Posted May 29 There were three different ripples with one being 3/16 deep from high to low and the disc removed them all. Nice and tight panel now. Quote
westaus29 Posted May 30 Report Posted May 30 Thanks for posting - always something new to be learned! Quote
Hickory Posted June 3 Author Report Posted June 3 After a little dolly work and the shrinking disk its almost all gone Quote
DJ194950 Posted June 15 Report Posted June 15 Just needs some contrasting color pin stripping and go driving! 👍 DJ Quote
Hickory Posted June 16 Author Report Posted June 16 My co-worker likes the color. Me not so much, the car is original so I'm keeping it original. Now if there was a different power train then maybe some off the wall colors could work.😄 Quote
DJ194950 Posted June 16 Report Posted June 16 My intent was really to be a joke, I guess I forgot the the emoji that reflected that! The color reminds me of the color that was used in almost all alum surface primers many years back. Trying to remember the name but I do remember that it was discontinued because of some of the ingredients were toxic. I remember- zinc chromate !! Old age has too many drawbacks some days. Original cars deserve original colors that reflect that the car receives extra work and care to be originals. I do appreciate the efforts! 🙂 DJ Quote
Hickory Posted June 17 Author Report Posted June 17 Im using nason products since that is what we have at work. The etch primer lays down okay but i really like the way the filler primer lays down, so smooth even before blocking. Quote
andyd Posted June 17 Report Posted June 17 The mention of Zinc Chromate reminds me of something I read many years ago in relation to the proliferation of external alloy sun visors post WW2 as a means to use up the excess sheets of Zinc Chromated alloy sheet that were available with the cancellation of aircraft orders once the war was over..........sounded like a true story but have not heard it verified in any way........when I received the Fulton 1000 sun visor I had bought from a guy on this forum in the USA its arrival tended to at least in some way confirm this story as while it was painted black on the top it was Zinc Chromate underneath and on areas that hadn't been painted...........anyway my 2 oz cents worth......Andyd Quote
Dan Hiebert Posted June 17 Report Posted June 17 Very nice work you are doing, I'm rather enjoying following along. Quote
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