Its bin awhile so I'm just checking in...

[Chester Brzostowski]

Thanksgiving Weekend Update.

The work on the 48 goes slow but I continued with the body work over the weekend. I attacked the roof area. I sanded it with 60 grit follow by 80 grit. Once completed I cleaned the area with acetone then painted it with Permatex Rust stop. I had to purchase two more space heaters to keep the temperature in the garage comfortable and at a reasonable temperature conducive to drying the applied coat.

No its not a Wood Graining Project turned bad just a combination of original Gunmetal Gray, original primer coat, and a few bare metal spots. Actual I think it turned out OK.

Next a sanding secession with 120 grit & some spot fill followed by another 120 grit.

Then a light coat of primer sealer to keep the rust away until I am ready to shoot the whole car with primer filler.

Chet...

[eric wissing]

Chet, looking good.I have enjoyed following your car's journey. keep at it. Eric

[Normspeed]

Chet, are you hand sanding, or using a sander like a DA sander?

[Norm's Coupe]

Chet,

Looking good. I would add some insulation to the walls and ceiling to help out with the heating. We need all the help we can get in the winter months out there. I have a two car garage and only use one small oil burner radiant heater. It only puts out about 12,000 BTU's. However, since the garage is insulated it will warm up the garage to about 50 to 55 degrees on a 15 to 20 degree day.

The insulation in my garage is only 1" thick. The only thing between the insulation and outside wall is the felt and wood siding. That's the way it was when I bought the house years ago. I did add 1/4" pegboard on all the walls over the insulation. If you add 3" or 6" in yours, it would be nice and toasty in there.

[Chester Brzostowski]

Norm,

With my little garage I put Styrofoam panels on the ceiling between the beams. I have a glue on blanket for the roll down door but just haven’t gotten around to putting it on. The winters here a generally not like yours but every little bit of insulation helps especially in the summer with the sun beating on the garage roof. I had a kerosene heater that really warms up the garage but after a while breathing in the CO2 and the work dust I was starting to loose the little bit of brain cells I still have so I switched over to electric.

The Other Norm,

Yes I am using a DA type sander. I have it hooked up to the wet/dry vac and it really keeps down on the dust. Nifty little sander uses 5” disks and there are holes in the disks to allow the dust to be sucked out by the vac. The name escapes me right now but it wasn’t a cheap tool.

Tks, Chet…

[Norm's Coupe]

Chet,

I know all about the kerosene fumes and agree. I was using a convection kerosene heater (18,000 BTU) back in the late 90's when out there working on the car. Would have to keep the door cracked to let out the fumes. Then I tried a couple of small electric heaters. In a 2 car garage they didn't do anything. That's when I bought a new kerosene radiant heater. While it's smaller and less BTU's it keeps it warm enough to work in there, and I don't smell any of the fumes. Of course, with any non vented heater, you don't want to work in there more than about an hour before coming up for some fresh air.

[Merle Coggins]

I used to use a twin burner Mr. Heater propane heater. It would warm up my 1 1/2 car garage space fairly well. And you don't get the fumes associated with kerosene. I could work in there all day without needing to vent the space (unless I was running an engine). But now that I've closed in the celing and insulated everything, and added a small 240V electric heater, it is a very comfortable work space. Unforutnetly it won't accomodate my truck project. It's pretty much a motorcycle shop.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I have a brick hearth built in my shop and a double barrel stove and tripple insulated pipe..have not used it in a few years. Problem is that I work more in the newest addition where I put the lift...sweet thing is..all insulated and panel including the ceiling and bad part is that I have the 9x7 gargare door between it and the other 75 feet of shop..not sure if there is a way I could modify this garage door to come down and stay in place and still put a walk in door..now that would be where my small propane heater would do well.

[Norm's Coupe]

We bought our house in 1973. The previous owner of my house was into woodworking. Had his shop set up in the garage according to neighbors. The guy had put in an oil burning vented space heater, just like those that heat whole houses. At the time I wasn't into doing a lot of work in the garage because I was on the road half the time. When I was home I was busy helping with the Cub Scouts, Brownies and local 4H. Also coached a baseball team for the Cub Scout troop. That left little time for anything else. That stove in the garage kept getting in my way and I never used it. Finally after a couple of years I was going to junk it, then my neighbor said he'd take it. So gave it away. That stove would come in real handy out there now. Guess thats what you call hindsight. I'll bet that stove really got it nice and warm in there.

[Rodney Bullock]

I though You guy's were mopar man, you don't need no heat, insulation waa waa waa. All You need to do is blow on your hands and get back to work! If you work hard enough you don't feel the cold. Excuse me it's getting nippy here at the computer, I need to turn my thermostst back up to 70 degrees:D ............Go Chet your looking good!!