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Monthly Archives: February 2024

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29 02, 2024

Finished sanding patch + primed on hood and front fender

By |2024-03-05T09:34:17-05:00February 29th, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

Another layer of body putty was added and sanded down with the long flexible sanding block. On the hood, I also realized I built up the bend too much and was sticking a little higher then the passenger fender so I have to sand that area quite a bit. The driver side fender body putty fill was sanded and started [...]

23 02, 2024

Finished wheel well patch + primed

By |2024-02-27T00:05:22-05:00February 23rd, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

I initially was sanding the wheel well body fill patches by molding the sandpaper over my finger but it was still creating waves. So I thought of using a long glue stick or tubing to mold into the area with sandpaper. It works a lot better and can see true example below. This allowed me to finally get it right [...]

20 02, 2024

Priming the driver side front quarter panel body fill

By |2024-02-27T00:04:34-05:00February 20th, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

Here I finished up the front ding that was filled with body filler and sanded. The ding was on the driver side front quarter panel under the firebird logos I sprayed it with self etching primer because some of the bare metal was showing from using the sanding blocks. Looking better!

19 02, 2024

Body putty fill around wheel well groove

By |2024-02-27T00:02:27-05:00February 19th, 2024|68' Firebird project|0 Comments

I noticed there were very small pits on the body around the driver side wheel well fender from rust. If you install the factory chrome wheel well trim, it might cover it. However I do not think I’ll install them to make it look a little modern so I smeared some of my body putty around to fill in the [...]