Cinnamon 75 Duster \
Fall 2009
Another thing that was on the house to do list was central heat and AC. So, about the time I was finishing the deck I get talking to my HVAC guy who was replacing a rooftop unit for me at work.. He tells me about the rebates and low interest loans the state had goingÂ…. I had them size everything out and deliver. I installed. There goes the rest of the year.
The car was no longer going to be the kids car. The wife got a new Dodge Journey and he got her 93 Regal. Through this time I was starting to acquire stuff. Air comp, tools parts. I did manage to get a little time on the car in between projects. There were some old repairs at the back corners of both inner fenders. What I found was they had tack welded patches over rust . Of course over time the rust ate everything under the patch. I got those cut out and set patches in with a pneumatic flange tool (one of many things I got from harbor freight). Through this entire project I did cleanup with wire brushes on drill and various sanding and grinding tools. I have used Rustoleum on a lot of other projects before and found it to hold up to weather, so used that to finish. I found a color that is not metallic, but very close to original appearance to use as a temporary finish till I repaint when all repairs are complete. Used that and their primer on everything I repaired. I did learn about weld through primer and encapsulator products along the way, Used the weld through on all of the later repairs, but stuck with the Rustoleum coatings. Everything is holding up well so far, but if I ever do another one I will probably step up to blasting and encapsulating.
Fall 2009
Another thing that was on the house to do list was central heat and AC. So, about the time I was finishing the deck I get talking to my HVAC guy who was replacing a rooftop unit for me at work.. He tells me about the rebates and low interest loans the state had goingÂ…. I had them size everything out and deliver. I installed. There goes the rest of the year.
The car was no longer going to be the kids car. The wife got a new Dodge Journey and he got her 93 Regal. Through this time I was starting to acquire stuff. Air comp, tools parts. I did manage to get a little time on the car in between projects. There were some old repairs at the back corners of both inner fenders. What I found was they had tack welded patches over rust . Of course over time the rust ate everything under the patch. I got those cut out and set patches in with a pneumatic flange tool (one of many things I got from harbor freight). Through this entire project I did cleanup with wire brushes on drill and various sanding and grinding tools. I have used Rustoleum on a lot of other projects before and found it to hold up to weather, so used that to finish. I found a color that is not metallic, but very close to original appearance to use as a temporary finish till I repaint when all repairs are complete. Used that and their primer on everything I repaired. I did learn about weld through primer and encapsulator products along the way, Used the weld through on all of the later repairs, but stuck with the Rustoleum coatings. Everything is holding up well so far, but if I ever do another one I will probably step up to blasting and encapsulating.