Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

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The other night I got into a conversation with Teresa about her grandkids. She loves them dearly and said I should do things to try to prepare them for adulthood.



I suggested I make them little prison uniforms.





Sleeping in the pickup isn't so bad...
 
HOLY GUACAMOLE! The rain is coming down in bucket fulls! - And along with it there's been dime sized hail. The 'Cuda is hiding beneath one of the fir trees but the rest of the Mopars are keeping their threads crossed hoping this blows over before things get serious.

They didn't have anything in the forecast so I wasn't concerned when I first heard the thunder. I figured we wouldn't get anything more than a sprinkle.

Right now I'm as nervous as a politician about to undergo a polygraph test. The streets are flooded and it doesn't seem as though it's gonna end soon. I'd guess we've gotten well over 2 inches of rain in the last hour.

The day started out peaceful enough. It was really hot & muggy. - So hot that I decided to play hooky from house duties and hit another car show in one of the neighboring towns. I know that I'd told myself that I was going to skip most of them this year but without my garage time I've been jonesing for some car action.

Other than the extreme heat the weather behaved while I was there. I'd been itching to drive the 'Cuda for awhile so I entered it. Teresa was babysitting in Columbus the last few days so I went by myself.

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Looks like the cars managed to survive the storm yesterday. If it wasn't for the fear of theft and vandalism, I'd keep them all stored inside at the farm.
 
Despite Teresa's objection to prison uniforms for her grandkids, I think it's a great idea.

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Unfortunately it doesn't address the issue of them running amok when they're here.
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Obviously a few of them will likely tend to dominate the others.

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She still maintains that they're adorable but I assume Kim Jong Un's grandmother thought he was precious when he was young too.

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John, you are not rite.:D You my freind need to work on a car to get your mind strait.O:)
 
jaws said:
John, you are not rite.:D You my freind need to work on a car to get your mind strait.O:)
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You're right jaws. I should have realized that the barbed wire above the playpen wasn't high enough.
 
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Still no real car progress to report. The house renovation is moving forward at a snail's pace. I've found that I suck at most of the rebuilding duties.

My latest work has been centered around mudding the drywall. This stuff is taking forever to set up. Part of the reason is that I don't have my seams tight enough and needed to apply extra compound. In an effort to speed the process I've probably put it on too heavy. The high humidity hasn't helped things dry either. Despite the slow drying I'm still making headway.

I've been using premixed buckets of 'general purpose' compound but I've seen some advertized that claim to be easier sanding or faster drying. I'm wondering if I should switch. I've also been thinking about some of the dry bags that have to be mixed with water. Anyone got some pointers for me?
 
John, my father law and I were just doing some texturing too. Remodeled one of our bathrooms. The dry bag stuff is a little cheaper and you can get some that sets up in like 25/45 minute time frames. We used the 45 minute. It's nasty work. Kinda like doing body work.
 
1967 'cuda said:
Still no real car progress to report. The house renovation is moving forward at a snail's pace. I've found that I suck at most of the rebuilding duties.

My latest work has been centered around mudding the drywall. This stuff is taking forever to set up. Part of the reason is that I don't have my seams tight enough and needed to apply extra compound. In an effort to speed the process I've probably put it on too heavy. The high humidity hasn't helped things dry either. Despite the slow drying I'm still making headway.

I've been using premixed buckets of 'general purpose' compound but I've seen some advertized that claim to be easier sanding or faster drying. I'm wondering if I should switch. I've also been thinking about some of the dry bags that have to be mixed with water. Anyone got some pointers for me?
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John,

Don't go with the USG Easy Sand 30, 45, or 90 It will get away from you and set up in the mixing bucket.

Use the USG Green (lid) and the Easy Sand 90 together.

use a separate 5 gallon bucket to mix in. Put about 1/4 of a bucket of the USG general purpose ( green lid )in the mixing bucket, then add in 1/2 of a 1 pound coffee can of the Easy Sand 90 and 1/2 of a coffee can water, mix with a power mixer ( even a paint mixer ) on a drill.

Let sit for a few minutes and have at it!

you can add a tad more water or a tad more Easy Sand powder till the mixture is how you like it. The Easy sand is dehydrated joint compound and plaster of paris. It accelerates the drying of the mud. It's Hot Rod Spackle, it goes fast.:burnout:
 
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John, my father law and I were just doing some texturing too. Remodeled one of our bathrooms. The dry bag stuff is a little cheaper and you can get some that sets up in like 25/45 minute time frames. We used the 45 minute. It's nasty work. Kinda like doing body work.
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Right now the green lid 'general purpose' premix has been taking one to two days to dry. The humidity is pretty extreme so I assume it's slowing the drying process. I think I will try a few different types to see if I can hit a happy medium on set up time. I'd been avoiding the dry mix because of the extra effort to prepare it. I wouldn't mind a 2 hour set up time, - 45 minutes might work provided it doesn't start to harden in the bucket before I get it applied.
 
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DusterDaddy said:
John,
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DusterDaddy said:

Don't go with the USG Easy Sand 30, 45, or 90 It will get away from you and set up in the mixing bucket.

Use the USG Green (lid) and the Easy Sand 90 together.

use a separate 5 gallon bucket to mix in. Put about 1/4 of a bucket of the USG general purpose ( green lid )in the mixing bucket, then add in 1/2 of a 1 pound coffee can of the Easy Sand 90 and 1/2 of a coffee can water, mix with a power mixer ( even a paint mixer ) on a drill.

Let sit for a few minutes and have at it!

you can add a tad more water or a tad more Easy Sand powder till the mixture is how you like it. The Easy sand is dehydrated joint compound and plaster of paris. It accelerates the drying of the mud. It's Hot Rod Spackle, it goes fast.:burnout:
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Thanks DusterDaddy. I'll use your formula for one of my attempts. Because I'll be doing the entire house I should have plenty of chances to experiment with various mixtures. Once I find one that works for me it should speed the finishing process over what I've been using.

One other question. - On a few areas that I had to do a lot of filling it's cracked as it dried (usually corner seams). Would there be a better choice for those areas?
 
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Use prefill on the large gaps. What you have is cracking because it is to thick. Fun ain't it?
 
pikewi said:
Use prefill on the large gaps. What you have is cracking because it is to thick. Fun ain't it?
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Thanks for the reply pikewi. - But what do you mean by prefill? Is it a specific product like the other compounds or are you suggesting adding some other material into my gaps?

Right now I've been using the self-adhesive mesh tape on my seams. I've been forcing the mud through the mesh and on some seams it's pretty thick. Would I be better off putting a light skim coat over instead? I'd thought that I'd have a stronger seam if it was packed full.
 
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