Thread: I couldn't build it for $3 K either!

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Mike,

I've never seen a paint job come out perfect in terms of orange-peel... every paint job I've seen needed to be color sanded (1500 grit then 2000 grit wet sanding) then 3 stage polished to perfection! I'm sure you did just fine, someone just forgot to mention that part of the process...

Thanks guys.

It's funny how some places were slick as glass before buffing, while others orange peeled like crazy. I did manage to get through the whole job without a single run.

JR - I've said it before. Great minds think alike!! I had a turned firewall cover in mind almost from the beginning. I think the first time
I saw one, it was on a classic car of some kind. Maybe a Bugatti. Just a timeless classic look.

25T - (Al, is that you?) I was hoping to get by without cutting and buffing. The buffing part always scared me. After a little instruction, I saw that it's not really that difficult. Have to be very careful about burning through, especially on edges.

Mike

Ya it's me Mike... Edges show up real fast with the large polisher... I found this 3 inch mini buffing kit at harbor freight for like $12 that I use on a air angle grinder... keep RPM down around 2000 and use that for smaller areas (and near edges and dashes, etc) and use the 7 inch electric polisher on larger flat surfaces...



here is the link... http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95394


How rude of me... I forgot to mention it looks sweet!

That looks like it came out really nice! You should be very proud. I have seen a firewall like that somewhere
Ken

Thanks again!

Al - Looks like I have to make another trip to HF!

Ken - I have to say that the folks at Haneline are great to do business with. The cover fit perfectly.

Mike