K5 Blazer Project

Tailgate Party IV

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I only have one picture, I should have taken more and will get better at it.

Paint Booth Update III

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I have not update this in some time, but I have been working on some. It’s not done but it works as is. I need to add a few things to make it work better.

Paint Booth Update II

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I had a hour or so to play with the top of the paint booth. It’s mostly done. I still need to add the lights and wire them and the fans to a switch that easier to get to.

I have a couple of ideas for the sides, so they can fold up and out of the way.

Hope to have more time tomorrow and I’ll take more pictures.

Paint Booth

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Well I started building a paint/sanding booth. After seeing how much dust was being made just with a wire wheel I decided I needed to do something about it. I’ve wanted to build a paint booth for some time now. So I wanted to do this before I got to far a long in the blazer project. I know you can’t tell much from the pictures, but when done it will be 8′x6′x7′ high.

I read a bunch on some forums about what you need to have. Most of them were talking about painting an entire car. I just want to prime the tailgate and paint the inside of it and will most likely do the same for the doors. As for the rig it self I’ll pain the inside, but I am not going to bring it in to my garage. For one I can’t it’s to tall and even if I could I would have no room to work. So I just plan on when I do the inside of the Blazer to setup fans with filters in the windows to blow air in and out the back.

Anyway the paint booth will be 8′ long by 6′ wide and 7′ tall. I have to 20″ box fans on top that suck air through filters and blows the air down in to the booth (down draft!). I will have a couple of 20″ filter in series a standard fiberglass filter and then a carbon filter, that opens to a vent tube that leads to the outside of the garage. This way I get fresh air coming in and the exhaust air gets most of the fumes removed before venting.

I’ll be adding more pictures as I do more to it.

That’s it for now!

Tailgate Party III

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I had today off from work so I was able to get more done on the tailgate. I add the pictures I took later. I removed most of the paint on the outside of the tailgate. I had got spot sandblaster and tried to use it with a vacum, but that did not work and without making a dust room it’s way to messy.

I am going to make a temp. paint room I need to get a couple fans, filters and some plastic. I am running a little low on cash this week after getting everything else.

Anyway, I welded up most of the holes at the bottom of the tailgate. Then I first looked I did not see any holes, but after I start removing paint I found some. After cleaning the rust with a wire brush I used some acid to kill it and help eat it away.

I way going to try and get the tailgate done to put it back on the rig be for it rains, but the more I think about it I am going to leave it off. I’ll take a couple of boards and cover them in plastic to make a temp. tailgate and window to keep the rain and critters out. But I want it easy to remove. It’s a lot easier to in and out of the back without the tailgate on. So once I get the tailgate done I’ll find a good place to put it so it does not get scrached. I’ll make sure the window works and it’s completed first.

I am only going to paint the inside of the tailgate, but I will prep and prime the outside. I’ll most likely do the same for the doors when I get to them.

That’s it for to day.

Tailgate Party II

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I got to do some more work on the tailgate. Found another crack so I welded it up. There’s a lot of rust at the bottom, but it will cleanup. I took the tailgate off the rig to make easier to clean, sand and paint it. I am having a heck of a time trying to find the power window lock that does not cost $100+. I did stop at Northwest Body and Paint and got some primer, but I have to go back and get the paint to match the stock white for the truck.

I am going back to the locksmith tomorrow with the locks again and have them fix it and make matching keys.

That’s all I have for now.

Got some tools!

I did not do much today, I did however get a few tools together today that needed. I also got new door locks and Ignition switch. I will take them and have them keyed to match tomorrow.

But that’s it for today!

Todays Order!

Placed my first order today. I hope this will take care of the tailgate. Well I still need do a little more body work on it, prime and paint it. Just remembered I still need to get the lock or have a key made for the one I have, also need to still get the window seal the top of the window. But I guess you could include it in the window restoration part of this project.

Tailgate Partty I – Started wok on tailgate today.

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I started working on the tailgate. It has the most rust and the window had been removed. I need to get the tailgate fixed and the window work first, because with winter coming it’s going to start raining a lot. I work on the inside if it’s raining and work on other stuff on dry days.

The found a link to a forum that had some body people talking about how to clean and stop rush. The used an acid/water mix and kept the acid wet, using a brush. It seems to work, I was able to get most all the rush a long top edge the tailgate removed.

There were some cracks in the metal on both side on the top edge, so I pulled out my welder and weld them up did little grinding, but I am not finished. I need to stop by a tool shop and get some grinding wheels, wire wheels and a few other thing, to real get started on this.

I will stop at the tool store on the way home from work tomorrow and pickup most of what I need for now. I also played with the rust on the side with the acid mix as well and some 80 grit sand paper, it did a great job. But I need to get some sanding disc for my DA sander.

I gutted the tailgate. We are going to need to get a new key switch, window motor and new window guilds a long with all the trim and due strips.

Anyway that’s it for today.

In The Beginning!