Ol' Rusty - FB/EK Sedan

[EK283]

Great work Scott,

Epoxy the boot lid and move on, looking foward to the rest of your creations !


Greg

[In the Shed]

Hey Scott

Good work there, the stainless trim will polish up nice. Did you use a steel hammer on the window trim, is that why the trim has stretched? What did you use to tack the trim back together?

Stephen

Hey Stephen, I used hardwood pieces profiled to the curves and a steel hammer to knock out the fine creases, and then a plastic mallet to form the rest. Was hoping that cutting out the piece under the curve would force it to hold the shape, but the trim is only 0.5mm thick so it was asking a lot. Used 0.9 316 stainless wire to fill it all back in.

Thanks Scott

[funkyscooter]

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And so it begins......

[Blacky]

Nice work - I will send mine over shall I mmmmaaaaatttttteeeeee ????????

[funkyscooter]

Okay enough with the sanding and polishing already. These are about as good as I am going to get them. Still lots of spots and a few deeper pits here and there but much improved on what I had.

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Nice work - I will send mine over shall I mmmmaaaaatttttteeeeee ????????

If you have two good front and rear window trim sets with no pitting or gouges and want me to polish them and only send you one back then sure thing
Just don't expect anything back any time soon - over polishing for now - think its time to get some more metal work done.

[EK283]

Polishing the trims is laborious and not that easy.

To get them spottless they need to be sanded through the grit range 1500 2000 3000 4000 then polished for a few hours.

You will still see marks from aging and it takes a very patient person to get them perfect.

Good Job Scott.

[funkyscooter]

Polishing the trims is laborious and not that easy.

To get them spottless they need to be sanded through the grit range 1500 2000 3000 4000 then polished for a few hours.

You will still see marks from aging and it takes a very patient person to get them perfect.

Good Job Scott.

Reality is these were a bit rough to start with so it was going to take a fair bit of work to get them perfect. Spending 50% more time to get the extra 10% - 20% would just result in constant paranoia every time I washed the car. Now that's not to say that I haven't gone all the way back to 120 grit in places to try and improve a few of the rougher spots, but it's only after you get back through all the grits and on to the wheel, that you can really see if you got it right.

But having said all that, if I had the skills to read the surface, apply the correct grit to totally remove the scratches/rust spots/blemishes, and get it right the first time for each step, then yes I would be aiming for perfect.