Dressing up my primary cover
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Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Kansas
Thanks. I have a slight confession to make. I am actually almost finished with it. I started this a month ago. I worked for weeks tweaking the lines and deepening the cuts. The rotary tool was used for the majority of the material removal, but the lines were all worked by hand to make them straight and even. Here it is a few weeks into it.
The primer was stripped once the pattern was complete cut. After deepening all the cuts their were scratches and small mistakes that surround some of the cuts so I sanded the entire surface area to smooth it all out. The black that is filling the cuts and low areas in these photos are just from the sanding.
The primer was stripped once the pattern was complete cut. After deepening all the cuts their were scratches and small mistakes that surround some of the cuts so I sanded the entire surface area to smooth it all out. The black that is filling the cuts and low areas in these photos are just from the sanding.
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Road Captain
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Thanks. I think I spent $80 on the take off primary cover. I figure either way it would be worth it for the lesson in what to do or not to do. I firmly believe we learn from our mistakes so its worth it to me to make them.
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Road Captain
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From: Kansas
So here we are after some polishing. Going up the ladder from 220, 500, 1000, 1200, 0000 steel wool, and finally a spiral stitched polishing wheel and polishing compound. I did this a couple times as I rushed through one of the grits and didn't get all the scratches out from the previous grits. This isn't the final polish yet.
Remember it took a month to get this far.
Remember it took a month to get this far.
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