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Tag: DIY
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 27: Rick Bacon, Custom Painter, Pinstriper & TV Personality
In this episode of Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk,’ Kevin Tetz talks with custom painter and pinstriper Rick Bacon, a.k.a., ‘The Arsonist’. He explains his philosophy to approaching a project and achieving the perfect custom paint job for your vehicle.
Project Pile House Shaving and customizing the original dash and glovebox.
While I had the column out I decided to start cleaning up the dash and sort out my brake pedal dilemma on the truck. In order to get under the dash for fabricating the new brake pedal setup and to shave and smooth the dash I needed to pull it out. ….
What is Buffing?
Many people confuse polishing and buffing, and when you are working in the automotive industry, it is important to differentiate between the two terms. Polishing is a process that removes a moderate amount of metal from a metal piece using coarse to medium abrasives in stages. After polishing a piece of metal, the piece will have a “brushed” type of look, and you will not be able to see reflections in the metal. Polishing removes small scratches and minor surface imperfections. During an auto body restoration or repair project, polishing will come before buffing. If you run your fingernail over a scratch on a vehicle’s surface and it gets caught on the scratch, the area should be polished before buffing. Polishing a piece of metal enough will ideally even out the surface nicely during repairs.
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 26.5: Rick Bacon
While on the subject of custom painters and pinstripers, we follow up to our Rick Harris interview with yet another legend, Rick Bacon.
What is a Flange Joint and How Do You Perform One?
When it comes to auto body patch panel installations, no joint is more useful than a flange joint. A flange joint is very similar to a lap joint except that the area that is overlapped on one of the metal pieces is lower than the rest, making both pieces at equal elevation when welding. ….
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 26: Kevin Tetz Talks Shop With Eddie Paul, Legendary Auto Body Expert
In this episode of Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk,’ Kevin Tetz talks with Eddie Paul, custom car creator for such movies as Grease, Cars & Gone in 60 Seconds.
Painting a 70’s Camaro Flat Black with Eastwood’s Help
In true DIY fashion these guys called in favors from friends and kept the project on the budget. They soda blasted the body and then primed and painted the paint with Eastwood Dead Rat Flat Black Single Stage Urethane Paint.
Eastwood’s ‘Shop Talk’, Episode 25.5: Eddie Paul Prequel
With a career filled with multiple patents, Hollywood movie sets and wrenching sessions with Jay Leno, Eddie Paul has become the embodiment of the American Dream.