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Offline red4wd

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Nasty Job Today
« on: June 22, 2007, 09:04:09 pm »
I am working on one of my Propane Delivery trucks right now getting ready to paint the barrel and skirts and put it on a new chassis.  The guy that works for me has broken two DAs this week sanding it with 80 grit.  Well there are places that you just can't get too with a DA so I decided it would be better to Sand Blast those areas.  Not trusting him to do it I decided I would take care of the sand blasting myself.  I did this for 2 hours today with it being 95 degrees outside.  The good news is I think I lost about 5 pounds today.

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Re: Nasty Job Today
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2007, 10:14:49 pm »
I have to be outside two days a week from 9-3 washing cars at the lot I work at...no matter how hot it is.

I loose five pounds then I go home, take a crap, and loose another five.
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Re: Nasty Job Today
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2007, 06:58:13 am »
Must be the week for sand blasting / crappy jobs. My project this past and next week. 1977 R model.
About 3 hours of pressure washing, 7 hours of sandblasting, 4 hours metal replacement so far, broke my spot weld cutter so I jumped onto the fiberglass work yesterday, about 8 hours. About 20 hours of itching today and tomorrow!









The left fender turned into a bigger mess as someone had been there before and the patch was all delaminated from on the inside.


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Offline 75 C20

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Re: Nasty Job Today
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2007, 10:01:50 am »
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I have to be outside two days a week from 9-3 washing cars at the lot I work at...no matter how hot it is.
yeah last week i had to wash and wax 2 school buses and soon i get to do another 3 of them :-\
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Offline shaved80

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Re: Nasty Job Today
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2007, 10:32:22 am »
95 degrees outside?! must be nice to have that cool of weather! ;D

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Re: Nasty Job Today
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2007, 12:04:37 pm »
Luckily part of my time under the blast helmet was in the shade. temp was about 85, but had a slight breeze, it was bareable.
 Tell your boss you shouldn't wash cars outside in the sun. The little water beads are like a magnifying glass and burn spots in the paint.
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