Here are some “in progress” pictures of the undersides of the fenders.   I’ve primed them using Master Series Mastercoat Silver Permanent Rust Sealer/Surfacer Primer (of course).  One of the things I’m going to have State Of Mind Customs do is put a chipguard undercoat on the undersides of the fenders.  I mentioned the chip guard in a previous post.  The chipguard they’ll put on will match the body paint color, which will be much nicer than if I just put some black undercoating on myself. 

Images Of All Four Fenders After Removing Some Surface Rust, Degreasing, and Cleaning…

Completed Two Coats Of The Master Series Mastercoat Silver Permanent Rust Sealer/Surfacer Primer.  All ready for chipguard.  =)

I was so happy with the Master Series Mastercoat Silver Permanent Rust Sealer/Surfacer Primer and their AG111 top coat, that I decided to put it on the top of the pan too.  There was a coating of a Wurth undercoat type product already on the top of the pan (installed by the previous owner) prior to me attempting this.  It looked good, but I really liked the durability and the look of the Master Series product.  I had done a test to see if the Master Series product would lay down nicely over the Wurth product, and my test seemed successful.  I cleaned the top of the pan, leaving the Wurth undercoat in place, and then started with the Mastercoat Silver and then the AG111.  It looked AWESOME!!!!  UNTIL it started to bubble up on me.  It ends up the Wurth product is *petroleum* based and the Master Series products are *not*compatible with petroleum based products.  Basically, the Master Series product started disintegrating the Wurth undercoat that it was covering.  I had no choice but to completely remove the MasterSeries products, and the Wurth undercoat product. Please don’t make the same rookie mistake I made.  It’ll save you a lot of time and hard work! Stay tuned for another blog post highlighting my progress and my second attempt at laying down the Master Series product.  Here are some pictures from this part of the project:

The top of the pan, prior to starting

Here it is after the primer

The final top coat…  Looks awesome (just before bubbling up on me)! 

I was unable to capture the bubbles in an image, but here’s a picture showing the beginning of my efforts to strip it all off…

75% of it came up in sheets like this while using a putty knife and a heat gun…  The other 25% is what took the longest to get off.

I spent most of the day putting on the MasterSeries AG111.  It is a two part urethane, and “besides automotive restoration, this paint has seen service in every conceivable hostile environment from wrought iron railings to the Pittsburgh Homestead High Level Bridge.”  Two coats of the MasterSeries MasterSilver Permanent Rust Sealer Primer and one coat of AG111 will withstand 14,000 hours of salt spray, and 90 days immersion in acetone.  It was a lot of work putting it on, but well worth the effort.  It looks so shiny and glossy. I’m *very* happy with the result.  Note:  The pictures don’t do it justice.  It looks even better in person. 🙂

Pan/Chassis

Body