Tip for pulling "fishing line" get an old thin (1 3/8" th) bicycle inner tube, Cut small pieces to put over the fingers that you will be pulling the line with, The line will not dig into your fingers, This is an old "hand line" fishermen's trick , Van is looking great, love how that paint looks!!!
Perfect! I am in the process of restoring a Westy, but converting it to a work van (keeping just the popup top). I was thinking of using aluminum sheet to replace the rear windows too. Now I know the size and thickness. Thanks!
to cut aluminum or to sand- your blades and abrasives must be covered in tallow- to prime always use chomium oxide-- its a sick color yellow- but only after pickling with acid bath-- vinegar should do it-- resarch the process its been 30 years since my factory days
Tip for pulling "fishing line" get an old thin (1 3/8" th) bicycle inner tube, Cut small pieces to put over the fingers that you will be pulling the line with, The line will not dig into your fingers, This is an old "hand line" fishermen's trick , Van is looking great, love how that paint looks!!!
Thanks for the tip I will try that on my next one
Perfect! I am in the process of restoring a Westy, but converting it to a work van (keeping just the popup top). I was thinking of using aluminum sheet to replace the rear windows too. Now I know the size and thickness. Thanks!
A Westy work van!?!?!? Thats way cool. Send me some pictures to my instagram when its done
Dude that turned out really good! Nice work
Thanks a bunch!
Should I be worried about Alu being softer metal when fastening things onto it? Ratteling when driving etc...
to cut aluminum or to sand- your blades and abrasives must be covered in tallow- to prime always use chomium oxide-- its a sick color yellow- but only after pickling with acid bath-- vinegar should do it-- resarch the process its been 30 years since my factory days
When you cut aluminum like that use a really fine jigsaw blade but spray some sort of lubricant on it as you go it will cut really fast
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Looks great. I was expecting high gloss black...you might want to insulate that panel before you put that cabinet back.
Hey that's a good idea, thanks for watching Mike
Planning to do the same this is a great tutorial. Btw the aluplate must be pretty heavy?
i always test experimental paints/coatings on my scraps. always.
Looks great dude
Thanks Matt
Pretty fkn neat man!!!
Awesome man, next time get a metal blade for a circular saw for your strait lines. It cuts like butter and fast.
Thanks for the tip
Whats the thickness of the alumnium you went with
Hi how did it hold up? I’m doing the same thing and never painted aluminum before. Thank you ❤
@@jcardosa02 the paint did not hold up that great, definitely prime it first
@@flossymissiles thank u so much I used the self etching primer , I’m not really liking it as I’ve done a scratch test and can see my scratch :/
Looks so professional, but not near the cost.
Thanks Wrecker, yea im not sure why they are so expensive
What did you use for glueing on the rubber?
No glue
Nice work!