1948 GMC - Cab - Page 44


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		It is amazing the difference you get when you take your time and do it right verses rushing the job.
		This photo is from the other half of the garage looking at the plastic walls, aka -- my paint booth.
		On to the bottom of the cab... After gently lifting the cab off it's stand and rolling on to the firewall (under plenty of towels), the bottom was sanded. If you remember from earlier on, the bottom was primed, sanded and primed before flipping back over before the final sanding and painting on the top side of the cab.
		After the bottom was sanded, it was cleaned and the rest of the cab taped off and wrapped with plastic. The bottom was then cleaned again and again and then shot with two coats of color and two coats of clear. With this being the bottom of the cab, there will be no final sanding and polishing... I learned from earlier mistakes and this time, no runs.
		After the the cab had a few days to set, the plastic and tape was removed. While still sitting on the firewall, I went ahead and took the opportunity to finish out the top of the cab.
		With this being my first go around with sanding out the clear coat, I took a lot of pictures, went slow and gently tried a few different approaches to find out what best worked for me. The clear coat was not bad to start with for my first time but for someone that has done this before, it was unacceptable. There were half a dozen runs, a few bugs and a light showing of orange peels. [Top half after sanding with 1500 grit paper]
		After soaking a few sheets of 1000, 1500 and 2000 grit paper for an hour, I went to work on the cab. Not knowing how fast the 1000 grit would cut through the clear coat, I decided to skip it and work first with the 1500. Working in a small area at a time, I would gently sand away while keeping the area and paper wet. Every once in a while stopping to squeegee away the slurry with a small yellow body filler squeegee, I checked to take a close look at how fast the sand paper was cutting away at the clear coat.

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