Showing posts with label trimmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trimmer. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 July 2012

Jigsaw Puzzle #1

"Interior Weekend" begins!

Before JtC's arrival, the sound deadener went down.

Drumming the floor pan with my knuckles, I found where the resonance was worst. I then cut out paper templates and placed them in situ...

SoundDeadener01

SoundDeadener02

You can also see the flat black paint job and "CHEV" stamping on the floor pan under the rear seat.

The templates were then labelled and transferred onto the sheet of deadener, ready for cutting...

SoundDeadener03


The sheet was then cut-up, floor pan cleaned with wax & grease remover, dried with the heat gun and the pieces stuck into position. The old skateboard that made an appearance previously in moulding the radiator fan shroud, was pressed into service again to press down each patch.

The result...

SoundDeadener04

SoundDeadener05

Voila!

JtC further masked off the dash and gauges. He then went to work respraying the column in satin black. It was scratched badly, so having an all-black steering column all freshly sprayed is excellent. The result is really good.

Amongst all this, Carl called and said the seats were ready! I hopped over and picked them up. Rats had eaten-out the rear DS back cushion, so Carl had to build it up with foam.

The result is stunning! Can't wait to get the interior finished now.

A strip of mass-loaded vinyl was placed over the body harness.

On my return, I cut the foam up into pieces, using the old sound deadener as templates. We stuck down the foam patches under the rear seat; then cut and glued patches of vinyl on top...

SoundDeadener07

SoundDeadener08

(the second photo shows the foam sections pre-cut and placed in situ)

This method was rubbish! Though the result was good, it was taking AGES. The decision was made to glue and trim the vinyl onto to foam out of the car... then fit the foam/vinyl laminate onto the floor.

Tomorrow's job!

Friday, 29 June 2012

FW: Seats?

-----Original Message-----
From: John
Sent: Friday, 29 June 2012 10:15 AM
To: JtC
Subject: RE: Seats?

Urgh... slight problem with trimmer. No answer on mobile, no answer on
work phone, waited around till 10AM yesterday - no show. Tried to phone
again this morning... no luck.

Perhaps he is on holidays/sick?

Am contemplating trying a trimmer close to work, otherwise I'll wait-out
the weekend and try again on Monday on the hope he has simply taken this
week off.

On the sound deadener front, I now have a sheet of deadener from Jaycar
to cut up and stick to the metal in patches.

They didn't have enough stock of the heavy vinyl (replacement for
tar-backed cardboard) so are ordering it in and that is expected to
arrive Tue.

I also have 5 mm foam and spray adhesive from Clark Rubber.

So we certainly have some bits and pieces to start with tomorrow.

J

-----Original Message-----
From: JtC
Sent: Friday, 29 June 2012 10:00 AM
To: John
Subject: Seats?

How is all your running around sourcing stuff for tomorrow going? Lemme
know if I can do anything.
Did you deliver the seats and trim ok?
Very exciting.

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Packed

2nd (and final) coat of primer went on the front passenger-side foot well this evening, then packed the Commodore with the benches and new seat covers ready to drop-off to the trimmer tomorrow morning.