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Hello all;

So, picking up where I left off last weekend, I finished welding in the patch on the other fender. I then hit the sandblast bay to “tickle” the fenders to rough up the finish so the epoxy will bond. I also took the time to prep a tractor grill that I am working on. Once I blasted the parts, I sanded them with 180 grit. It was then I noticed a few pin-holes in the welds so it was back and forth to the welder, sandblasted and sanding a few times to get everything sorted out.
Once the sanding was complete, I washed everything with degreaser then hung the parts and washed and blew them down again with degreaser to be sure they are clean. A couple coats of U-tech 250 epoxy and I was done.
So writing this down took about 10 minutes, hard to believe that in reality I had 12 hours into all that.

The tractor grill in black looks pretty sinister and has a Darth-Vaderish.

Stay well, stay safe,
Steve