Have a few days off from the day job this week, so gonna get some work done on the FB.
Newbie alert!!! This is my very first attempt at blocking vehicle panels, so if you pros see something wacky I’m doing feel free to give me a boot. I’m here to share my blunders and hopefully learn.
I have a set of dura blocks in different shapes. I also invested in a set of true blox to give them a go. There are many different lengths and thicknesses to provide just the right amount of flex to follow the contour of a panel. From what I’ve researched on this site anything can be used as a block to fit into odd shaped areas.
My plan is to do some rough blocking, filler, and epoxy applications to on each panel, and fender off the car, finish removing the paint off the quarters, jams, and inside the car and epoxy all that, then fit everything together on the car, using weather stripping, shims, etc to get everything lined up, the start the final blocking working towards BC/CC.
I’m still unsure when or if I should paint the insides of fenders, hood, rear deck, etc, or just leave in epoxy.
Some initial blocking of the epoxy primer on the hood is showing where my highs and lows are. Theses were pesky hood pins someone welded in and warped this area. Fay Butler helped me correct the shrinkage, and now I can see where I need to skim with rage filler I have.
I understand the concept of using as long of a block to take down high spots and show lows, and using contoured blocked in convex areas, but what I am struggling with is the order of operation. Do I do the flats first and then use contour block in the convex shaped areas to blend into the flats? Or start with the convex areas first.
There is lots of instruction online with how to use different blocks, but I can’t find how to approach a panel as a whole, the order of operations. Any insight would be much appreciated, especially from this SPI crew. I know enough to tell this is a very knowledgeable group.