I have the new four link rear suspension on the way.  Since it's too cold to paint the rust prohibitor paint on the chassis, I may as well get some of the welding done.

TheSneeze wrote on 03/16/23 at 16:40:22:



Have you considered heating the paint and metal?

Pick it up and modify it bit for your commuting, as its model is quite rare now.

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With the dimensions of 38"w x 196"l, I doubt a couple of light bulbs would do the trick.  Besides, I am not going to build a box big enough to house a truck chassis.  I always lean toward the easy way (I'm retired!), so waiting for warmer weather is my easy solution.

TheSneeze wrote on 03/19/23 at 08:45:10:


I feel your pain!

I have been fighting the same issue for coating a trailer floor with bedliner - the finish can't drop below 50 for 24 hours after coating.  The temperature needs to be warm if you ever want the epoxy to cure.  The fumes also need you to have good ventilation.....and they want you to work indoors so that the bedliner does not receive any direct sunlight or get debris blown onto the surface as it stays sticky for a very long time.  The bedliner takes 2 coats with 4 hours between - so it had to be a day that stayed warm all day.

I finally had a Sunday with temperatures in the middle 60's and little wind.  I was able to get it done and it looks good.  My shop is heated with an outdoor boiler so I could keep it warm once the application was done - but my garage was really toxic smelling with the doors closed. I couldn't stand to go into my garage or work in the trailer for days after the finish was applied. The finish takes a week to fully cure and I would open the doors/windows periodically to let the place air out.....thankfully my garage is 100 feet away from the house and not attached - or that smell would have been in the house.

Spring is coming......you will get a good weather day soon!

Lookey what followed me home the other day!  Chevy LS goodness for the Studefrankenbaker project.  It's a 5.3L LM7 out of a 2003 GMC Sierra pickup, with 118k miles.  Some rebuilding will be done - complete valve job, a new lumpy stick, different oil pan.  I'm going to be bouncing between the tracker and the truck this winter!

I only have a two car garage for a shop. Real freakin hot in summer & a few months it’s too cold. A small 10’ x 6’ area off the side with 3 windows houses my compressor & a just under 8’ work bench with vise & a bench grinder. It most definitely is not a shop , a hobby space at best ! But no pain no gain I suffer thru bad to get to the good.