I found a garage and have been sanding away a putting it up every night. Now I'm reading that I'm going to have "flash rust" everywhere I have bare metal. I guess I need to quit reading and just get the thing painted!

Well it is available here is Oz.
I ordered in 2 one Gallon tins. They had to order it in and said that it came in two packs only, even though I only wanted one tin.
They gave me a number for another place that had a tin in stock, but at A$60 for ne tin from him plus $20 shipping it was too dear for my wallet. But if I bought two tins from my local dealer it was A$105.
I figured getting the second tin for $25 was worth it just in case i needed more.
So I'll start doing the sanding back soon and spray the car in the next month or so once the weather warms up a little more.
On a side note, I got my carby kit today after waiting for over a month for it to turn up from the UK.
It's a hard to come by model of carby apparently. It was originally off a Ford Zepher but made it's way onto the Hillman because it is a little bigger and performence orientated.

Cheers
Lee

My truck will be painted with JDBB by Friday. I emailed Shawn at JD and he said most people don't wax JDBB because they want the flat look. I have tons of trees around here and I need some kind of protection, any ideas?

has antone added bondo over J.D.'S B.B.? Have work in progress and only work on when time/energy/weather permits..did i need to go to bare metal? need short cut!!! any input?

After all this the painter primed it with urethane primer. I guess this is along the lines of him knowing what was best. Now I have a gallon of the John Deere Buff Primer. Now I get to worry about the fact that the manufacturer recommends using their own primer. I guess we'll see what happens.

FatFenderFreak

Never use so called "bondo" over bare metal. There are a few fillers that can be used over bare metal but not all of them. As long as JDBB is not being used as the actual undercoat I would think this would be fine for a work in progress. If properly primed and shot with JDBB and then somebody work is needed as long as you use a quality filler and when done shoot repaired filler area with a primer\sealer then shoot the JDBB over the repaired area as well as surrounding area for a better blend

Raven316

Urthane primer as an undercoating to JDBB will be fine. Were you going to use Hardener with JDBB?

I asked him and he said we didn't need it. From reading all these posts it seem like it is a pretty fast drying paint.

thanx for input.......what would you consider a quality filler? this is not my strong suit, but never afraid to try something new! even old (50) dogs can learn something from time to time, just ask my wife........ thanx again

This is in the paint booth minutes after the first coat. The painters think I am totally out of my mind but they are happy that I am happy, and I am!

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you used john deere blitz black? did it come out a nice FLAT shade? or is it shiny? looks like you are on your way to a good looking ride! send more pics. when you can.. ride on

Yea, it's JDBB. The picture was taken about 3 minutes after it was shot so maybe it will be flatter. I really like it and I guess that's what really counts!

Got it back and I really like it.

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Nice..... It's great to hear that it all worked out for you.

Yeah it is. As long as you like it then that is all that matters. I have a question here though. Anyone here that has the gloss black from JD, have you had it for about 2 or 3 years now? If so then any fading? I am thinking about using this on ALL of my frames for all 3 of my hot rods. As long as it's strong and will take a little bit of a beating and not chip up and not fade and flake on me then I will be happy. If it starts fading and all in about a year or two then I am going to pass on it....

If you wade through these 19 pages of discussions you will find mixed opinions on the "fade and chalk" question. I thought about this long and hard and decided to go with it, partly because I plan to use my truck as a truck and not a show ride so it won't be the end of the world if it goes south.