Craig, not sure if you've ever seen this before, but I highly recommend polishing the faces of all your hammers and dollies. It will leave you a much nicer, smoother finish compared to rusty bumpy ones, and rusty or lightly crusted ones can leave weird marks of discoloration from the rust being hammered into the metal.
Love the finnish on the grill. My 74 grill is way worse but after seeing this i got to give it a go! Hope the oven cleaner is the same in the netherlands!
Looks great. For the Plastics use Brake Fluid DOT 3 is fine. If and or when you goto tig the grill use material from another grill from the same year I.E. cutting off wide slivers, removing the anodizing and use that as the filler it will match the metal better.
I did the same thing on my 68 and it will look like hell in no time if you don’t find a way to seal it. I’m going to redo mine this spring when I paint it and may play with a clear coat to seal it.
Cans of 2K clearcoat are perfect for small projects like this where you don't wanna get the spray equipment out. They've changed my game. The high gloss is like a piece of glass when you're done. The flat/matte turns out fantastic too.
@@AnythingWeThinkOf In my experience, nothing beats the Spraymax brand, though it depends on where you buy it. Apparently shops can buy the machine to fill the empty 2-part cans with their own product so quality could be hit or miss.
Man Craig you really keep me pushing on work to get my 70 F100 done. So much left to do on it that its hard to see the forest for the trees.... But little by little getting there.
Hello from Canada Craig I have been working on my 1971 ford f100 sport custom for 10 years and have only come across 1 used pair grill insert in that time you just don't find these truck up here much
It looks great in my opinion when you take the original and make it look really great like you did more power to you it's something about it when you can take a old truck and use existing parts you done something but I understand there's a point where it's just too badly gone to be repaired but your hard work paid off
Probably could come back over it with a satin clear and keep it from staining. With the satin clear it won't be real shiny but should replicate the brush look
Oven cleaner works pretty good but powdered lye and water mix works really good. Just have to becarefull with it. I've done the same process on my 74 but polished it. Definitely worth polishing but that's the look I was after. I've easily got 14hrs in mine as well so I wasnt surprised at all to here that. Can't wait to see it back on the road.
I always look forward to your videos you are good at what you do. In my opinion the grill looks really nice your attention to detail is amazing I am looking forward to your next video
Definitely worth it! I'll be doing this on my 76 build for sure. Thanks for putting this out. The time into a "simple" project is always mind wracking, but when it's done, it's worth every second. Good work brother.
Great video. I have a 70 f100 that my great grandfather bought brand new in 70 and I got it in 03 for my first truck. My grill needs some major tlc and since it’s been in my family for 53 years I would rather repair and fix what I have rather that buy a new one for $700+. Thanks for the info.
So I am soon gonna have my new daily on the road. 500 dollar 09 Pontiac g6 gt. And when that happens I’ll be starting the body work on my multi colored 1993 f150 that is my pride and joy. I want to repaint it in an original styling of red and white. But I might go a little bit different to add style. The tips and trick really help. Hopefully it’ll look good.
The grill came out great brother. Just a thought though, you think that the plastic painted inserts would match the build a little better if they were in a mat finish?. Regardless….amazing job!!.
I always use spraycans with my thumb. My dad who used to have a pantshop to. Alot nicer in my opinion, easier to keep your movement in the wrist. The same as holding a paintgun kind of.
Love the work Craig , another tip when using scotchbrite , you should try dish soap , works really good as well. but love the content, keep bringing the great vids
Doing a great job on the aluminum trim. I was talked into helping polish out all the trim on 57 Chevy Nomad. It was a royal PIA, but it was beautiful. I have used Sharkhide and Eastwood Diamond Clear as a protective coating for years with great success. Oh yes, clean your dollies and hammers. 👍👍👍
This was awesome! I knew I wanted to redo mine but didn’t think polished would look good on the patina. And I hated the faded factory haze finish it has.
Good video can't wait to see more I gotta do the same thing to my 1972 f100 I like the brush look way more than I thought I was going to I kinda wanna do the chrome on mine
when you have finished spray matt clear cote over it that will save you lots of time no having to keep sanding it you can find a handle for spray tins much better
NICE job,good metal finishing info. I use to do metal-finishing on stainless restaurant equipment like up-drafts and sinks, and we used a "3M RED-WHEEL" 6 or 5-inch/1-inch wide on a die-grinder,in the late 80's, IRONWORKS
Thank you for the information and video on how to make your grill look better. I have a 1970 f 100 Short bed and the grill is in real bad shape. The price of a new grill was 300 dollars and that was some years ago I am sure the price has gone up. GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL WHO READ THIS AMEN. Happy New year
You can get your grille for that 70 Ford new. There's a place in South Carolina that makes new ones. Dennis Carpenter. Find them on the web. They have lots of parts.
Craig, not sure if you've ever seen this before, but I highly recommend polishing the faces of all your hammers and dollies. It will leave you a much nicer, smoother finish compared to rusty bumpy ones, and rusty or lightly crusted ones can leave weird marks of discoloration from the rust being hammered into the metal.
Good point
I need to for sureeee!
Yeah, I saw a video that japhands customs did polishing his body hammers, it made a big difference on how your work turns out.
@@Thecraig909 surrrre
“When it’s actually running right” how I feel every time I start mine 😂
Nice job on the grille I love watching that kinda work
Sem 39143 Trim black is the best I have tried so far.
Looks good Craig
Love the finnish on the grill. My 74 grill is way worse but after seeing this i got to give it a go! Hope the oven cleaner is the same in the netherlands!
Think I’m gonna give that a shot on the trim when I repaint my Capri. Mine is Satin black and brushed trim would look incredible against the black.
That came out nice 👍
Welcome to telashi 6 Craig 😊
Where did you get those headlights at?
USE MARINE PRODUCTS FOR BOATS
Dude, you lost 20 years without the P**N Stash. ( coming from someone who cant grow one that nice)
Why did you shave your stache!!!
What happened to the mustache?!?
i feel like you could have done a way better job man.
First
Where mustache? Anywy, great job on the grille!
I like shinney chrome look ,but I do like the finish looks great. Yes I'm a Ford guy
Yes indeed Awesome! Still waiting on the crew cab lol
Looks great. For the Plastics use Brake Fluid DOT 3 is fine. If and or when you goto tig the grill use material from another grill from the same year I.E. cutting off wide slivers, removing the anodizing and use that as the filler it will match the metal better.
Probably need to seal it otherwise it will dull down. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
I did the same thing on my 68 and it will look like hell in no time if you don’t find a way to seal it. I’m going to redo mine this spring when I paint it and may play with a clear coat to seal it.
Cans of 2K clearcoat are perfect for small projects like this where you don't wanna get the spray equipment out. They've changed my game. The high gloss is like a piece of glass when you're done. The flat/matte turns out fantastic too.
Have a link?
+1 for 2K clear in a can. Excellent for small projects.
@@rezilientfabrication Eastwood makes some. I've also ordered it on Amazon before.
@@AnythingWeThinkOf In my experience, nothing beats the Spraymax brand, though it depends on where you buy it. Apparently shops can buy the machine to fill the empty 2-part cans with their own product so quality could be hit or miss.
There is a tool that snaps into the spray can think you can get it a HF fits just right into a can of krylon & rustoleum !
Man Craig you really keep me pushing on work to get my 70 F100 done. So much left to do on it that its hard to see the forest for the trees.... But little by little getting there.
It;s a truck, why can't you put the parts in the bed?
I know a few people that use their thumb to paint .
Can’t wait to do this to mine
Hello from Canada Craig I have been working on my 1971 ford f100 sport custom for 10 years and have only come across 1 used pair grill insert in that time you just don't find these truck up here much
It looks great in my opinion when you take the original and make it look really great like you did more power to you it's something about it when you can take a old truck and use existing parts you done something but I understand there's a point where it's just too badly gone to be repaired but your hard work paid off
Probably could come back over it with a satin clear and keep it from staining. With the satin clear it won't be real shiny but should replicate the brush look
Try a air cleaner waterproof sock for the fox
Do all that work and don't remove and detail the headlight buckets?
Well done Craig!
It truly is amazing what some good old elbow grease will do. Great job bro!
I like your F 100 what a sweet ride.
Awesome work on the grille... It looks brilliant
My back hurts just watching this lol
Sounds like you've got a few old but gold tools that you've come across through the years, tool box tour at some point?
Oven cleaner works pretty good but powdered lye and water mix works really good. Just have to becarefull with it. I've done the same process on my 74 but polished it. Definitely worth polishing but that's the look I was after. I've easily got 14hrs in mine as well so I wasnt surprised at all to here that. Can't wait to see it back on the road.
Yeah be really careful with it. Lye can blind you and really burn your skin!
We need to get you a box of gloves.
Looks good 👍🏻
The old oven cleaner and saran wrap trick! I've used that to strip anodizing off of parts before.
Spicey ! A for sure act of love ,
I need to get one of those PB Blaster shirts lol.
I always look forward to your videos you are good at what you do. In my opinion the grill looks really nice your attention to detail is amazing I am looking forward to your next video
i did the same. Mothers aluminum polish paste in the white can and the mothers polishing ball will take out the sanding scratches to a nice shine
Love your videos content is excellent❤
It’s those little details that make the old hooptie look so much better.
Where the stash bro 😢
Awesome video and Awesome Truck!!!! Watching from Texas. Thanks
Definitely worth it! I'll be doing this on my 76 build for sure. Thanks for putting this out. The time into a "simple" project is always mind wracking, but when it's done, it's worth every second. Good work brother.
It's been about a week since I found your Channel and I'm very happy that I did but I got to say I miss the handlebar mustache 😂
Great video. I have a 70 f100 that my great grandfather bought brand new in 70 and I got it in 03 for my first truck. My grill needs some major tlc and since it’s been in my family for 53 years I would rather repair and fix what I have rather that buy a new one for $700+. Thanks for the info.
So I am soon gonna have my new daily on the road. 500 dollar 09 Pontiac g6 gt. And when that happens I’ll be starting the body work on my multi colored 1993 f150 that is my pride and joy. I want to repaint it in an original styling of red and white. But I might go a little bit different to add style. The tips and trick really help. Hopefully it’ll look good.
Looks awesome! Tedious work but I like it. May try something similar on the grill of my 86 F150🤔
The grill came out great brother. Just a thought though, you think that the plastic painted inserts would match the build a little better if they were in a mat finish?. Regardless….amazing job!!.
I use a tool bag. Il get a box eventually but the vehicle I'm working on now only uses 4-5 sizes. Trying to get body work done now.
I always use spraycans with my thumb. My dad who used to have a pantshop to. Alot nicer in my opinion, easier to keep your movement in the wrist. The same as holding a paintgun kind of.
Love the work Craig , another tip when using scotchbrite , you should try dish soap , works really good as well. but love the content, keep bringing the great vids
I did this to all the side trim on my 71 Sport Custom. It took well over 100 hours. I polished it also. Looks better than new.
Why can't you drive the fox in the rain? Does it slip? And what happened to your big f100 that you took to ford fest
Doing a great job on the aluminum trim. I was talked into helping polish out all the trim on 57 Chevy Nomad. It was a royal PIA, but it was beautiful. I have used Sharkhide and Eastwood Diamond Clear as a protective coating for years with great success. Oh yes, clean your dollies and hammers. 👍👍👍
Looks great! Did the same thing to my 70 back over the summer. A lotta work for sure.
This was awesome! I knew I wanted to redo mine but didn’t think polished would look good on the patina. And I hated the faded factory haze finish it has.
The results are very nice! However that looked very tedious. Like I said it looks nice though.
Good video can't wait to see more I gotta do the same thing to my 1972 f100 I like the brush look way more than I thought I was going to I kinda wanna do the chrome on mine
Good work on that.Maybe use some polishing paste on it…..
Dude great job on the grill love the Channel so keep on keeping on
Damn dude you did a HELL of a job on that grill. Good job!!
I Spray paint with my thumb too! Everyone always tells me its weird and I've never seen anyone else do it lol I swear I have way more control that way
when you have finished spray matt clear cote over it that will save you lots of time no having to keep sanding it you can find a handle for spray tins much better
Good! Now you can take the time for paint and body work on that killa truck.
What camshaft do you have in your f-100?
Hate to ask you this, but what size tires are you running on the f100?
you call the truck a turd, but you know that it is bad ass. great stuff thanks.love the truck.
NICE job,good metal finishing info.
I use to do metal-finishing on stainless restaurant equipment like up-drafts and sinks, and we used a "3M RED-WHEEL" 6 or 5-inch/1-inch wide on a die-grinder,in the late 80's, IRONWORKS
What pistons are you going back with ???
Once the f100 is back on the road, an airbox for the fox is in order!
Another way to heat the paint is you can put the can in a coffee can of really hot water if you don’t have a heater or a way to heat it.
sweet that all folks nice job buddy
Thank you for the information and video on how to make your grill look better. I have a 1970 f 100 Short bed and the grill is in real bad shape. The price of a new grill was 300 dollars and that was some years ago I am sure the price has gone up.
GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL WHO READ THIS AMEN.
Happy New year
You can get your grille for that 70 Ford new. There's a place in South Carolina that makes new ones. Dennis Carpenter. Find them on the web. They have lots of parts.
I love learning this it cures my autistic curiosity
You can come do the Comet next. Thanks.
Looks great did you or are you going to use a matte clear coat on it?
Dude just get a sand/glass/ice blaster
Wow liked how it turned out! cool idea.
I vote to polish your grill pieces.
The fact that it not perfect is part of the appeal...
Weird hand gesture at minute 23:50.
That s alot of work but looks great
Do an 8 to 1 exhaust headers
bring back the mo
Needs more mustache.
What year is this f truck
What happened to the stash?
Like the grill
Dude u shaved the stash.
Bro, nice work...
Great job.