I am a moron.

48builder · June 08, 2006, 12:09:23 PM

I spent hours making a nice 1/8" plywood template for my stainless firewall. Got everything marked exactly where I wanted it cut. I took it to my favorite sheet metal shop and picked out a nice piece of 16 ga polished stainless. As I was sitting at work today waiting to go get it, I thought to myself "I don't think I told him which side was the good side".

Sure enough, it looks great. On the wrong side. Oh well. Now I have a lot of polishing to do. On the bright side, it only cost me $100. That's not the end of the world. :oops:

enjenjo · June 08, 2006, 12:21:13 PM

QuoteSure enough, it looks great. On the wrong side.

What is really bad is when you make a second one the same way. :cry:

Leon · June 08, 2006, 12:54:56 PM

At least it will look good from the inside

purplepickup · June 08, 2006, 01:04:53 PM

Walt, you can always flip it and sell it to an Aussie that has a '48. It would probably bolt right on a car that drives on the wrong side of the road....with the shiney side out.

I was going to post on your last firewall thread and forgot to. I would have suggested 16 ga too. That's what I used for mine and it doesn't distort at all from being bolted on. I used 10-24 button head stainless screws. I polished them and they look good.

I did have to make two firewalls however. The first one I made exactly the same mistake you did and tried to polish the back but couldn't get it to look good. I even took it to a professional to let him have a go at it but it still didn't look right. I ended up remaking it out of 2B finish sheet and had it electropolished which is a process we use at work so I had a local source. It came out uniformly reflective but not super shiney like a mirror. There's a pic here of my battery box that I made using the same process.

I hope you have better luck polishing than I did.

sirstude · June 08, 2006, 01:22:18 PM

Walt,

Don't let George fool you, the stainless on his truck is "VERY MUCH" shiny. I don't know how you would get it any shinier. Is that a real word?

Doug

purplepickup · June 08, 2006, 01:52:46 PM

Quote from: "sirstude"Walt,

Don't let George fool you, the stainless on his truck is "VERY MUCH" shiny. I don't know how you would get it any shinier. Is that a real word?

Doug

It's shiney but has more of a satiny(is that a word?) finish than the pre-polished stainless. I think it's a little more forgiving, scratch-wise, (a word?) when you wipe dried bugs and dirt off.

58 Yeoman · June 08, 2006, 02:39:16 PM

At first, I thought my boss posted this on here. One time he told me, that if I ever needed to find him, look in the phone book under "Moore, Ron".

SKR8PN · June 08, 2006, 10:10:00 PM

Quote from: "enjenjo"
QuoteSure enough, it looks great. On the wrong side.

What is really bad is when you make a second one the same way. :cry:

I HATE it when that happens................

Kctom · June 10, 2006, 01:50:01 PM

Quote from: "SKR8PN"
Quote from: "enjenjo"
QuoteSure enough, it looks great. On the wrong side.

What is really bad is when you make a second one the same way. :cry:

I HATE it when that happens................

I like morons, they can have several wifes.

tomslik · June 10, 2006, 03:01:49 PM

Quote from: "Kctom1"
Quote from: "SKR8PN"
Quote from: "enjenjo"
QuoteSure enough, it looks great. On the wrong side.

What is really bad is when you make a second one the same way. :cry:

I HATE it when that happens................

I like morons, they can have several wifes.

who in the heck wants ANOTHER one!?!?!?!?
i ain't got this one trained yet...

parklane · June 11, 2006, 12:49:27 AM

Never done it with stainless/aluminum, but have been very successful several times with drywall/wallboard. :(D) :(D)

John

donsrods · June 11, 2006, 01:17:13 AM

I like morons, they can have several wifes. Rolling Eyes

That's pretty good.

Don