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Saturday I got the Opportunity to meet with Uncle Mush. We had threatened to meet before, but the gremlins of life keep it from happening.. Well it finally happened, Spur of the Moment.
I believe for the few hours we were camped at Dennys, we had solved all the problems of the world, past, present and future. Had a great time and would do it again in a heart beat.
At the end of out meet and greet, was the Car Comparison. His is a Show Quality white 03, mine is a DD yellow 01.
In snooping around the Cabin of his, I noticed a Mount for his Cellphone. Upon further investigation, I found out he made it.. and it’s SIMPLE.. Loved it..
His was a Carboard mold lined with Plastic Wrap, and filled with Bondo. Then Ground to shape, and painted Black. Held on with Self Stick Velcro Tape.
I was Soo impressed I had to do it..
This is My Version of Uncle Mush’s Mount, so this is Mush Mount V2.
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First was figuring out how to do this.. I had the basic Idea, Stolen from Uncle Mush. Now to improve on it.
I figured putting the Bondo in a One Gallon Zip Loc Bag would be the Fastest and Safest way to get the Shape.
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I blasted out to the Autoparts Store and got a 2 Lb Can ( 1Lb 12Oz now ) and mixed up just shy of half of it.
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Then added a little Hardener.
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Then Mixed it up.
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The Color indicates the mixture of the hardener of the Mix. For these experiments, I went a little light. I ended up adding TWICE the hardener cream of the picture to get the color you see in the pictures. Also next time, I’d add a little more Resin, as the bag came out a little short. Nothing that could not be fixed, ( as you will see ) but this was a First go round, and I thought I’d shoot on the safe side.
Getting the Mix into the bag was fun. I used the putty knife, and scooped and twirled to get it in the bag, then from the OUTSIDE of the bag, I pinched it with my fingers to wipe it off the Knife.
Here is the Open Bag after scooping.
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Then after burping all the air out.
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I took the Bag, and molded it to the Top of the Dashboard.
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Then to get a flat ‘Top’ to the Bondo, I used my mixing board to hold things flat.
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Then comes the waiting part. I used some pieces of steel from the Hyd Press Parts, and used them as weights, then used a chunk of Brass Flat Stock ( a ruler would work but I found this first ), I held it to the Front of the Bag to make it Smooth.
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I was here for about 20 Minutes.. all the Time ‘Poking’ the little pieces of Bondo goo left on the mixing board, till they were firm.
Then I dropped the Front Piece and went into the house for lunch. I left the top there.
After I came back, I pulled the Stuff off and took it in for the peel. Here is the Bag on it.
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And here is the Bag off.
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I did a little bit of cutting with a saw and came out with this shape. The 'Finger Notch' is really an Air Bubble, almost in the right spot.. I needed to fill it and re-cut it where I wanted it.
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Then I put the piece back into the car and started to draw lines on it where to trim.
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This is the First pass of adding Bondo to fill in the wrinkles.
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This is the ‘Cheese Grater’ used to smooth the Not Yet hardened Bondo. MUCH faster than sanding.. and less mess!! DON’T Forget to let the Bondo harden a little before you run the Cheese Grater over it.. else it will gum of the Rasp and then cure in there!!
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I used a wood saw, a cheese grater, a belt sander, Block Sander, and Drill Press for this project.
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The Drill Press was used like a Table Router to put the Finger Notch into the Piece.
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I bondo’d it about 10 times to get the shape I wanted, and fill in the Voids. The filling Bondo was mixed a lot hotter, and got solid in about 5 minutes. DON’T let the Bondo get full hard before you take the Cheese Grater to it.. as once it’s cured, it time to sand.
Here is a View of it in Somewhat Painted form.
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I’ll be working on this a little as the paint dries, and then adding the Velcro tape to it..
The next Version of the Mush Mount will be on the Left Side of the Dash.
For now this is Perfect..
Thanks Uncle Mush.
Cap
I believe for the few hours we were camped at Dennys, we had solved all the problems of the world, past, present and future. Had a great time and would do it again in a heart beat.
At the end of out meet and greet, was the Car Comparison. His is a Show Quality white 03, mine is a DD yellow 01.
In snooping around the Cabin of his, I noticed a Mount for his Cellphone. Upon further investigation, I found out he made it.. and it’s SIMPLE.. Loved it..
His was a Carboard mold lined with Plastic Wrap, and filled with Bondo. Then Ground to shape, and painted Black. Held on with Self Stick Velcro Tape.
I was Soo impressed I had to do it..
This is My Version of Uncle Mush’s Mount, so this is Mush Mount V2.
First was figuring out how to do this.. I had the basic Idea, Stolen from Uncle Mush. Now to improve on it.
I figured putting the Bondo in a One Gallon Zip Loc Bag would be the Fastest and Safest way to get the Shape.
I blasted out to the Autoparts Store and got a 2 Lb Can ( 1Lb 12Oz now ) and mixed up just shy of half of it.
Then added a little Hardener.
Then Mixed it up.
The Color indicates the mixture of the hardener of the Mix. For these experiments, I went a little light. I ended up adding TWICE the hardener cream of the picture to get the color you see in the pictures. Also next time, I’d add a little more Resin, as the bag came out a little short. Nothing that could not be fixed, ( as you will see ) but this was a First go round, and I thought I’d shoot on the safe side.
Getting the Mix into the bag was fun. I used the putty knife, and scooped and twirled to get it in the bag, then from the OUTSIDE of the bag, I pinched it with my fingers to wipe it off the Knife.
Here is the Open Bag after scooping.
Then after burping all the air out.
I took the Bag, and molded it to the Top of the Dashboard.
Then to get a flat ‘Top’ to the Bondo, I used my mixing board to hold things flat.
Then comes the waiting part. I used some pieces of steel from the Hyd Press Parts, and used them as weights, then used a chunk of Brass Flat Stock ( a ruler would work but I found this first ), I held it to the Front of the Bag to make it Smooth.
I was here for about 20 Minutes.. all the Time ‘Poking’ the little pieces of Bondo goo left on the mixing board, till they were firm.
Then I dropped the Front Piece and went into the house for lunch. I left the top there.
After I came back, I pulled the Stuff off and took it in for the peel. Here is the Bag on it.
And here is the Bag off.
I did a little bit of cutting with a saw and came out with this shape. The 'Finger Notch' is really an Air Bubble, almost in the right spot.. I needed to fill it and re-cut it where I wanted it.
Then I put the piece back into the car and started to draw lines on it where to trim.
This is the First pass of adding Bondo to fill in the wrinkles.
This is the ‘Cheese Grater’ used to smooth the Not Yet hardened Bondo. MUCH faster than sanding.. and less mess!! DON’T Forget to let the Bondo harden a little before you run the Cheese Grater over it.. else it will gum of the Rasp and then cure in there!!
I used a wood saw, a cheese grater, a belt sander, Block Sander, and Drill Press for this project.
The Drill Press was used like a Table Router to put the Finger Notch into the Piece.
I bondo’d it about 10 times to get the shape I wanted, and fill in the Voids. The filling Bondo was mixed a lot hotter, and got solid in about 5 minutes. DON’T let the Bondo get full hard before you take the Cheese Grater to it.. as once it’s cured, it time to sand.
Here is a View of it in Somewhat Painted form.
I’ll be working on this a little as the paint dries, and then adding the Velcro tape to it..
The next Version of the Mush Mount will be on the Left Side of the Dash.
For now this is Perfect..
Thanks Uncle Mush.
Cap
