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Old 10-29-2011 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by bmaley79
Looks great and very durable

thanks thats what I was aiming for.
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Looks better then factory any tips for welding the floor i got a friends millermatic 150 220v 75/25 gas?
Old 10-29-2011 | 11:03 PM
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bang all the floor you are leaving in with a chipping hammer and find all the soft spots before you start, grind all the steel clean, youre gonna burn holes til you find the machine and steels happy median.
Old 10-30-2011 | 11:09 AM
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Thanks alot
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Did you use the one or two gallon kit for the monstaliner? I'm going to order mine soon!
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Did you use the one or two gallon kit for the monstaliner? I'm going to order mine soon!
depends what you want to coat, sprayed I used less than a gallon for 3 nice coats. Rolling I hear people use 2 gallons. Ive been told I got really good mileage on it. Also tintable you end up with more than a gallon by the time you mix it, vs the black.

if you have a bunch of other things you wanna coat and not just the floor, grab 2 gallons. It dosent really carry over once its mixed, so its best to use it all in one shot. (if you buy 2 gallons and only mix one you can store it for a good amount of time un mixed)

I am however working on an experiment off the record about the durability of older monstaliner mixed with more reducer and applied at too cold a temp (2 different experiments) to offer some more insight to the creator, who happens to be a personal friend of mine.

Awesome tech support, you will not regret monstaliner.
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Originally Posted by The Blacksmith
depends what you want to coat, sprayed I used less than a gallon for 3 nice coats. Rolling I hear people use 2 gallons. Ive been told I got really good mileage on it. Also tintable you end up with more than a gallon by the time you mix it, vs the black.

if you have a bunch of other things you wanna coat and not just the floor, grab 2 gallons. It dosent really carry over once its mixed, so its best to use it all in one shot. (if you buy 2 gallons and only mix one you can store it for a good amount of time un mixed)

I am however working on an experiment off the record about the durability of older monstaliner mixed with more reducer and applied at too cold a temp (2 different experiments) to offer some more insight to the creator, who happens to be a personal friend of mine.

Awesome tech support, you will not regret monstaliner.
Thanks for the info. I just plan on doing the floor for now, but I am definitely going to roll it on instead of spraying.
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Blacksmith i picked up my own welder finally a lincoln mig 125 with a 110 plug flux core and i tried welding the floor and it burns straight thru on the lowest setting any suggestion i was using .035 wire on the lowest setting and wire speed on 3?
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Blacksmith i picked up my own welder finally a lincoln mig 125 with a 110 plug flux core and i tried welding the floor and it burns straight thru on the lowest setting any suggestion i was using .035 wire on the lowest setting and wire speed on 3?
You are going to burn holes in the thin factory metal

Sheilding gas helps some, but its really just how you are welding it.
You'll have to practice with some really thin metal until you can figure out how to get it not to burn threw.

I know alot of people sit in one spot too long and end up with massive "half moon" pattern welds, dosent really work on the floor because youll burn right thru. With the smaller machine you should be having less issues.

Practice is all I can really offer, I played with alot of heat settings on my millermatic 180, different areas liked different settings.

My machine is also 220.
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great job!! looks awsome!!
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I hope you fix your bandwidth soon so i can look at your pictures!!
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I hope you fix your bandwidth soon so i can look at your pictures!!
I dont know the exact time it might be midnight tonight idk but i know for a fact the 16th the pictures come back up and I deleted all non build related pics from the bucket, so I'm hoping it will stay under control.

I may rehost all my bumper build pics on my second album just incase.
Old 11-15-2011 | 11:11 PM
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i stayed up till midnight hoping they would be up... bummer
Old 11-15-2011 | 11:40 PM
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they are up lol

edit, i guess they arent, they appeared when i first opened it then went away, oh well sometime later today
Old 11-16-2011 | 02:44 AM
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pics are back up now, finally lol


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