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Did that work, Roger?

Originally Posted by randyr

Did that work, Roger?

Yes! Thanks for sending the updated link. I'd been looking at those blocks, even looked at them at GG Des Moines but this is a better deal!

roger, think about making your own blocks. i've found cardboard tube and hardwoods make excellent blocks. i have around 20 blocks i've made over the years. several to sharpen body lines . i have one that will hold 2 sheets of board paper that i used on the big boats of the 60's . impala qrt panels were a real pia to do .

Originally Posted by shine

roger, think about making your own blocks. i've found cardboard tube and hardwoods make excellent blocks. i have around 20 blocks i've made over the years. several to sharpen body lines . i have one that will hold 2 sheets of board paper that i used on the big boats of the 60's . impala qrt panels were a real pia to do .

Shine, what do you use on the curves of the fat fendered Fords?

Originally Posted by randyr

Shine, what do you use on the curves of the fat fendered Fords?

not shine but a will add my two cents . i have made up some board s and sanding block s wood and 1/4 plate aluminum round off all corners the block should feel like a old bar of soap in you hand .on board s never make some thing you can not hang on to for a long time as you need it to work but not bulky to work with. when you could get thick flat paint stick s we used them in the 220 wet sanding part of the job. then med hard bock then soft pad all the time using a guide coat threw evey sanding set . starting the body work with long board s hard then a flex long boad cross sanding the body panles at 45 angles .i done many round things this way always work for me

on rounded fenders i use the soft 1x1 durablock. before they came out i had some pieces of truck mud flaps that worked really good. still have them. some things you just have to sculpture.

Originally Posted by shine

on rounded fenders i use the soft 1x1 durablock. before they came out i had some pieces of truck mud flaps that worked really good. still have them. some things you just have to sculpture.

The owner of my paint shop (40 year painter, followed his Dad in the business, supplies Roger Ward with product) pushed me to the Eastwood hard foam blocks with the stiffening rods. He can't get them to sell - sells Durablock because people buy them but told me that he doesn't like them because they wrinkle the stick on paper on curves. Said he bought the set from Eastwood, and it's about all he uses now. I've got a handful of foam "sponges" that I use, and often go into the woodshop and cut a chunk of walnut or other hardwood to fit a need, but I haven't taken time to make any pretty enough to keep... I looked at some really nicely made maple blocks at one of the shows, handles like wood planes on the bigger ones, some with thin foam on the bottom, some with aluminum like Pat mentions, but was put off by their price and the fact that they didn't flex.