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Filling - Sanding - Filling - Sanding
Created on 2008-04-18 06:21:19
Body work in earnest is the order of the days now. I'm halfway through the holidays and I've got stuck into the front guards. You may remember that the passenger guard was patched and was very rippley. Lots of filling and sanding got me a result that I was happy with and I put a few layers of fill primer and the a nice wet coat of colour on it.
I picked up another gun the other day - a larger version of the touch up gun I've been using. It came with 2 needles, 1.4mm and 1.7mm.
I used the 1.7mm needle to prime the guard, but I think it needs more air than the compressor can deliver. It went OK but I got much better result with the 1.4mm when I used it for the colour.
The surface finish is much smoother than I was getting before and I'm happy with it.
I'm using the small gun for the primer and the large gun for the colour. Mainly because I've got a good result with both guns and I don't want to have to fiddle with the settings.
I made a stupid mistake today when I was cleaning up the overspray and getting ready to work today.
I have 2 lots of thinner for the paint. One multi purpose one for the primer and cleanup and one better one for the colour. They are in tins the same except for the colour. Multi is yellow and the good one is blue.
I also got a tin of grease and wax remover to cleanup the surface and it does not interfere with the paint so I can slop it around freely to clean the surface between spraying.
It comes in a tin with a green/grey colour - too close to the thinner as it turns out.
I had both tins out and used the wrong one to clean the shroud. Made a hell of a mess, took the paint off and I even double checked that I was using the correct one when I noticed that it was picking up some colour.
I went through the paint before I realised what I'd done.
I didn't intend to paint this part again, but now I'm going to have to.
I finished the filling, sanding and priming routine tonight and I was going to put some colour on it while it was all masked up, but it turned windy so I've put that off until next time.
The bonnet is causing me some anxiety. I think I'm going to take it back off to sort it out. The insulation needs to go on the underside and hopefully this will solve some of the distortion it has in it.
Overall I pleased with how it's going and I hope to get the painting finished before the holidays end.
I picked up another gun the other day - a larger version of the touch up gun I've been using. It came with 2 needles, 1.4mm and 1.7mm.
I used the 1.7mm needle to prime the guard, but I think it needs more air than the compressor can deliver. It went OK but I got much better result with the 1.4mm when I used it for the colour.
The surface finish is much smoother than I was getting before and I'm happy with it.
I'm using the small gun for the primer and the large gun for the colour. Mainly because I've got a good result with both guns and I don't want to have to fiddle with the settings.
I made a stupid mistake today when I was cleaning up the overspray and getting ready to work today.
I have 2 lots of thinner for the paint. One multi purpose one for the primer and cleanup and one better one for the colour. They are in tins the same except for the colour. Multi is yellow and the good one is blue.
I also got a tin of grease and wax remover to cleanup the surface and it does not interfere with the paint so I can slop it around freely to clean the surface between spraying.
It comes in a tin with a green/grey colour - too close to the thinner as it turns out.
I had both tins out and used the wrong one to clean the shroud. Made a hell of a mess, took the paint off and I even double checked that I was using the correct one when I noticed that it was picking up some colour.
I went through the paint before I realised what I'd done.
I didn't intend to paint this part again, but now I'm going to have to.
I finished the filling, sanding and priming routine tonight and I was going to put some colour on it while it was all masked up, but it turned windy so I've put that off until next time.
The bonnet is causing me some anxiety. I think I'm going to take it back off to sort it out. The insulation needs to go on the underside and hopefully this will solve some of the distortion it has in it.
Overall I pleased with how it's going and I hope to get the painting finished before the holidays end.
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Filling, sanding the ripply guard
Filled the aerial hole
3 coats of primer
Colour on, about 3 coats, wet
Primed, ready for colour
Damaged shroud and join ready for colour
Filling, sanding the ripply guard
Filled the aerial hole
3 coats of primer
Colour on, about 3 coats, wet
Primed, ready for colour
Damaged shroud and join ready for colour
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpet And Insulation | 2008-04-04 | 6 | It's been a bit windy here the last few days and as I've been a bit off colour, I've not been to school the last two days. Yesterday and today I slept until noon but on Wednesday I... | |
| Back To Paint | 2008-03-30 | 6 | 4 | Got the compressor out and mixed up some paint. Did the underside of the bonnet, only around the edges. After it was dry, I attached the bonnet safety catch and the main catch. I a... |
| Boot And Bonnet Hinges And Other Stuff | 2008-03-26 | 3 | Spent today cleaning up the hinges and some assorted other bits and pieces. Paint stripper, a few applications were needed to remove all of the paint. Some scraping a... | |
| A Radical Plan To Align The Body. | 2008-03-23 | 6 | This came to me overnight and after weighing up the possible outcomes, one of which was breaking the car in half, I decided to give it a shot. If you've been following my pr... | |
| Carpet And Panels Back From Jason. | 2008-03-21 | 6 | While I was waiting for the panel to be blasted, I started on the carpet. I've also ordered some under carpet insulation from this company in US, [url]http://www.lob... | |
| Moving On To The Rest Of The Body Panels | 2008-03-12 | Dug out the other panels on the weekend. The two guards, the boot, the bonnet and the front skirt. I positioned them on the car just out of curiosity and they seemed to stil... | ||
| Last Episode In A Saga. | 2008-03-01 | This entry does not really follow the previous entry, but is the last post in a series of post which appeared on the forum. It's been a bit discouraging and I find it diffic... | ||
| Not Much Further Ahead After A Full Days Effort. | 2008-02-20 | 4 | Today I spent a lot of time redoing stuff I'd done before. Started with the new tank and I scrubbed it with POR15 solvent to get rid of the waxy oil that was on it. T... | |
| New Tank And New Coil. | 2008-02-12 | 2 | The tank is apparently an after-market one made in Canada. I checked on the cost of shipping and looked at a few online stores and their prices. Came to the conclusion that ... | |
| Series Of Setbacks. | 2008-02-10 | If you've been reading these entries in series, you would have probably expected a report of some kind on the first drive - up and down the driveway. Alas, it was not to be.... |
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