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The Bonnet!
Created on 2008-05-11 03:32:22
Well, I couldn't put it off any longer, so this weekend I attacked the top of the bonnet.
Fill - sand - fill - sand - more fill - more sand - more fill - more sand primer - sand - more fill - more sand - more primer - more sand etc.
After a day and a half I've got a surface that is reasonably flat and reasonably smooth ready for a colour top coat. It took a full 600g pack of filler, however, most of that ended up as dust on the ground.
May give it another coat of primer and a light sand to be sure, but Wednesday should see the bonnet finished and maybe back on the car.
Fill - sand - fill - sand - more fill - more sand - more fill - more sand primer - sand - more fill - more sand - more primer - more sand etc.
After a day and a half I've got a surface that is reasonably flat and reasonably smooth ready for a colour top coat. It took a full 600g pack of filler, however, most of that ended up as dust on the ground.
May give it another coat of primer and a light sand to be sure, but Wednesday should see the bonnet finished and maybe back on the car.
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Bonnet after sanding, filling and priming
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Bonnet after sanding, filling and priming
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckled, Distorted Bonnet And New Seats. | 2008-05-07 | 3 | The bonnet is something I'd been putting off sorting out. Apart from the rough top surface, there was a spot in the top drivers side that was stretched and would 'pop' up an... | |
| Paint But Too Wet! | 2008-04-21 | 5 | Been raining off and on for last few days and I've been putting off the painting - 'till today. Stopped raining and it was still, no wind to speak of. Thought I'd give it a ... | |
| Filling - Sanding - Filling - Sanding | 2008-04-18 | 6 | 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 ... | |
| 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... |
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