SuzanneH Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Nothing will be happening until AFTER Wednesday next week as you will be helping me entertain and sweeping the patio area after removing your clutter from it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 ooer!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 one step forward, three of four steps backwards. I had planned on spraying a top coat on my repair but I spotted a dimple in the wheel arch. Not a problem. One good whack with a hammer should sort it. Well it certainly sorted the filler I was unaware of. Out with the drill and sanding pad. Having removed various patches of filler and given things a gentle tap to smooth the surface it all looked rather good. So I have put down a nice coat of etch primer. Saturday I'll attack it with the spray gun. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dykins Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Tut, tut. Seems like you have disobeyed Sue. Nothing will be happening until AFTER Wednesday next week Quick, before she notices nip out and buy her a little something and you may live another day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) Hi Peter, you are too much the smoothie. I see you have done this before. I think I'm still in favour with Su'e as she has iced my ginger cake Regarding the rebuild I'm becoming to think I have done this back to front - respray the body; then do all the welding and bashing Roger Edited April 19, 2014 by RogerH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) Today was momentus. Somewhere on our planet something momentus happened. Meanwhile in West London I decided to spray paint the repaired inner wing. The etch primer was put on a few days ago and should be nice and dry. I rubbed it down with some 1500 W&D just to remove any sticky out bits. I knocked up a small quantity of paint and hardener, puffed up the compressor and let it rip. Well perhaps not a rip but certainly a phut. The gun I have is small, very small. In fact smaller than that - quite tiny really. The paint went on well and appeared to cover very well indeed - more on that in a mo. The finished article looked quite good but will require a little rubbing down ( I'm not quite an expert on this black art) - but I was impressed with what I did. The only area of concern is the colour. The car should be Royal Blue (#56). The aerosol I have is a very good match. The 2K spray gun paint is from the same supplier but at present appears slightly richer in colour. I'm wondering if a second coat will darken it up. I'll give it another coat on Monday. If it doesn't darken enough then I'll try and source the actual paint that was used in the first place. So my talents include - machining, bending, bashing, filling, painting, inventing, welding, brazing, - and I can;t do any of them properly In the words of Arny - I'll be back. Roger Edited April 22, 2014 by RogerH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JJC Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 The only area of concern is the colour. The car should be Royal Blue (#56). Roger Hang about - shouldn't all TRs be red? JJC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 You Philipstein - you are thinking of Fairyraries. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlejim Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 (edited) In the words of Arny - I'll be back. Roger Correct spelling is 'ah'll be back' I used Wedgewood Blue on mine, all paint from the same paint shop using same formula (??) yet one batch was a bit paler ?? Edited April 20, 2014 by littlejim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SuzanneH Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Who is Amy.......??????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Hi Folks, the paint that I sprayed on Saturday looked very good (from a reasonable distance). But as I'm a beginer at this lark I found that the masking tape and paper had produced a raised edge at the limits of the painting area.(silly me). In rubbing it down it didn't blend in well (sillier me). So I decided to rub it all nice and flat and put another coat on. This time I masked off areas that I didn;t want painting but out of the painting area as such eg the rear bumper and tail lights. The overall effect was again very good (at a similar distance to above). The over spray area does not have a raised edge but will need rubbing down and then polishing. Should be interesting to see what finish I get. I can see why people prefer to paint whole panels. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 The secret is in the way you apply the masking tape Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Hi Neil, I'm sure you are spot on. I thought I had it sorted by putting the sticky side face down but alas no. Practice makes perfect - I'm on day 4 of a 5 year learning curve. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlanG Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 To prevent a raised edge and make blending easier stick down only half the width of the masking tape, raising the other half up. Alan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Fold 1/3 of the sticky side of the tape back on itself before applying, that will create a "Soft" edge. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Who is Amy.......??????? Amy Schwarzenfelder, his boyhood sweetheart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Harvey Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 you can buy 'soft edge' masking tape designed for the job....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prambert Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Hi Roger been out of the country for a couple of months on the other side of the world and then a sojourn in the sandy bit of the Middle East - great to be back in Blighty - happy and safe in the knowledge that some things are just there, reassuringly in place whatever the world throws at us. The Monarchy, H.M of course, the Great British pound, spring flowers, April showers, footie.... and your rebuild. Year after year after year... It's good to be back. :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Now I've been given the secret of the masking tape (I feel like some buddhist apprentice monk) I will pull my finger out. Roger Edited April 22, 2014 by RogerH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SuzanneH Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Is that dog leg still in the middle of the dessert on the road between Oman and Salalah....??? I rode through the dessert on a horse with no name.....!!! Actually his name was Ali. ( Drift). Edited April 22, 2014 by SuzanneH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 you can buy 'soft edge' masking tape designed for the job....... Its expensive and doesnt work very well as it often leaves the glue behind. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Harvey Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Ali and Amy. A match made in heaven (bet they make a mess playing in the dessert! ) PS Stuart - left behind glue will no match for the man who can......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Guess who has been having great success getting a beautiful gloss finish from the gun - when you've found him please ask him to pop round and give me some advice. Clearly there is more to this painting lark then first imagined. My first attack at the repaired area worked well but I got a lot of overspray on the wheelarch. When rubbed down it looked iffy. So I decided to spray the wheel arch. Now I'm asking myself the question - why did I choose the day that all the dendelion seeds were flying around; and talk about little flies - go on talk about them. Any way not to be outdone by mother nature I rubbed down the surface with 1500/2500 W&D and some rubbing compound. The overall effect is very good but not a high gloss. I've ordered some Farecla G10 to give it a polish. Flush with moderate success (ever the optomist) I decided to repaint the area either side of the air vent (in front of the screen). The offside got damaged when the bonnet (sat on wooden supports) slipped and dug a big lump out. I got it all masked off and let loose with the spray gun. Now I come from the school of 'if a little bit is good enough then put some more on'. Anyway after ladeling the paint on I sat back and watched it slump to one side. It was like watching Mt.St.Helen blow her side out. I was thinking of jacking the car up to even out the flow but I was too late. After a couple of days I rubbed it down flat. It actually looked good in the flat condition but lacked the shine one expects. Today I went over the top. I removed the windscreen (lifted out of the way). After spending ages masking the wipers/washer mounts I decided then to remove them (clever move) I built a polythene structure over the area - quite large actually - to keep the dandelions off and applied another coat of paint (having rubbed the previous one down). This looked good until I spotted that on the near side there were areas of spots that were avoiding the paint. It looked like a petri dish with some serious bacteria getting a stuffing. Tomorrow I shall remove the polythene shed and see what disaster I have created. Do you need paint on the body for an MOT? Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Roger You have made my day the wife and I are still laughing best post ever, I hope you get this sorted, polish does not make the paint you have the wrong one keep us posted and amused. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 The petri dish type spots are probably silicons, sometimes if you let each coat dry through properly you can eventually bury them. Possibly something on your plastic tent like a release agent. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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