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I have spoken to the same paintshop that Greyone used today. They said £450 to gloss or £850 ish to do the whole job. I will give the primer a go at least. Its the spray mist dropping onto horizontal surfaces that makes paying for a pro paint booth worth it imho. Maybe I will rig up an extractor........
Redrat..glad to be of service!
Hammy..SelectAutos Southampton or is it Woolston?
Peeps....the sun is coming....about time!
Martini.....a paint booth in my attic? Did that bit get lost in translation? How would I get he car up the stairs?
Frogman, it may look okay in the pictures........
Hi Gary, its a 'normal' 1 litre spray gun. It was a bit cold so the pressure was quite high as I had thinned it a fair bit, but wanted it on thick as poss, as its Hi-build primer! Saying that it was warm enough in the tent for it to inflate with the warm air and need to be clamped down!! 4kw of heaters maintained about 15 deg, when it was about 4 outside.
Thanks all! Would love to carry on apace but Everything has backed up, business workload, paper work, house, garden, boat and most importantly...family!
Now its back home I can dry fit the lights etc, and finish the interior in the odd moment. We have a 1904 yacht in the shed now, and has to be out by Easter (see Mikado) on my website.)
Whilst I do want to finish it its the process of making things that I enjoy, so to throw it together at this stage would be nuts, and really annoy me! There is still more fairing to do on the bonnet, the rear wing joins are a bit Sharpe and radius ing where they run into the body. I also have to make the rear exhaust, change the door handles, make thewheel center trims and fit the spinners. Chrome window surrounds,vent trims, chrome the wipers close of the inner boot from the rear valance. Front inner wheel arches need to be made, plus the whole of the underside and all arches need schlutz-ing. Needs some trim panels to duct the air from the grill to the radiator, whilst still allowing the bonnet to open, plus cold air ducting to the air filter. Wiring needs extending to the flip front lights, plus screen squirter's. Some poly bushes are needed on the rear as some old ones are not quite right. After that a four wheel alignment. Finally some Dinitrol in the box sections to prevent decay in the future.
Finally it needs flatting back, more hi-build primer, then flatting back again, before I have a go at top coating it.
So when I have done that, I will be nearly there!
It took me seven years to rebuild my boat, so a couple of months more on this one is no problem!
Thanks again for all your kind comments and encouragement!
cheers,
Nick
Enjoy the build at your own pace. Between work and family you have done a cracking job Nick. But you could stick the lights and plates on and drive it down to our workshop in June for a burnt pork chop or two!!!!
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