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Thanks for thinking of me Paul. Would've loved to have come along to the show myself, but I'm working this weekend I'm afraid
No further progress on my painting as I spent most of last week looking for a new (second hand) car after I decided I just didn't like the Primera any more. After looking at a number of lemons I'm now the proud owner of a coral pink and silver Smart ForFour 1.3 Don't laugh, it goes like stink, handles like a go kart and does fifty to the gallon on unleaded.
Should get some more prep done later in the week when I have some time off work, and, although I'm disappointed that I didn't get the first silver sammio finished, the cordite demonstrator does look pretty bloody good to me and it's spurring me on to the finish line.
As for Patoune's D type detailing, my louvres don't look anywhere near as 'factory' as those and I think I spent more time fitting the louvres than Patoune spent building the whole car. Still, he's a pro and I'm a hobbyist and thus it will ever be.
Thanks for thinking of me Paul. Would've loved to have come along to the show myself, but I'm working this weekend I'm afraid
No further progress on my painting as I spent most of last week looking for a new (second hand) car after I decided I just didn't like the Primera any more. After looking at a number of lemons I'm now the proud owner of a coral pink and silver Smart ForFour 1.3 Don't laugh, it goes like stink, handles like a go kart and does fifty to the gallon on unleaded.
Should get some more prep done later in the week when I have some time off work, and, although I'm disappointed that I didn't get the first silver sammio finished, the cordite demonstrator does look pretty bloody good to me and it's spurring me on to the finish line.
As for Patoune's D type detailing, my louvres don't look anywhere near as 'factory' as those and I think I spent more time fitting the louvres than Patoune spent building the whole car. Still, he's a pro and I'm a hobbyist and thus it will ever be.
56 wowed me quite abit on the stand every morning but when it got in the sun this evening....... Jesus she's was stunning! Pictures don't do her any justice at all, same with the GT
If only there were a bunch of people with a history of asking pointless/awkward questions when items such as this (or Porsche engined coffee tables) came up on e-bay.....
If only there were a bunch of people with a history of asking pointless/awkward questions when items such as this (or Porsche engined coffee tables) came up on e-bay.....
I've asked if it has an MOT but got no reply yet...
Now, I know it doesn't look any different to last time, but it's now wearing two coats of high build primer.
After mixing up the etch primer by hand and then finding it clogged the nozzle of the spray gun because of the lumps, I decided to take advice from an amusing thread somebody else put up a while back.
'Items commonly found in the domestic kitchen may have untapped latent potential to become tools and move to the man cave, but this migration is one way'
Hence -
Worked a treat and the filler primer went on a treat using a Sealey gravity fed gun with a 2.2mm nozzle sourced for me by my local hardware store for just £20!
First time I've used high build primer, great stuff imho. My bulge was covered in pin holes that just wouldn't fill. Hey presto, almost all gone!
I did find out what happens when you get cocky and hold the spray in one place to try and fill a small hole too quickly though, there's a bit of a dribble just under my bulge (ooh, Matron) and this rather bad run on the side of the bonnet -
Still, at least it'll give me some practice sanding out runs for when I shoot the top coat on next week...
Good stuff T, I suggest you invest in some paint filters for the top coat, sort of 140 micron size. Cheap as chips and you will be amazed what ends up in the filter!! N
Good stuff T, I suggest you invest in some paint filters for the top coat, sort of 800 micron size. Cheap as chips and you will be amazed what ends up in the filter!! N
Good advice I feel, will be filtering the top coat for definite.
Looking good :-), also don't forget to take the nossel off your spray gun after each session and sloosh it around in some thinners, otherwise the spray quality will gradually degrade as the smaller passages get blocked.
The plan to spray the top coat tomorrow will have to wait I'm afraid - I underestimated the length of time the final sanding would take and I forgot that I had an unavoidable commitment this afternoon.
Back to work Thursday but I should at least have it ready for paint by tomorrow evening if all goes to plan...
It's like painting the ruddy Forth Road Bridge - every time I go round sanding down the primer I find more dints and scrapes to fill that I hadn't noticed before. It's now taken almost a whole tube of knifing putty and it's still not completely smooth.
I have at least discovered the contour sanding sponge though, which is proving invaluable seeing as there isn't a flat panel of the Spyder.
I've packed in for the evening now though. After spending eighteen hours sanding over the last two days I'm absolutely knackered.
towed, having just been through a similar process with the navigator buck i can tell you that high build primer is your friend here, we used 3 coats almost ladelled on with a tint in each coat then wet sanded by hand the high build filled most of the small imperfections so that we were left with very little stopper work to be done. Adding a different tint to each layer also helped in that you got some warning when you were gettting close to sanding through all 3 layers of primer filler. keep at it though as im sure the sense of satisfaction when its done will be immense.
Mac
Cheers Mac, it's already wearing two coats of high build as I'd hoped it would fill all the little pinholes and scratches. The tip about tinting the primer is a good one, I used a much darker etch primer so I can see when I'm getting close to cutting right through.
Plan is to get it as smooth as possible, cover the bits that have worn right through with some more etch primer then give it another two coats of high build. I should have a good enough base for the top coat then. It all takes time though...
Don't laugh, it goes like stink, handles like a go kart and does fifty to the gallon on unleaded. 
