What kind of paint is that Owen? Looks a good thickness. Quick work as ever.

its 2k high build primer mixed 3parts primer 1 part activator , sprayed over all repaired areas first with the air pressure down to 40 , build up all edges then lashed the whole car , i find by doing this and letting cure for 3 4 days it will flatten using 320 wet dry , them mark any imperfections and then stopper it followed with a fresh coat of primer owen nw

add no THINNERS SPRAY NEAT FOR HIGH BUILD

flattened down the primer and had to stopper a few places pin holes in the filler and one high spot to sort .i then masked up to stone chipp the lower edges , owen nw


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Are the doors originals Owen? From those photos they look pretty straight. I spent ages renovating mine and trying to get good lines.

yes thats original and never welded the other yellow ones just the same with 3 minor kinks on it

What's the deal with the stone chip strips? Sounds like a good idea, but can you explain how it works and the final finish? I'm (hopefully) about 6 months away from spraying mine.

Tim (novice restorer – no business cards yet)

Tim, stone-chip and it's use are explained by Tony here:

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/foru...php?t=14089&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90

It's a thick, flexible, non-bituminous coating that goes on before the paint. It seems to be used universally on modern cars and Owen seems to have used it in that style. In theory it should protect vulnerable areas such as the sill bottoms and lower parts of the wheel-arches, literally, from stones.
For me, it does spoil the appearance of a car if over-used and I am not totally confident in using it given the number of times on older cars on which you used to see it flaking with rust and water trapped beneath. I think that with modern paints it is probably very effective.

yes its used to protect the lower edges of the car , no point replacing all new panels and not protect fully . its sprayed on slighly thinned out so it s on with a light texture , i will 2k prime the car again , base coat the car ,colour coat, then final finish, when painted it doesnt stand out the way it is white on grey primer , the reason i used white is because ill be using a light colour ie duck egg blue .
owen n w

the whole underside is done the same

look closely this car has been done the same as the 500







u can see the difference , PREVENTION IS CHEAPER THAN CURE ,

i see that ur man has done his the same way i done all mine , but he s being ripped of at £18 i pay £8 for pro spray stone chip owen nw :slayer:

striped the engine bay and front compartment zinc primed them seam sealed them and stone chipped them ,sanded the doors down and have some kinks to fill owennw


i also replaced the ps door pins and bushes

You've got some energy Owen
Puts me to shame.
How hard were those hinge-pins to replace? Mine OK but will need to do that some day I'm sure. Is there some sort of bushing as well. I haven't really examined them closely.

wee buns i though it was going to be a handling kit was £5 for 4 bushes 2 pins
i ground the end of the pins and used a centre punch to knock them out with a light hammer , replaced the bushes put in the pins them hammered the ends of the pins holding 1 end steady with a dolly then slap the other end with the heavey hammer , changing round to do the other end s , owen nw

mark is low spot

now sporting second coat of high build primer

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as u can see the stone chip blends great does what it says on the tin
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getting work DONE!

Good on ya!

flattened down and broke through the primer in a couple of places, filled the kinks and re primed the areas .i used a flap dics and wire brush to descale the back of the bulk head behind back seats , then zinc primed and seam sealed the edges owen nw





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So coming back to the stone chip, briefly. Looks like it's not visible once primed and eventually sprayed?

I was going to say that the aluminium body trims would hide the join to an extent, but from the photo you can't see it anyway.

Tim

its sprayed on light medium heavey , u choose what way u want it , test spray on piece of metal or thin it down slowly till u get the mix that suits turn the pressure down to 40 45 psi , when primed its not as noticeable and its that low donw it doent draw the eye down the front back panel its below the bumper again the eye doest be drawn down lol as i said before PREVENTIONS CHEAPER THAN CURE , all modern cars have it owen n w

to day i started on bonnet and engine which turned out not to be as good as they looked so out with the welder again now stripped welded and ready to fill owen nw





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