What have I done

[Dave M]

Just spent a couple of hours flatting down the bonnet of my car, on Saturday the car was in one piece and nice and shiney, now look at it.

Sill covers removed and a scary moment as there looked to be rust under the paint, fortunately it was muck/runs in the paint from when the car was painted 10 years ago, phew. All joints raked out de rusted and seam sealed just the drivers door to repair as it has a small hole in the bottom corner, screens got to come out as well as the hard top rear screen and trim. Then with a bit more prep she will beready for paint

Dave

[Dave M]

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[nitronig]

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it'll be nice when you get some paint on it.what colour are you doing it?

[Andrew S]

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Are you sure you have rubbed it down and not peeled it?

[Gresley]

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Looks great, are you spraying it yourself?

Brian

[Dave M]

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nitronig wrote:

it'll be nice when you get some paint on it.what colour are you doing it?

Keeping it Topaz, was tempted to do it in RS Focus orange but the paints mega expensive.

Dave

[Dave M]

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Andrew S wrote:

Are you sure you have rubbed it down and not peeled it?

As long as it doesent look like orange peel when its finished.

[Andrew S]

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Good luck Dave. It must have been awful rubbing that first bit of shiny paint with abrasive paper.

[Dave M]

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Gresley wrote:

Looks great, are you spraying it yourself?

Brian

No Brian, the guy whos painting it restores VW campersand hes going to do the spraying but heis happy for me to go to his workshop in the evening and work on the car which will save me some money. Ive done most of the stripping down and Ive flatted some of the paint down. Hes doing any welding thats needed but this is minimal (one spot on the drivers door) and hes de-rusted all the seams and re-sealed them.

Car wasent too bad beforeI stripped itbut its amazing whats lurking under shiney paint, rear valance behind the bumper was starting to rust which I hadent spotted and most of the seams had cracked and the sill ones were bleeding rust, plus a small spot of rust on the front panel to wing join was starting to show, just hope I can get it all back together once its painted without scratching it.

Dave

[Dave M]

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Andrew S wrote:

Good luck Dave. It must have been awful rubbing that first bit of shiny paint with abrasive paper.

Yep it was Andrew, Ive just returned from two weeks holiday and the body shop had left a message on my answerphone whilst I was away saying they could fit the car in as agreed earlier in the year which was a surprise to be honest, next available slot was next April so it was now or never. I went intomy garage on Saturday morning and there stood my shiney Stag all in one piece and looking pretty good but by 5pm it was in the body shop stripped and the flatting down had started.

Dave

[Andrew S]

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Brave man but it will look even better and you with have that smug factor

Good luck

Andrew

[SAP]

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Dave

just make sure you cover those wheels

should have put yr old ones on...

look forward to preview

steve

[Dave M]

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Hi Steve

Wheels and underbody area will be masked off before spraying starts, how you getting on with your car?

Dave

[SAP]

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Hi Dave



done nothing more dont have the time at present will have to save up and get it towed to garage to get inlet manifold helicoiled then it should not be to long once this is done stagdads pump all fitted just needs plumbing into the manifold.



Steve

[Dave M]

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Doors, bonnet and boot lid now off the car, hard to believe last Saturday this was a nice looking shiney Stag with a couple of areas that needed attention. Turns out the muck in the paint on the sills was actually moisture and muck trapped in the paint from thebare metal job I had done 10 years ago. This area hasbeen taken back to bare metal again and treated with rust killer, luckily its only slightlycorroded the surface of the metal so no big issuebut could have been nasty if left as it was hidden by the sill covers which was handy for the painter. Had the same issue around the back lights soI suspect the car was reassembled before the paint had dried properly, wasent prepped right or the moisture trap on the air line wasent working.

Dave