Small amount of restoration...

[fallingoffalot]

New rotary polisher, its way faster than the DA one, BUT it's almost impossible (for me anyway) to get it perfect without holograms. So I'll use my DA to finish off.

Holograms after rotary and Meguires Ultra Cut compound

After using DA with a soft pad and Meguires Ultimate compound

 

[mike202]

Looks great [emoji106]!


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[fallingoffalot]

Passenger door done. I'm trying to get as much done as possible before it gets too cold (having spent the whole summer not doing it!)

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[fallingoffalot]

The rear...

Will be spraying the rear hatch, engine lid and rear wings. Did some prep today and found quite a bit of rust in the seal channels. This has happened since I've owned it (may 2019) and must mean there has been water trapped.

I've scraped it out and it is mostly surface rust, applied lashings of rust inhibitor. Hopefully the repaint will protect it from future moisture.

Is there any way of stopping the water being trapped in these areas?

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[fallingoffalot]

Paint applied .. just need to cut and polish

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[fallingoffalot]

Done!

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[gas1man]

Looking very posh, nice job.

J & P

 

[gagvanman]

What type of paint are you using?

 

[fallingoffalot]

It's Chianti Red cellulose from Paints4U.

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[fallingoffalot]

Porthcothan camping, journey down no issues, I've been banished to the bus for snoriy!! Good weather so far, a bit chilly in the evenings.

 

[mike202]

Nice pic hope you have a great weekend!

 

[gas1man]

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Porthcothan camping, journey down no issues, I've been banished to the bus for snoriy!! Good weather so far, a bit chilly in the evenings.

Awesome, glad you had no trouble. Bus is better anyway.
J

 

[fallingoffalot]

Massive stroke of luck, ran out of petrol just before driving out of the campsite to get petrol! Campsite lent me a Jerry can, brother gave me a lift to the petrol station, put 5L in then resumed my journey to the petrol station! If I'd gone out the gate of the campsite then ran out I'd be blocking the single track road!

 

[fallingoffalot]

I forgot to post this... When we pulled up at the pitch, opposite was parked a Chianti Red crossover panel van. It was originally his dad's that was bought new and used for his business in the early 70's.

This guy had restored it fairly recently.

 

[fallingoffalot]

Repaint wheels....
So my late bay steel wheels are a bit tatty and chipped so I decided to paint them with cellulose.

Here's some pics....



The second pic shows a weird paint effect that was already there, looks like it reacted with something at some point. I just sanded it flat ready for the primer.
The hub cap it just resting in place at the moment as I'm guessing when I do pop it on it will remove the new red paint where the lugs are.



I keyed these with an abrasive disk and wire brush wheel in my small angle grinder. The front ones are chromed steel and way harder than the rear 2 that are stainless. I think I have a few more flat sides than I started with!

 

[fallingoffalot]

Finished!

 

[Journey]

Nice work. Is there a difference between painting chromed and ordinary surfaces?

 

[fallingoffalot]

Nice work. Is there a difference between painting chromed and ordinary surfaces?

Im not too sure really, I'd assumed I'd have to rough it up a bit and I applied etch primer. So fingers crossed it stays painted. Actually only 2 of them were chromed the others were stainless.

 

[fallingoffalot]

Bulge repair....
Recently has this repaired at CJ Motors.

I expected it just to require a few small patches, but the whole lot needed doing!

Great job by Nick

 

[sparkywig]

Nick, Harry and Teddy are pretty good, aren't they.