Thread: Paint

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

well that is just amazing .... I don't quite understand this.
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I am impressed Great job......and skills. I can see it now. Double Chevrons Double Quality Car Resprays. Be a great little weekend earner. How much are you planning on charging.....?

Oh man ... So funny. Have you guys read what I've typed. I've managed to screw up pretty much EVERYTHING I've done so far

The bonnet is now out under the carport out of the way. It will need to be colour sanded (bugger I was hoping to avoid that). There is a few bits of trash in it .... and one dry line you can see if you get the sun in the right spot and move your head around. I'll do better with the rest though. Talk about a "learning" process so far I might have an old cabin filter that didn't fit the car I bought it for, so I'll tape that to the back of the blower fan that is obviously introducing the fluff/dirt into the booth.

So hopefully the bonnet is the only panel I'll need to go to the effort of colour sanding. Its no big deal. I'll just run over it with some 2000grit once the car is back together.

I doubt there will be an update here for a few weeks, as I'm doing the roof next, then the body. So it'll no doubt take me several weeks.

seeya
Shane L.

Just dont fall off those bloody tressels!!

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Just dont fall off those bloody tressels!!

She'll be right .... the concrete floor will catch me nicely Seriously, 6 concrete pavers height seems to be the magic number. Not a big step. If I loose my balance I could just "step" off. sanding at full stretch sucks though... but is probably good exercise for my wrist

seeya
Shane L.

Shane - any updates? I need my weekly RRC fix!

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Shane - any updates? I need my weekly RRC fix!

Yeah Tom needs paint porn

I thought you guys would be getting bored to tears with me posting pictures of the same "boring" stuff over and over.

Progress has been slow as the school holidays finished, so we have something on each night of the week again. Next time I try to do anything stupid like paint a 4wd roof ..... Can someone hand me a tin of matt black paint and say "remember last time" ................... No wonder every disco I/II and range rover classic I see has stuffed paint on the roof .... or a matt black roof ............ or a vinyl wrapped roof ... Simply because .... Damn its a lot of work. Not only is it out of reach, it is bloody enormous, there is probably more work in sanding the roof than there is in all of the verticle panels on the car (and with the other panels, you can actually see progress when your sanding ... .eg: You can actually complete sanding a panel if you spend a couple of hours at it).

I was going to finish off the roof today, and paint it this afternoon. but there was gusty north winds when I woke up today. I just checked the weather report.... strong winds until wednesday. I can actually see all of the pollen and leaves blowing in the air sitting inside looking out the windows, so there is no way I'm spraying wet paint in this (It'll end up full of trash). I'll just get the roof reading to paint and do it wednesday when the wind stops.





This is how we sit at the moment. Look at the mess I've made.


Oh man, I'd forgotten that ... Where can I get the range rover version of this for the range rover

This gives an idea about the work and hours that have gone into sanding the roof.



There is an enormous about of time in the pressings in the roof ... the white stuff is that spot putty.



The long thin board is perfect for doing the recessed areas... see what it picks up ... note: the spot putty is so thin, you can see the guide coat through it.



Its the "long" blocks that are the problem. They pick up so many marks. Those white bits of spot putty you see will be see through when sanded... that's how thin it goes on. It takes FOREVER to sand level with the long block. To put into perspective how long it is. the square block at the back is a standard sanding block. To sand out any marks with a long block you are blocking an enormous area of paint down. In theory you should end up with a really straight panel I guess.



Look what blocking the roof has picked up around the stampings. I bet there is small dents here on every roof from the factory. When the putty is sanded, it'll be so thin its see through. I'm going to be interested to see what this roof looks like when its painted. As its taken quite a bit of effort to get to this point. Insane for a panel you can't see unless your standing on a ladder!