Project 'Bob' (formerly Bobette)

Well it might as well be shiny for 5 minutes!!!!

I was advised to by a guy in the paint shop, who was probably trying to get more money from me but he made a solid argument for it all

Hi Dan

May I ask how hard it was to clear coat an d did you mix any of the purple with the clear coat before spraying an all clear coat?

Was thinking of clear coating my landy but not sure of how hard it is to spray
Cheers

I didn't mix, just cleared on top of the purple, when I did the second attempt it was pretty easy but I am no expert so am still expecting I have done something horribly wrong. First attempt I sprayed the clear at about 4pm and the temperature dropped a lot that night, causing some major blushing in the clear and it had to be sanded back and colour reapplied.

I think so long as it's a nice day if you get it clear coated early in the day with enough sunlight hours for it to dry properly and don't spray too thickly it's not too hard to use. It does look really shiny when dried.

Oh, just adding that I used clear from a spray can because I dreaded mixing it myself for the gun, made a total mess of an undercoat the other day that haunts me :o

is the clearcoat 2 pac? I'm using 2pac on my car - it's just industrial grade gloss paint, although it's a pain having to guess how much to mix it's not really that scary. I'm planning on 4x4ing my car a lot though, so not too concerned with it looking a million dollars.... was very tempted to just go the ratrod look :D My paint shop suggested the 2pac paint because it was super tough and wouldn't scratch or chip easily.

I honestly can say I have no idea what 2pac is other than a dead rapper who one of my workmates idolises.... I think it's acrylic. But don't quote me on that

cheers Dan,

will keep an eye on the weather. And will give it a go, liking the look of your drivers side panel

Nice weather and a morning off today brought with it a chance to prime/undercoat the tub and i also took the opportunity to paint the galv around the edges of the tub and the front grille, though it appears that the product i picked up this time was different from what i did the bumper with and instead of being a matte effect is a bright shiny silver. not too much of an issue i guess, will see how it looks against the purple before i judge but my initial thoughts were along the lines of 'oh my god what the hell did i just spray that with'

This morning my day off began on a good note with the arrival of a TNT truck with some nice shiny goodies from the folks in blighty! A few things to check off on my parts list.

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Headlamp bowls
Halogen headlights (because I can't quite afford led)
Led Side/tail/indicators
New shocks all round
Brake master cylinder
Choke cable
Sundry nuts/bolts.

Sadly the rest of my day off involved a trip to visit family instead of the Landy repair spree I had hoped for, but I should have a few days off together coming up in the next few weeks so fingers crossed I can get cracking then. In the meantime I managed to fit one of these

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And it's respective headlamp kit into the wing, need to buy new drill bits to fit the other lamps though as mine broke when I attempted the first hole.
Minor progress but at least I now have some parts to clutter up the lounge, if I get enough in there SWMBO will be more keen on me working on the Landy to get the bits out of the way.................right? ;)

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Nice warm day today allowed me to finish painting the bulkhead and front panel, also managed to entirely finish the other wing. A little time left in the day meant I could attach the lights in both wings, dig out the badge for the grille and take a shot of the front end. I also managed to put a rough coat on the tub but ran out of paint and time.

The headlight surrounds were started to be painted but only one turned out ok, the second got the tail end of a can and seemed to go very strange but I shoved it on the car for the photo, it can come off next weekend for repainting.

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I was a little sceptical about your colour choice, but that looks bloody awesome! :D I love it.

I see you got the Wipac LED lights too! they are nice as. I havn't got mine wired up properly yet so havn't experienced how they look working.