Underworld Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Wow yea good luck. It took me like 3 days to spray my dash hehe. Mind you I am a perfectionist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Wow yea good luck. It took me like 3 days to spray my dash hehe. Mind you I am a perfectionist I think that goes beyond "perfectionism"... ...and into "crap at painting" -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikaze Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hope the wind doesnt get up Good luck for having the danglee's to try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Trip to Poland and back - 300 pounds, painting 1 colour - 300 pounds (profesionall garage), painting 2 colours ~400 pounds, custom painting 4 colours (chameleon) around 800 pounds. Hotel for 3 days + food - 150 pounds. Adventure - priceless ah aye and wheres this ? i wouldnt really want to sleep in a B+B the amount of thieving little gypsy bastards that ive seen over there already i`d sleep beside my car in the spray bay with a bat besides that a trip to poland wouldnt cost me that much i am in osnabruck with half price V-Power fuel Rik put ya car back together drive up here in sunny newcastle mate stop in a B&B and you can use my unit!compressor/gun etc etc;) hey keef i am in newcastle over christmas the new year any chance of coaching me i would be shit scared to do anything like a full car respray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 Well, a bit of progress at last . I got the missis mobile again last week having put the headgasket on her Punto. Shame the water pump was cracked as well . I've taken a couple of days off work this week to try and get this done, and made a start yesterday. Despite multiple problems (overloaded extension leads catching fire etc) i managed to get the car in primer. I've got to say, the Pro-Deluxe Super Booth 2000 worked ok. Crap in the paint is absolutely minimal, only the lack of extraction is an issue. Here's a couple of pics, sorry they're rubbish, but i was in a rush to get out and see the new James Bond flic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Looking good Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markymark Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 wow real good! how did you go about striping the paint down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black cat Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 how is the cold afecting it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 wow real good! how did you go about striping the paint down? It was a real chore. The quality of the paint that was used to respray the car before was realy bad, and it was about an inch thick. I tried orbital sanding it but the heat turned it to chewing gum. In the end i had to use a hot air gun and scraper. Only on the roof and quarters though, all the other panels are of another car that just need wet flatting. how is the cold afecting it??? No probs. Although the heaters aren't quite as manly as they looked in the catalogue, they seem to be doing ok. I went in there early this morning having left them on all night and it was quite warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supragold Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 An idea to help keep the dust down is to wet the floor mate. May help. Looking good by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Nice one Rik:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 Got the car out today so i could prime the bumpers etc. Couldn't get the doors ready as the windows are down and i can't get to the door handle nuts, so i'll have to wait till the car is unmasked so i can plug them back in Lack of forward planning. I'm going to flat the car in the morning and get some colour on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 wish i had a place of my own big enough to do this, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 Well, i managed to get the shell top coated today Had a few problems to deal with along the way, but i don't like things to get the better of me Pics are a bit crap again, i was going to wheel it out and get some better ones but it started to rain. So, i spent the rest of the afternoon putting my lights that i've refurbed black back together again. I've still got the doors and bumpers etc to top coat, but i'm back to work tomorrow so it'll have to wait untill the weekend now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 The white spots on the 4th picture aren't in the paint, they must be on the camera lense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Looking great mate:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Looks nice Ric Now more hard work in flatting it back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 Looks nice Ric Now more hard work in flatting it back Ha ha....NOT Seriously, i've seen crapper paint jobs on cars that have been done at some Body Shops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JODY T Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Looks really good mate.. Keep up the good work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 Thanks mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovervi Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 wow i am impressed mate, looks like you have done an excellent job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 very impressive, looking forward to seeing some finished pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Ha ha....NOT Seriously, i've seen crapper paint jobs on cars that have been done at some Body Shops Yup Thing is the body shop wont spend time like you and i do in getting the details right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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