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#1 Dom

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:39 PM

Hi,

Today, (bank holiday monday) i set myself a task. This was to sort out my roof once and for all. As it was a nice warm sunny day, i thought it would be appropriate. :)

Tools:

Very Blunt Craft knife
2 Sponges
Cif Abrasive Cream
2 mugs of tea
and Elbow Grease :)

For this task i required some help so my father accompinied me.

We started at 3:10 with carefully scraping the paint off with the Very Blunt Craft knife. See Pics 1 and 2. Some parts came off very easily and others were a pain in the arse. :nugget:

Once it was scratched off it left a pinky mark.

So we decided to get some Cif cream (didnt have any T-Cut, and being it bank holiday know where was open) and 2 sponges and started wiping it on the pink bits. The majority came off with out a struggle but there were a few points that were very tough and required some aggressive rubbing. See pic 3.

Once we had managed to get rid of the pinky mess i waxed the roof and heres the finished product. The sun made it very bright :cool: See picture 4.

After waxing the roof my dad thought why not wax the boot maybe it will sort out the problem of its fade in colour. And he was right :grin: See pic 5

As he did that i waxed the rest of the car and heres a few pics of it finished. See pic 6,7,8, and 9.

Time Finished 5:12

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:41 PM

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:42 PM

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:43 PM

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:44 PM

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:45 PM

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:45 PM

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:47 PM

Pic 7 and 8 not working

Pic 9 grr not working either, :) are well some pics for you to view.

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 05:08 PM

Nice one, done a good job there matey...

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Posted 12 April 2004 - 06:09 PM

Just ready for that Union Jack then.......

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Posted 19 April 2004 - 08:40 AM

i dunno, i think ill stick with OEW

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Posted 19 April 2004 - 07:46 PM

nice job. i polished my mini two weeks ago to sort out fading pad. i used a sander and buffing cloth. got so carried away i polished the windows as well guess what. that night it rained and for the next three days what happened it rained then sun rained then sun typical ruined all my effort. but no faded paint. what are your plans as regards the roof now?

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Posted 19 April 2004 - 07:48 PM

durr i meant patch of paint not pad. :) :) :)

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Posted 20 April 2004 - 09:14 AM

erm.. i dunno. i think ill leave it blank. its now totally standard no modifications. once ive passed my test im gonna get a rc40 full exhaust system tho.

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Posted 20 April 2004 - 06:50 PM

it looks sharp solid white. like the choice of leaving it.
it cleaned up nicely!!!!!




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