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[BMC Paul]

runs means you also got plenty on, just leave it and block flat it, you can get runs in primmer, thats the joys and best way to learn as can be sorted fairly easy... paintwork is all about trial and error and you learning so all good, you prob wont go to close now next time, to far means dry spray which again isnt a big issue as again can be flated down. just try and try again, you will get the hang off it im sure Emma you done alot tho in a day as usual!

[emalee]

runs means you also got plenty on, just leave it and block flat it, you can get runs in primmer, thats the joys and best way to learn as can be sorted fairly easy... paintwork is all about trial and error and you learning so all good, you prob wont go to close now next time, to far means dry spray which again isnt a big issue as again can be flated down. just try and try again, you will get the hang off it im sure Emma you done alot tho in a day as usual!

yeah its not bad for a first go (ish), but that is the worse bit!!!, i'm sure i'll get plenty of practice tho!!!

[emalee]

right i now love my drivers door





it really just wasn't good enough with what we did yesterday, so i took the plunge and



cut thru the bar, twisted the door, and hey presso lined up perfectly!!! undid all the knocking in of the outer lip we did, twisted it some more, then welded the bar back up....

job done, i really glad i did it, else it really would of bugged me!!!!

then as the welder was out, welded in the a panels



oh and the top of the door skin on the drivers skin as the welds had cracked!!!!



and got the spot welder out and spoted the final seam support on



then finished the rear quarter



and passenger door and door step



then put a bit of filler on the bottom of the rear quarter where the repair is, and the doorstep where it is repair

the dreaded filler!!!!



so tomorrow will be a panels, drivers door, and front panel, then try priming again!!!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

lol great work

[Junior Mini]

Filler isn't a bad thing if it's used as it's meant to be used.

Remember the best show cars and come to think of it brand new Mini's from Rover had filler on them.
(I'm not doing a very good job of convincing even myself here )

As long as it's used to correct irregularities in the panel work and not used structurally you will be fine.


Good job with the door, Can you do mine next???

Paul.

[emalee]

Filler isn't a bad thing if it's used as it's meant to be used.

Remember the best show cars and come to think of it brand new Mini's from Rover had filler on them.
(I'm not doing a very good job of convincing even myself here )

As long as it's used to correct irregularities in the panel work and not used structurally you will be fine.


Good job with the door, Can you do mine next???

Paul.

no i hate them!!! GRRR, no with out the strengthen bars in they are REALLY easy to twist into shape, dad line my sisters up in about 2 seconds, just grab the top of the skin and bottom, then twist accordingly, (you're meant to twist them....)

i know the fillers not bad, we used loads on the trailer as both of the rear quarters were disorted and the join on the lid for the 2 roofs, was all over the place!!!!

hopefully i'll get away with only a few little bits of filler here and there to straighten things up a bit!!!

[BMC Paul]

a slim of filler here and there will always be needed and is always needed when restoring a car, dont think of it as a bad thing in any way mate.... keep up the good work and well done re the door

[emalee]

yeah i know fillers not that bad,i just hate rubbing it down!!!!

so today

sorted the rear quarter



rubbed down the a panel and put some filler on



then i went home to get some spray putty, because i forgot to take it up, went to go back up the farm, turn the key nothing!!!!, damn minis!!!, on of the wires on the soldnoid had broken off its connector, 5 secs, fixed (bodged a bit, but i need to tidy up my soldnoid wiring soon anyway) spary the putty on the sky:



bloody reacted with the white paint!!!, grrrr, i also put it on the few bits where there was dents and had been primed and that was fine, stupid paint!!!!!

anyway, so cleaned up the braze on the front end,

rubbed down the driver door and a panel



and started to tidy up the boot floor (more filler cough cough)



i've also just a bit of filler to bring the edges of the front panel out inline with the wings.

tomorrow the plan is to rub down the filler, and the drivers door step, then front panel and bits with the putty on, and hopefully bonnet and boot, then some more primer, (if i can remember how to mix it!!!!)

[Retro_10s]

Always looks good sweetheart

[emalee]

thanks retros, still loads of work to do tho!!!!

and i've opened a new photobucket account, then the photos on the thread at the mo will be restored on the 19th, obviously my progress is too much for photobucket to keep up with!!!

[BMC Paul]

got to wait till the 19th to see pics! arh ! lol

[emalee]

i can post new pics, because i opened a new account!!!

really should listen to the warning emails

any so yesterday

rubbed down the front panel,bonnet, and boot







and sorted the filler on the front panel, a panels, and drivers rear quarter





and sorted the dink in the roof and marks on the roof gutter





then started on the primer again!!!!, dad came up, but didn;t help me (apart from telling me bits i had missed)



first coat, then second coat



hardly any runs so i'm well chuffed!!!!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

amazin what a difference some paint makes love it

[BMC Paul]

Hehe! Hardly any runs, see ... practice makes ......

[emalee]

Hehe! Hardly any runs, see ... practice makes ......

i know i'm well chuffed!!, i need to put in some more harder tho, because it was a bit soft at about 3 this afternoon.....

then last night i sprayed stonechip in the boot, then under neath which all reacted with the white paint i used, so i gotta strip it all off today, repaint in the red oxide, which won;t react, then re stonechip (when dad has brought me some more )