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[grahama]

Myredmini, do you mean the rain spots I had??

Brams, I thinned the rustoleum down 30% with a celly thinner, (anti bloom, apparantly better for cooler temps) then rollered it on. Have to work quickly though as the thinners evaporates which is quite annoying ! The first coat is thin, might reduce the thinners to 20% for the secone coat. It did dry in a few hours though so quite pleased with that, which is useful info for when I spray the outside.

Hugh, thanks, he said it is all looking very good, more top praise !! It has to be finished before I can do a beetle for myself !!

Edited by grahama, 24 August 2012 - 06:15 PM.

[myredmini]

Yes but i have patches of what looks like worms in my paint. Sanded off and reveals rust

[grahama]

I too found 'worms' under the orginal paint, no marks on surface tho, when I took it back to bare metal I just wire brushed them back to reveal good metal. They left a stain but no rust, lots of paint will stop any re occurence. The way I see it, my mini is pretty orriginal, date stamps on panels and parts, it doesn't look to have had a respray and if a few 'worm' marks are all it has in placesunder the paint, and after 30 years I think they are nothing to worry about as long as wire brushed.

Edited by grahama, 24 August 2012 - 07:24 PM.

[grahama]

Hi all,

Well a little progress as I am shying away from the painting as I am just not confident to spray the shell !! However, no guts no glory so some practicing with mixed results.

First I did some work on the doors as is was easier to do this and avoid any spraying !!





I rollered the inside of the skin with two coats of rustoleum and the same on the inside frame. Don't tell Jan the frames were painted in my daughter's bedroom while they were away, she will cut them off !! Have had a funny situation occur with the new batch of seam sealer too. It took the etch fine but the blue has sent it tacky!! Same inside the shell, old seam sealer was fine, any ideas ??





This is the sound deadening I am going to use. Not sound deadening but it sticks like the proverbial to a blanket and does what I need, deadens sound !!

Then I could put it off no longer, built a spray booth for the smaller bits, boot lid, bonet and doors. Two old Wilcos fabric greenhouses and some sheeting.







Set up the booth, dragged the compressor through the house, Jan watching in disgust, and set the brand new gun up, or so I thought. Had quite a few runs on the guineapig bootlid and should have done some more practicing first I suppose. I was 1k spraying high build primer mixed 50/50 with celly thinners.

So, watched some videos online and realised I was using it wrong, fan the wrong way, too high pressure and crap technique !! Rubbed the high build down with 180 grit and wipeddown for another attempt. Filled the gravity cup up with some white spirit and had a practice on the fence first this time with only 20 psi, much better when you know what you are meant to do !!





Much happier, just one small run but I will sand that out quite easily. I know why sprayers charge thousands for thier skills now, but haven't got thousands. I have been watching the "painting with hammerite" thread in the bodywork section and wish I had stuck with my orriginal idea and not gone for spraying !!!

Hey ho, got to get on I suppose !!

Graham

Edited by grahama, 31 August 2012 - 05:14 PM.

[Carlos W]

I like the mini spray booth Graham.

Are you going to build a big one for the shell?

[minimuk]

looking good quality job that, especially in yr greenhouse.....tomatoes next....

[grahama]

I have bought an 8 man tent off fleabay for the shell Carlos, another eyesore to annoy Jan with on the drive lol.

[Minidarren83]

Looking good graham bit more practice and your there. Is there any known reaction problems with the primer and the rustoleum? Already thinking of my paint options

[hughJ]

Graham - you are moving on. Spraying too!! Good for you. I admire your doing it all without a garage. Look forward to seeing the outcome.

Hugh

[grahama]

Thanks fellas, getting colder so don't know how much I will get done to be honest.

Darren, I have used three primers now from paint shops and ebay and never had any trouble so far. I do thoroughly degrease before I paint, even primer which may help.

Graham

[Carlos W]

So does that mean you're going to have to wait until next year to paint it Graham?

If so, I may actually catch up with you! (I doubt it though)

[kcchan]

Just so you know, the door skins require a tack/small seam weld where they meet the window hoops. I don't want all your painting going to waste.


Looks pretty good though

[grahama]

Thanks for that kc, I have not forgotten the tacks needed, I have only just reskinned them today and am waiting to weld them when I do the bonnet catch so all the last bits done together. Got a sore head so no more today lol !!

Carlos I hope not, just depends how much good weather we have this month.

Graham

Edited by grahama, 01 September 2012 - 02:06 PM.

[Big Sam]

Ahh! finally reached the end of the build thread. Nicely done!

Loving the spray booth, I have one just like it.

[thelegg]

Are you not planning on heating your spray booth ?