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[Ben_O]

More prep today.

 

Primer on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then primer flatted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some bits primed

 

 

 

Bonnet flatted

 

 

[Carlos W]

He's on fire.

Anything major to worry about?

[Ben_O]

The boot lid needs work but all else is fine

[jamesquintin]

jesus thats fast! What grit paper do you use? how many grades do you go through? Is it all with sanding blocks or a DA..?

 

Q

[Ben_O]

jesus thats fast! What grit paper do you use? how many grades do you go through? Is it all with sanding blocks or a DA..?

 

Q

I have flatted the primer with 400grit discs on blocks and an orbital sander however, I will go back over with 600 before paint to reduce the pig tails from the orbital sander and the scratches from the block sanding.

The 400 is just to get the primer flat and shaped

The problem with basecoat is that it doesn't fill any imperfections. You can get away with more with some colours but colours like this and silvers need A1 prep

[Carlos W]

The boot lid needs work but all else is fine

What's wrong with the boot lid?

Have the rubber boots arrived?

[Ben_O]

Rubber boots arrived.

 

Boot lid has some filler edges showing through the paint. No biggy, Ill just block it and re-prime

[Ben_O]

Holes for rubber loom boots are cut

 

Here are the boots, for a Mk2 Golf tailgate

 

 

Hole marked and cut

 

 

 

And boot fitted

 

 

I think it may need sticking in though as the A post is 3 skins thick and the boot is only designed for 1 skin

 

I was going to start painting it today but my spray booth needed some TLC and what started off as a simple job of changing the filters ended up being a full deep clean and re seal. It really needed doing and i thought it would be wise to do it before the respray to minimise any trash in the paint.

 

Anyway, got that done and pushed the Mini in along with some of the parts ready to go.

 

 

 

 

 

First on the agenda tomorrow after a mask up is to paint the exposed interior panels

 

 

And the the roof

 

 

Ill prob paint the arches and grille first with the interior

[Carlos W]

I literally love it

[Ben_O]

I can't wait to get some colour and shine back on it.

[Steve220]

Glad people are following suit with the door grommets!

[Carlos W]

I literally cannot wait for the next update

[Eds.mini.lulu]

Follow all of ben's work. its amazing how easy he makes it look. Top work as always and i love the updates.

[Ben_O]

Everything ready for the first lot of painting

 

 

And done

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its a really interesting colour in that it changes alot depending on the light.

Here it is on the ariel in semi sunlight inside the workshop

 

 

I then re-masked ready for the roof and bonnet

 

 

 

You will have to wait for the finished photos as I am going to have to re-paint the roof. Someone opened the service door on the booth mid way and the extractor pulled a mist of dust straight across the booth 

[megamini_jb]

That is going to look soooo good