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[C9rum]

Hi all I've just started to restore a 1964 super deluxe I will be painting the under side and all wheel arches body colour but should I stone chip it first Or not ? from new it looks like it was just painted not sure what to do,or do I use the spray sealer like all new cars come now it would then last even longer

Any options would be great thans

[Moggyton]

Get some kind of rust protection undercoat on first. Or you could waxoyl it afterwards

[C9rum]

It will all be protected its more of the final finish I'm trying to find out really I can finish the under side as good as the outside but then wouldn't want to use it just wanted to know what people do

[Moggyton]

I rubbed mine down, cleaned subframes from surface rust and sprayed on waxoyl

[C9rum]

Ok thanks I've just had mine sand blasted and going to repaint it inside out

[leepol83]

I rubbed all the underside down with sand paper do any repairs needed then seam seal any repairs and everywhere you think is needed then I gave it 3 coats of red oxide paint with a paint brush purchased from my local motor factor the paint that is, then I sprayed the whole underside with gravitex white stone chip which has a lovely rippled finish (looks great) then I had some 2k paint mixed up in a tin for brush painting and painted the whole underside and in the wheel arches.then got some clear waxoil which is actually yellow and sprayed anywhere that's not really visible then gave the whole underside a good polish with auto glym super resin polish bait anal I know ha ha!!!!! Well that's what I did to mine and it looks brand new

[leepol83]

Some picys hope these help.

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[richw911]

Looks great^^^^

[dow62]

Used gravitex on sills, front panel (under bumper ) and rear valance, recomended ! Might chip top coat off but not the gravitex.

[leepol83]

Looks great^^^^

Thank you mate.

[crazypainter]

I clean back to bare metal with a MBX wheel etch primer, high build prime, pre primer then seal all the joins, either then paint or what I do is buy 3m bag sealer, it's sparayable and a 2k product so once left to dry is impossible to remove then I paint! Looks awesome

[C9rum]

I clean back to bare metal with a MBX wheel etch primer, high build prime, pre primer then seal all the joins, either then paint or what I do is buy 3m bag sealer, it's sparayable and a 2k product so once left to dry is impossible to remove then I paint! Looks awesome

I've used that 3 m sealer on a mk1 escort rs2000 I've just restored its the best stuff to use for protection but under the mini I thought it would look to rought finish any one got any pictures of this on a mini ?

[crazypainter]

No pictures yet no sorry, may be able to take some of the underside of the merc sl280 I've used it on