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[james962]

righty-o. Had a tackle at this today.

Personally Id stop cocking about trying to make the best out of a bad job and start again, doing it properly.

Im worried you will manage to get it into paint only to have problems later down the line.

Personal opinion.

I also agree with that, you will get problems further down the line if you try and paint over that paint after flatting it. my opinion

I can see what you mean about the possiblity of having problems further down the line, and that was our worries. In the end we decided to sand all the primer off and start again.

That would be the ideal situation, but it's alot of work to remove the primer when chances are, if you flat it down and apply a coat of sealer or barcoat it'll be fine.

We thought that it would be the ideal situation to sand it all off. Rather than risk it, we spent a good half a day sanding it back down.

At the moment, just need to 'newspaper the mini up' and it's ready for the primer to be applied which will be tomorrows job.

james

[jack_marshall]

Good stuff.

Are you sticking to the same primer?

Let us know how it goes!

[james962]

nope. changed the type of primer.

First time round we used a cellulose based one. this time were using 2k primer that you have to mix with hardener. The guy at VRS (a specialist painting store here) recommended it. It was £10 for a litre of primer, and .33 litres of hardener, to be mixed 3:1. Same price we paid for 0.5 litres of the primer we used last time round, and that was without the thinners.

[james962]

applied the primer today........



..... just been back to the garage to check on it, been about 3 hours since being applied, and its all looking good

james *a happy chappy*

[jonny d]

nice to see you have taken the advice given, you won't be dissapointed and it should be good for years to come GOODLUCK j.d.

[panelbeaterpeter]

Thats good news. 2k is much better primer anyway.

[jack_marshall]

Jolly good show old chap.

[james962]

Rather than starting another topic, i thought i'd piggy back this one..

Applied the top coat and the lacquer today, perfect The only thing is that a few dust particles landed on the lacquer. What is the best way to get these out? Will they polish out, or should i wet sand it out with very fine paper like 1500? Would 1500 be fine enough?

Or do we use a rubbing compound instead?

james

here's a quick piccy of it atm:

Edited by james962, 02 April 2008 - 04:03 PM.

[panelbeaterpeter]

1500 wet & dry followed by 2000 wet & dry, then polish it up with Farecela G3, preferably on an electric buffer to get the best results. Looks good by the way!

[Shifty]

Congratualations, that looks really nice, pat yourself on the back!!


Seamus

[In-a-mini]

Thats looking really good

[james962]

cheers people

The only thing is that i have a small feeling that it will be slightly brighter/different shade than the back now

Going to get it out of the garage tomorrow, so will be able to find out then

james

[panelbeaterpeter]

Good luck!

[In-a-mini]

Yeah good luck if you do have a problem and you still got a bit of paint left you could allways fade out across the doors (assuming you didnt paint them) and relaquer them. But you never know might be spot on.