Now how about this, 2 updates in one weekend!!
After all the problems I had with paint at the front, it kept going through my mind that the rear has at least 3 different layers and despite Bar Coat, what happens if the base is not stable.
I caught the door frame when trailing the doors last week and the paint chipped off a bit too easily.
A bit more playing around and it soon became clear that when the car had been painted over the original factory finish it had not been prepared very well.
Regardless of the work already done, the paint had to come off!
So, armed with a scraper the tedious task began
It reminded me of the guys in the Bangladesh chop shop with their hacksaw blades. I almost expected Bernie to pop his head over the fence and start shouting "gerra shift on wiw ya"!
What suprised me most was the ease at which the paint came off back to the factory finish.
You can't really see it in the photo but in some parts, a good T cut would bring the paint up like new, showing that it had never been flatted properly in the first place.
I also found a couple of filler bits where it has had a slight bump in the past.
Now, can anyone point me in the direction of a book showing how to teach a cat to rub down paintwork?
A few hours of work over the weekend and most of it is done. Including new filler onto bare metal and profiled correctly.
Still have the other side and some of the roof
What anoys me the most is that I didn't do this in the begining. Inexperience or lazy? Probably a bit of both, but I feel much happier now it's been done.
Hopefully have a few days off work this next week as I have holidays still to use before the end of the year. If all goes well it shoud be back in freshly coated primer very soon.
Thaks for looking
Regards
Steve
