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[miniallsort]

fantastic job dude that head looks pretty awesome to cant wait to see it finished maybe a little meet when its done nice colour

[Pitcrew6464]

DAMN YOU 2K PAINT just painted my roof the very last part of the mini to paint, looked beautiful...... untill i noticed fish eyes lots of little ones in the area the size of a dvd box nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooo aboslutly gutted was so looking forward to finishing rubbing down and painting! removing all the masking and seeing the full result! o well have to wait now for paint to harden then sand it all back off

And breathe

[MINI-TURBO]

aw mate that sucks, the rest of the car looks great though.

[sonikk4]

DAMN YOU 2K PAINT just painted my roof the very last part of the mini to paint, looked beautiful...... untill i noticed fish eyes lots of little ones in the area the size of a dvd box nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooo aboslutly gutted was so looking forward to finishing rubbing down and painting! removing all the masking and seeing the full result! o well have to wait now for paint to harden then sand it all back off

And breathe

Mate i feel for you, it's bloody heart breaking when that happens. We are still having problems but we are nearly there but just not quite yet.

[Pitcrew6464]

DAMN YOU 2K PAINT just painted my roof the very last part of the mini to paint, looked beautiful...... untill i noticed fish eyes lots of little ones in the area the size of a dvd box nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooooooo aboslutly gutted was so looking forward to finishing rubbing down and painting! removing all the masking and seeing the full result! o well have to wait now for paint to harden then sand it all back off

And breathe

Mate i feel for you, it's bloody heart breaking when that happens. We are still having problems but we are nearly there but just not quite yet.

Thanks mate, yea really is a nightmare sometimes. thanks to Mini-Turbo too

[miniallsort]

unlucky fella im sure it will be worth the paint dude chin up

[Pitcrew6464]

Hay all long time since update havent had much time in garage due to many things, currently sanding the paintwork ready for polish, roofs all done finally, just have to repaint two panels due to enthusiastic sanding Doh!! both doors are now hung and in place, as is the boot should get back in there after the BH weekend still have a loooong way to go but got so much energy to get going now, just struggling for time hectic lifestyle!

[miniallsort]

good things come to those who wait mate hang in there buddy

[Pitcrew6464]

hahaha cheers miniallsort, just repainted a couple of panels. have also been working on my 3rd brake light setup and door cards at work, trimmed my fiberglass arches, they will need painting. looking forward to getting photos up, still have plenty to do but all good fun

[miniallsort]

great news mate get those photos up

[Pitcrew6464]

finally got in the garage yesterday and finished off polishing the new paintwork what do you think...
roof polished...


Then cleaned the rest and polished too

[miniQ]

Very nice , When I eventually get a project I shall be doing all the bodywork,painting & welding myself... Did you save alot of money doing it yourself?

Also any tips for painting in a space like the one you did your mini in? (heat? Ventilation? Plastic sheeting?) cheers & keep up the good work

[izzy]

nice build mate.

[Pitcrew6464]

Very nice , When I eventually get a project I shall be doing all the bodywork,painting & welding myself... Did you save alot of money doing it yourself?

Also any tips for painting in a space like the one you did your mini in? (heat? Ventilation? Plastic sheeting?) cheers & keep up the good work

The money side of it definitely cheaper but so so much work, 1 thing you will need if painting 2k is correct breathing gear as it is toxic and no good for anything living! also having a detached garage is a big positive as it pongs! minimum size compressor of 200l for constant steady flow of paint.
I used gravity fed guns diffrent gun for top coat and primers, all the paints/thinners/gun cleaner and primers from the same manufacture, oil filled garage heater on timer so after priming/painting I used to heat the garage prior to painting and a few days after at around 25'c and only on dry days, plastic lined all the garage and wet down before paint to reduce dust specs on the paintwork, 90 percent of the work is done in prep / sanding priming. happy to help where i can
and even after all that it is a learing curve so practice as much as possible.

Thanks izzy also

[miniQ]

Whats up with the FIA and GT3 stuff ?

Also did you filter the air feed to your air gun to remove any water/oil traces ? If not that's probaly the reason for those fish eyes...

Edited by miniQ, 26 July 2011 - 10:50 PM.