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[minimk1]

thanks and it will feel so good when its painted, a relief after all of  the work that has gone into it, plus then its the fun bit of putting all of the shiny stuff back on  so excited

[minimk1]

got some more done 2 days ago when the weather wasn't so bad, the front end and bonnet is now ready for top coat and the rear end is almost done 

 

 

 

ordered group 2 wood and picket arches and so will be ordering tyres and the mk1 grill soon 

[minimk1]

Received my roll cage padding from mr postey today

Edited by minimk1, 28 May 2014 - 12:32 PM.

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Edited by minimk1, 28 May 2014 - 12:33 PM.

[minimk1]

update time!!!

 

been busy today as i received my group 2 arches, so got busy putting these on, along with the towing hook which came from my dad p1800 volvo, also with the arches, due to me having discs on the front the wheels stick out more, so to compensate for this i used  spaced drums on the rear which i had on another subframe along with the longer studs, obviously i will be running 5x10 dunlop d1 wheels so they will fill the arches nicely unlike the steels do. also put on the lh window runner and prepped the rear, which is now ready for its 1st coat of primer! exciting

 

[minimk1]

 

 

then things got a little crazy with a banded steel wheel....... not really hahaha i just mounted it the other way to get a stanced idea, looks sweet 

 

 

and some of my clocks lit up ( still need to wire up the light for my volt gauge and clock)

 

 

nice and bright..... not 

 

[Domneon]

It's looking great!

[minimk1]

It's looking great!

 

thank you, will look amazing once painted, so excited, just need the weather to hold out next week 

[Archived4]

Jaw dropping progress! That's so cool! Love it! Just no words to describe the awesomeness of this build!

 

 

2 painting related questions if you don't mind?

 

1. What steps of sand aper are you going through. Like to get old paint down what do you use, to smooth all old paint off what do you use, to give old paint a final flat what do you use, and after priming what grades do you use, how you going about sanding old paint off in the corners etc?

 

2. What mix are you mixing the upol primer?

 

[minimk1]

wow thank you 

 

regarding the paint 

 

1).i use 280g wet for things like deep scratches then once these areas are smoothed go over the whole panel with 400g wet, primer then 800g wet between coats, the professional who i brought the paint off said for me to use this method and so far it is working flawlessly. don't forget that i primer then guied coat and block sand with 800g wet to show low spots which i then fill and repeat etc, means your finish doesn't look like old land rover panels.

 

2). people use 1:1 ratio however i find that i end up doing more of a 1 part paint to 2 thinners, however this isn't exact as it is more like 1:1.50 (paint:thinners), you get a feel for it when you paint, i like to keep it fairly thick as i like to sand down between coats and find that most imperfections come out when paint is put on thick and then wet and dried, things like gun tip and gun psi all play a roll in how you mix paint, it has a full fat milk type feel hahah, like slightly thinker than water, just test and try really. when it comes to paint so many people do so many different things. also my primer is high build so is naturally thicker 

 

waffled on but you should get the idea 

Edited by minimk1, 30 May 2014 - 10:17 PM.

[minimk1]

Jaw dropping progress! That's so cool! Love it! Just no words to describe the awesomeness of this build!

 

 

so happy with this comment 

[minimk1]

Man this picture makes me want banded steel wheels 

 

[Archived4]

That's awesome pal cheers. You used much paper then? Or do you do the age old trick of bashing the paper against a corner and re using it haha

 

And cool. I have semi skimmed so gonna have to buy some ful fat milk and see how thick it is. I have had water though (suprising actually, I know) so I know how thick that is.

 

And haha, well at the time I was relying I couldn't describe how much originality and pazzazz this build has crammed into it.

[Archived4]

Get some and then you have a choice ;)

[minimk1]

found some on ebay   might have to buy them will be my 4th set of wheels