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[Jackman]

If its foggy out Bean i woudnt paint, will be alot of moisture in the air which isnt best for painting

Cant wait to see the powdercoated parts and wheels

[Bean]

I might still strip them down though. Think the fog's going to be gone by 1pm (Apparently), so might be able to paint then. If not... I'll just bring it all inside!





I will get photos innabit!

Might start building up the front subframe soon

[Jackman]

Cant wait to see Bean, will look awsome!

Bring them inside he he, can bake them in the oven then

[Bean]

Here you go!


The powdercoated bits ...




Quite pleased with the finish?





The wheels! ...




The finish..




As you can see.. the machine managed to get to the rim, but couldn't get down the central lines!




These are the radius arms...

This is the one I've started




This is the one I haven't!







Fuel tanks are being painted today, so just awaiting a phonecall

[analogue_radio]

Wowow! what are you doing about the 'spokes' of the D1s?

[Bean]

I've been put in touch with an abrasive company who sell all sorts of weird and wonderful products! So I'm going to get in touch with them...

They've got attachments that you can put on a dremel... so I'll be doing them myself, lol

Hopefully just polishing them up as much as possible. There's no marks/chips in them, so they should come up OK!

[Jackman]

WOW Bean, they look amazing!!!

As for the spokes...

Polishing Kit

My friend has one, his wheels came up amazing with it.

[Bean]

Ace, thanks Chris

[Bean]

First coat on

[Jackman]

WOW what a difference!

[Bean]

Going to start trying to strip the other one in a mo ....

(After Jeremy Kyle ... )

[Bean]

Order has just gone in for some tasty bits ...

Will be picking them up tomorrow!

[Juju]

Bean, how long did it take you to get the crud off your radius arms? (They look gorge in black ).
I need to start doing Tommy's....

[Bean]

Not long at all, Juju! I used a wallpaper stripper! You know those really flat paddle chisel type things?

That and a wire brush!

For the fiddly little bits of really dry paint, I used the unsharp edge of a stanley knife and just chipped away at it. I gave it another go over with a wire brush, just to smooth it out a bit! Once that's done, just cleaned it up, made sure that there was no loose rust/dirt on it. Then used 'direct to metal' satin black paint!

[Juju]

Coolio! That's good to know. Nice job.
Thinking of doing Tommy's in spangley silver. Not sure though.