Patchy's Fawlty Towers risk management. Enter at own risk

kitkat · Postby **kitkat** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:20 pm

StanTheMan wrote:I had 2 L all up. Buy at least 3L...... gives you room for error & the learning curve.

make sure you have heaps of primer on it too. & make sure you do at least 2 full guide coats

what I mean is 3coats of primer.
1 guide coat
another 2 or 3 coats of primer
another guide coat

then let loose with the real paint

good luck

Cheers mate, i didnt have a clue on how much i would need :oops:

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From what i've read you can't get a better base than factory paint... so basically i dont need primer unless i have bare metal exposed in which case ill need to etch, sand then add primer. A must when sending over factory paint is make sure its all scuffed up so the new paint grabs.

So basically what i think im going to do is sand off the clear coat (which is currently whats causing all the problems (burning and flaking). lightly sand the paint underneath then start spraying over.

With any luck she'll have a fresh new coat in a couple months :mrgreen:

jules · Postby **jules** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:28 pm

Dodgy Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jules

Spranga · Postby **Spranga** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:01 pm

Getting there Stan. Are you going to drive real slow when it is finished? :lol:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:06 pm

yep Going real slow....... I think I drove her last on Mon Night. :shock:

she's not being parked in Manly anymore. But I itching to go for a quick drive later on tonight.....

cant wait for a club drive

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:32 pm

Patchy is Back.

Despite all the good intentions of Bigdog & Stan's hard work last year. She's getting another paint job.

This time. Classic Red in 2 pack.

Unfortunatlely because the previous paint has trapped water in it It all needs to come off first. So that means The acrylic as well as the primer underneath. Some panels will be partially back to meyal. Others totally.

Patchy's paint job Continues
these are not archived pics......These are current.

This morning

a little while later

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:10 pm

GOOD GRAVY !

PATCHY LIVES !

Moto · Postby **Moto** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:48 pm

Looks like a photoshop....

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:46 pm

Moto wrote:Looks like a photoshop....

allow me assure you.....its not.

:mrgreen:

the bonnet looks as though it may ave had hail damage at one stage or another. This didn't appear when I sanded it back by hand.
Pics to follow.

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:28 pm

Keep it silver to match your hair :mrgreen:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:01 pm

Okibi wrote:Keep it silver to match your hair

Chuckle , chuckle...... Craigy Owns that line :roll:

Kind of looks like hail damage? do you think?

interestingly enough......this didn't really appear when I sanded it back in 2006 by hand or last year.

This time I'm using a orbital sander

in 2006

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:20 pm

StanTheMan wrote:This time I'm using a orbital sander..

You gotta stop holding it in the one spot too long. :mrgreen:

So are you sticking with classic red?

I was thinking about SE red for my NA .. or black.

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:21 pm

Classic Red.

I love Jade Monkeys Camry Blue.....but its a bit Ghey. :lol:

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:21 am

Do a comparison photo - put the bonnet against the fence and we can see how tall your boy has grown!

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:50 pm

Okibi wrote:Keep it silver to match your hair

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:58 pm

I've been Hard at work.

drivers side quarter panel was basically back to bare metal. It Started to rust real quick so a coat of primer was added yesterday. Passenger side is back to BRG.

The Co-Driver put some seriously hard work in yesterday. He's a little trooper
both the coat of primer & Classic red which were applied last year has to come off. Every single bit of paint has to come off. Down to the original undercoats at a minimum.

the young Ninja in the making. :hugegrin:

even though it only looks like we've barely touched it. This is back to the original paint. some parts are back to metal......therefore.....we've taped it up ready to cover those exposed bits with etching primer.

Interestingly the bits which take the longest are going over the whole lot & identifying the little bits which have been missed. Then sanding those back. The great bulk of removing the paints is reasonably quick.