tatooandy67 Posted March 19, 2014 Posted March 19, 2014 lol Love that colour she's gonna be a beauty Quote
mrb Posted March 19, 2014 Author Posted March 19, 2014 cheers for the replies guys ill get some more pics up once ive painted the shell this weekend Quote
mrb Posted March 20, 2014 Author Posted March 20, 2014 due tot lack of extractor ive gota fair bit of flatting a polishing to do but reckon the end result will be worth the effort 1 Quote
hensh65 Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 You are clearly not in Scotland with the weather you have there! Quote
mrb Posted March 20, 2014 Author Posted March 20, 2014 been glorious the past few days but its starting to turn. zeds in booth nice and dry ready to go so not too fussed now lol ;-) 1 Quote
GIXXERUK Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 respray started. new colour is fantasy blue similar to azur but with a lot more pearl content. all bodywork done by me so savin a fortune :-) Sounds Quote
mrb Posted March 21, 2014 Author Posted March 21, 2014 couple of more pics, first lips of wheels ready for paint just applied the etch primer now a glimpse of a mirror under light not compounded yet but gives an idea of the pearl colours in the paint, this is under direct light so it shouldn't flip between light blue dark blue and purple quite as much on the car Quote
GIXXERUK Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Looks a bit like a pearlescent le mans blue in the pic It's not a shy colour 1 Quote
mrb Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) painted wheel lips. next step with these is mask up and matt black the insides hit a major issue today started to lay basecoat on the car and it seems its had a crash repair done before looked perfect before I started but as soon as I started to lay the basecoat it lifted the old paint right down to the original paint. I could use a sealer but the best and right way is to rub it right back etch primer and start fresh ( going with the attitude why hide some ones bad work when it can be repaired Edited March 23, 2014 by mrb Quote
GMballistic Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 ^^ Obviously that will take more work mrb but if a jobs worth doing then it's worth doing right. Quote
mrb Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 the sad state shes in at the moment. already started putting it right, plenty more sanding to do lol doubt any paint but etch primer will be laid before next week. id love to know what it was painted with just one of those things you don't know till you start watch this space people Quote
buster Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 maybe best to lay down a coat of barcoat primer first once your ready. Quote
mrb Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 i thought about barcoat but decided to go with a totall flat back to metal and etch prime from scratch. i want to see whats under the bad paint rather than hide it away it may be nothing just bad painting by whoever done it. but if a panel needs replacing id rather do it now Quote
buster Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Etch primer is only really designed for new metal where the surface has had no previous paint applied to the surface.....i d personally advise barcoat first and then go from there. Quote
mrb Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 cool cheers for the tip. ill pop out and grab some Quote
mrb Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 intrestingly jyst sharing some information.. ive been told do not use barcoat but to flatten to bare metal dust etch then prime as normal to get a good start for basecoat aparently barcoat isnt the best to get a good starting block Quote
mrb Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 looking forward to seeing your zed finished i want to get this part done and dusted and out the way so i can then rebush it with polies and then look at supercharging it in july. Quote
Keyser Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Just read this - Great work mate Personally I hate barcoat (Sorry Buster) I prefer a good flat back (not to bare metal unless unavoidable) and a coat of 2K primer that seems to work on most things. I do appreciate the idea of being sure what is underneath though I had reaction after reaction on the boot of my 350 ended up going back to metal and still got a reaction????? No other panel on the car had that problem Good luck and keep the updates coming Quote
mrb Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 going to start a post on my other project im working on the green meanie in my sig... its a serious toy Quote
buster Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 I'd have to agree here with keyser that 2 k primmer should cover with no problem but if you do barcoat will work with out fail. Quote
mrb Posted March 25, 2014 Author Posted March 25, 2014 cheers mate just got to go get some elbow grease now and gets to sanding lol Quote
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