more of a painting post this one:
Th rear driver's door was bad - evidence previously posted in the forum...
so it got cut out of the back one and a bit of dexion shelf welded in in it's place:
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Skim of filler and we're away
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needed all the rear of it reconstructing from nothing, so I reckon it fits pretty well!
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Filling in some of the dents (how do you get a dent there anyway?!) Front passenger door re-constructive surgery also visible in this one:
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the professional looking spray area:
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complete with extension as the car is only about 2 inches shorter than the garage
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Also stops the overspray coming out and going on the neighbours car/house/garden/cat
quick rub down over the whole lot
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I did the door shuts first with cans. Still not sure if this is the right order, but never mind.
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The rest of it was primered in high build in cans from halfords panel by panel - this beige stuff is the only thing that would fix reactions under the paint while still being happy for the proper celly primer to go on top. top tip - don't spray anything with colour cans as they are not cellulose and don't play nice with cellulose over the top..
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This is about when Pilkie's gearbox was picked up
cover the whole lot in grey. Hooray for battleship P6.
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Grrrrr
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giving it all a nice rub down before the blue goes on.
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Then there's a bit of a gap in the pictures, as it all got a bit exciting...
Still, after spraying and only a little bit of polishing this is the finish:
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So why blue?
Well:
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to match my sister's wedding colour of course. And I prefer it to the brown (although not everyone will!)
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slight bit of orange peel, but nothing too alarming. It all went on pretty well. Oh, I used about 5 litres of blue paint.
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The original chrome buffed back and waxed has gone very shiny. Hopefully the wax will keep it alive a bit longer..
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the actual day of the wedding was slightly damp, but the wax makes the water fall off:
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In fact it was so slippery, that the silk ribbon kept falling off during fitting....
If anyone else wants to fit ribbons, the best tip is to make some wire clips out of 1.5mm wire, about 5 inches long, and poke them under the triangular stainless steel trim sections at the top of the screen.
Anyway, the day went off very well despite the dampness, and the car behaved very well, although seemed slightly down on power (not that that was an issue for this particular job)