Red oxide is always a good idea on fresh welds as it proctects them from oxygen reation with impurities (sp?). Also the quality depends on the source of the paint.
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Red oxide is always a good idea on fresh welds as it proctects them from oxygen reation with impurities (sp?). Also the quality depends on the source of the paint.
Red Oxide better than Grey Stripe?
I normally use Acid Etch primer if I go back to bare metal on panels etc.
Acid Etch is fine, it shouldn't cause any problems with fresh welds done on a gassed mig, but I believe there may be a reaction with any slag left from a fluxed core weld.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt2107
lookin gd mate keep us updated.wish i had a place like that barn so i could do a project of my own
Havent checked this thread for a while. Youve certainly been getting on with it.
Good welding in the boot & in the engine bay. Are you going to stitch the chassis legs to the floor too?
Cheers craig. Yeah, that was one of the last jobs he did.
The progress made this weekend has been awesome, im extereeemly pleased to say the least! Got the shell back from Lee (who has made an awesome job of the welding, despite being thwacked on the swede by a large piece of plant machinery). Anyway, we dragged the car back to Dars garage, and proceeded to get on with sealing the bottom with Shultz front to back! we then began to prep the shell for paint. In proper track car style, we were ready in about an hour including the masking lol!
Dar brandished the spray gun, and proceeded to rape the poor shell with primer, working front to back.
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At this point, it has to be said that, while walking back from outside grabbing a gulpfull of fresh air, my back popped in style, and i was instantly crippled! Why, i have no idea, but suffice to say i had to call it a day and drove home in a lot of discomfort, expecting the whole weekend to be written off! Back home, i ladled on half a tube of deep heat, and slept on a hot water bottle, and luckily, i woke up with just a dull pain which was more than bearable. So back to bristol I went and we proceeded to finish off the priming, and then start to lay on some colour. This is the only part of this particular job I can get credit for TBH as I LOVE the colour, it is exactly what i was going for, which is what the bumpers and skirts will end up painted in too.
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After 2 nights work, a bit of N64 Mario Karting and a lot of effort on Dars part, this was the result..
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And this is the guy I have to thank, King Dar with a spray gun!! Thank you buddy, i owe you a big sloppy one!
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Anyway, we dropped the car back to the unit and i was back on my own, so thought id better put my back into some graft before the day was up, so first i decided to fit the tailgate and bonnet ready to get the pins fitted properly before theyre painted. Firtst job was to remove the hinges from the old tailgate and screw them to the new one..
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Got the lights in so i could line it up properly..
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Next on the list was fit a nice ally bar where the front panel used to be..
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Then i got the wings back on after bashing the lips back (didnt take too much care as i still intednd to get FG units made up), re fittted the headlights and slapped the bonnet on
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Last on the list before i called it a day was to rebuild my freshly painted pedals and re-fit them, as well as the brake servo...
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Bear in mind the graphite paint is a pearl so the flash bounces off it at odd angles, making it look patchy.
Next on the job list is to chop the loom down and re-fit, remove the rear beam to freshen it up, as well as the lower arms which need boxing, and pick a new fuel tank up from Stupot. Got no money left until after chrimbo now so the engine wont be going back in for a while :-(
Once again, a huge thanks to Dar.
looking spot-on lee !! its coming together now, altho i always struggle rebuilding stuff after ive stripped it lol
hopefuly ill be seeing it in the flesh next year at some (hopefuly all) PVG track days :thumb:
lee, how easy was it too remove the tailgate hinges from the old tailgate?
it was pretty easy, just drilled out the spot welds and smacked it with a screwdriver and hammer! I then made the holes oversize to give some adjustment when re-fitting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike.