Part 1: Preparing bare panels, priming and surfacing Tutorial.

[RB30X]

Hey John, where's part 2?

I've got a bonnet that I'm preping and need your next episode.









Need to know what sort of primer/filler to use.

cheers

[Sirpent]

Hey Tim,

Well Part 2 would have well and truley been up and posted by now if my boy hadnt gotten so sick and I ended up taking the time off work for my annual leave like I'd planned, unfortunately the last almost 2 months has been like winter in Siberia as far as my build is concerned and any progress on it.

But seriously, cant you find a better bonnet than that ??

Maybe it looks worse in pics than it is, Im kind of the same, not very photogenic.

What are you planning?

[Zedsabbath]

A trick that usually works good for small rust holes Tim is soldering neat little bits of clean sheet metal underneath and building the solder up so it can be filed of on the outside of the panel, sounds a bit bodgy but if it's done where the repair can't be seen with rust proofing or insulation it's an inexpensive, quick and effective way to ensure the panel remains all metal

It's conducive to lead wiping except you're filling a small hole

Pete

 

[jamo240]

Hi Sirpent..

That's a great piece you've written on panel prep...we all appreciate the work you put into the words and taking all the pics etc. I was wondering if you're thinking of doing one on dent removal/lead filling etc? These are areas almost all Z's need work on, and a few tips on how to do this kind of work could be handy.

Cheers mate, and thanks for the great write up.

Jamo

[Sirpent]

Hey Jamo

Thanks for the thumbs up on the tutorial, in the next few days I will probably have Part 2 up as we are working on Simon's car this weekend and there will be a lot of de-denting prepping and then application of the Polyester EP Primer.

Will see what we can do about capturing some dent removal shots and words also.

As far as lead loading, sorry buddy but its a lost art and a waste of time also, if you prep the panels properly and work out large dents so you don't end up using shovel loads of bog, plastic filler out performs lead every day of the week, granted on turret seams its great, but for general repairs i wouldn't even bother.

Cheers

John

[Patch]

Good read  +1 on the Little Beaver spay unit , would have worn out about 10 units now over the years, great for doing onsite steel work, we used to use them to paint all the steel beams for structural steel buildings, I have done a great job painting a boat in 2 pak and 2 pak hand rails inside a building, they cause very small amounts of over spray compared to a compressor gun if you have no spray booth.

They will not push though to thick paint or under seal  which a low pressure gun is best with a compressor.

[PeterAllen]

Part II.  Please.

[Wayne G]

Please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sirpent]

Sorry guys, some months off at the very least, other priorities around the car at the moment.

But when it is time, will do a Vid tutorial.

Cheers

John