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

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.

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:55 pm

There's something missing in that last picture...empty beer bottles! :lol:

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:43 pm

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:17 pm

well...the news is....Mrs StanTheMan & I have spent the Paintjob money on other things like kids education Teeth & so on. Patchy also need new shock & Tyres before Christmas. So I've been contemplating another dodgy paintjob. Although I draw a fair amount of attention the way it is at the moment. I consider myself grown up man & shouldn't be driving around in a multicoloured & patchy car for too long.

So the aim today was to see the effect of 3 different matt colours. Matt Black. Satin Black & Matt yellow. I even considered grey primer with a clear coat.
remeber this?

I consider this version of Patchy the sexiest. The consideration was to cover it with primer & then cover it with Clear to seal the primer. I love the matt finish look. I know its probably a passing fad. But then I can just sand back the clear coat & cover it with red when the time comes.

So......on another Private forum someone suggested a filler primer in a different colour. So this morning I went shopping.

The shopping list was simple. Various grades of wet & dry. Filler primer. Satin Black. Matt black. & some cheap paint for the guide coat. Clear coat.

Let me assure you both blacks.....with & without the clear coat was to difficult to get a reasonable result.
The passenger fender was the experiment for the Filer primer. The passenger Lightcover was the experiment for the Blacks.
The blacks were pretty ordinary & I didn't even take a pic. The lightcover was then sanded back to original clour & then covered with filler primer & eventually with a few coats of clear to seal it.

I know she'll never be a Malibu.....the colour is a fair amount different. Probably a tad more mustard....but its also matt rather than shiny.

Here is the latest pic

Postby **Okibi** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:32 pm

Postby **Okibi** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:37 pm

Old Dude · Postby **Old Dude** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:32 pm

Patchy has definately had a colorful life,

I hope it all goes well for you Stan, you certainly have put in a lot of effort.
Regards
Old Dude

Benny · Postby **Benny** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:57 pm

At least now Stafan, you can say she's as hot as mustard! :mrgreen:

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:50 pm

Just like Stefan, his car needs a bit of added colour on top! :lol:

*runs and hides*

:shock:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:18 pm

thats why the grey primer.....was just sooo apropriate.

what are you hiding for. You are going to have to do a lot better than that to upset me Craigy boy.....

try a bit harder next time :lol:

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:35 pm

No worries! :mrgreen:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:20 pm

HARD AT WORK today.

Wholesale Suspension · Postby **Wholesale Suspension** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:05 pm

So STM too lazy too move the bike when mowing the lawn last?

Thats a classic.

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:32 pm

Wholesale Suspension wrote:So STM too lazy too move the bike when mowing the lawn last?

It's the next red item that he needs to cure! Got some spare yellow paint STM?!?!?! :lol:

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:48 pm

Craig wrote:
Wholesale Suspension wrote:So STM too lazy too move the bike when mowing the lawn last?

It's the next red item that he needs to cure! Got some spare yellow paint STM?!?!?!

No ran out of paint today......yellow & clear. :roll:

Well I had another huge day. Fixing things up & getting things ready.

perfect day for painting

The bonnet was sanded back with 1000 grid for another coat of clear.
but there had to be something dodgy. It just wouldn't be that same without doing something real dodgy.

I couln't get one of the bolts open on the headlight cover so I left it on & just painted around it. But also had to use a dodgy power pack which was spewing solid bits.

You can sort of see the solid bits this pressure pack was spewing out. So it dried for 4 hrs & sanded back withn 1 quick finaql coat of primer out of a good pressure pack. :mrgreen:

I'd also run out of clear by that stage so the front bumper got exactly the same treatment. The frontbumper is unfinished.....I just ran out of paint.

and everything back together until next time.

more surprise coming soon :mrgreen: