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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Big_Al on 30 July 2008, 20:43:11
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I've had the dreaded rust along the tops & a bit along parts of the bottoms of the doors on my Star Silver Miggy.
But today , after a few weeks of rubbing down ,treating , prepping & priming, all four doors were re-finished today. ;D ;D ;D ;D
How do they look? Brilliant ! :y :y A local guy who sprays done me a huge favour, I prepped it all under his instruction & he turned up today to apply the basecoat & lacquer.
I was intending to get some replacement doors & went & viewed a few but was dissapointed that all of them had either rust or some dent or paint damage. So after being introduced to this friend of a friend, decided to go with re-furbing my own ones.
Am very happy now & once the lacquer has hardened I will buff & polish her up & start using her again. 8-) 8-) 8-)
Regards Big Al :y
PS. Must tell Debs I no longer have a "40 yarder" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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lets have some piccys al :y
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I've had the dreaded rust along the tops & a bit along parts of the bottoms of the doors on my Star Silver Miggy.
But today , after a few weeks of rubbing down ,treating , prepping & priming, all four doors were re-finished today. ;D ;D ;D ;D
How do they look? Brilliant ! :y :y A local guy who sprays done me a huge favour, I prepped it all under his instruction & he turned up today to apply the basecoat & lacquer.
I was intending to get some replacement doors & went & viewed a few but was dissapointed that all of them had either rust or some dent or paint damage. So after being introduced to this friend of a friend, decided to go with re-furbing my own ones.
Am very happy now & once the lacquer has hardened I will buff & polish her up & start using her again. 8-) 8-) 8-)
Regards Big Al :y
PS. Must tell Debs I no longer have a "40 yarder" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
:'( But I do! :'(
;D ;D ;D ;D
Smashing news and well done Big Al :y
I think we`ll have to have an OOF "How To" guide for rust bubble repairs (authored under the pseudonym: "Rusty Doors") ;)
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we`ll have to have an OOF "How To" guide for rust bubble repairs (authored under the pseudonym: "Rusty Doors") ;)
The easy, but expensive :-?, route I took was to take it to a body shop & say 'Please mend that, & that, & that & that .......' :y
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lets have some piccys al :y
You know I'm a computer "Numbskull" :-[ :-[ :-[ I have no problem taking the pics - it's just that I would not know where to start about loading them onto the OOf site.
Have even had instructions from some of you guys on how to do it - but I'm just not cut out to be an I T whizz. :-[ :-[ :-[
So sorry no pictures available -- Yet ! but i will work on it.
Regards, Big Al :y :y
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we`ll have to have an OOF "How To" guide for rust bubble repairs (authored under the pseudonym: "Rusty Doors") ;)
The easy, but expensive :-?, route I took was to take it to a body shop & say 'Please mend that, & that, & that & that .......' :y
How much was that then ?
Mine cost me £45.00 for materials -- fella sprayed it for me for " A Drink" -- Offered him £50.00 --he insisted on taking £20 - we settled on £30.00
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I,m the same with pictures Al :-[........must be an Essex thing. :D ;D
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Good news.. :y
But wait at least few weeks (according to glassurite site they say 2 months :o) for the paint to harden because polishing chemicals stop the hardening reaction..And if you use a machine stick to the lowest rpms ..
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Good news.. :y
But wait at least few weeks (according to glassurite site they say 2 months :o) for the paint to harden because polishing chemicals stop the hardening reaction..And if you use a machine stick to the lowest rpms ..
Cheers for the advice -- I will only be polishing up the old paintwork for the time being. The new stuff looks like a mirror :y
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Sounds like a good result, and not too expensive. :y
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How much was that then ?
On a very good day? About half the value of the car. :-?
£800
Mine cost me £45.00 for materials -- fella sprayed it for me for " A Drink" -- Offered him £50.00 --he insisted on taking £20 - we settled on £30.00
No need to rub it in! :y
He did make a very good job of them. I'm going back soon & getting the bonnet done. Just need some overtime at work to soften the blow to the wallet. ;) :y