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dougie
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Looks fantastic mate. Great job. Got a link to your mask? If I can get a better one I will! Can't seem to find an a3 filter for mine
Doing a great job mate, it will be ace looking when finished .\ said:Ok i have completed the dashboard. Bottom strip has been painted the lovely cream leather matching the rest of the leather. For some reason due to handling the top of the dashboard started looking scratched and mucky so i misted over the dashboard again to bring it back to looking crisp and thought to myself better get this glued down so im not temped to handle it further. Bought some latex gloves to minimise finger prints. The steering wheel has a metal ring thats supposed to stick on around the crest in the centre. No matter what i did the flipping thing just wouldn't come off the plastic backing so i pulled it off with tweezers and pinged it across the office forever lost...dough!!
So i masked up the wheel and metalcoaed the centre and poped the crest on. It looks ok i think but im a bit annoyed about that.
Back to how forgiving the zero stuff is. When i did the dash i tried masking off all the chrome, well you dont need to with this paint even though it flashes off within 30 seconds its still quite soft for at least 10 mins. So all i did mask just one chrome part in the middle and go over the whole lot. Immediately after painting i took a cotton bud and rubbed off the paint I wanted to expose as chrome. After this i applied decals and clearcoated.
Hubcaps is next will take the same approach on this.
Hmm yeah I hadn't thought of that. How would I apply bare metal foil to replicate the ring?\ said:Looking good, especially like the work on the dash board.
You said that the carpet monster ate a little metal ring from around the steering wheel boss? Would carefully applied bare metal foil have been an option?
Thanks john\ said:Doing a great job mate, it will be ace looking when finished .
John.
It's not perfect but I'm getting better every time\ said:That looks fantastic
Difficult to say without seeing the wheel, but if the area that needs to be metallised is clearly defined you just stick an oversize piece of BMF over the area to be covered and then carefully (very carefully) with a very very sharp knife cut around the area you want metallised and then gently lift off the excess and burnish the remainder smooth.\ said:Hmm yeah I hadn't thought of that. How would I apply bare metal foil to replicate the ring?
Zero paints advise doing the Base coats in short succession and straight on the the clear mist coats after a short wait I'm sure, I would double check times on their website. Also you don't wet coat the Base coat, they tell you not to do that as it dries matt and is not required. You just get a good few nice even coats on then clear over the top soon after.\ said:Im almost ready to start on the body. Did some prep work last night, full wash and degrease, i also opened up the vents at the back of the car with a knife. Will pop in some mesh behind the vents to increase detail.
1st stage is a light coat of grey filler primer both inside and out. This will then be rubbed down starting with 1500 grit and finishing with 2500. This should iorn out any imperfections.
Second coat is another light misting of grey filer primer to smooth out further and go over with 3000 grit.
2nd stage is a white primer sanded to 3000 grit.
3rd stage is a mist coat of db396 and a further wet coat left to cure for a few days.
4th will be the clear coat 2 coats and polished from 6000 up to 12000 and a final wax.
Hopefully all goes well it will look nice.
Hubcaps to go first and then this.
Aye and try to get a nice even colour. Do all the body work at the same time or parts can end up slightly different mate. You don't leave long before the clear as it helps if tack on I think\ said:Ah ok dougie i see you litrally do enough base coat to get the pigment even and the go on with the clear. Good pointer there.
That interior / dashboard looks superb. First class work Marc.\ said:Ok dougie i got a a3 air mask it seemed to keep all at bay. Here is the completed dashboard. Its okay not amazing to be honest very fiddly work on the masking. The paint is very forgiving, its several legues above using enamel. Just have to wait now to harden over the next few days. Will need to do the bottom part the same colour as the interior. So in going to have to mix up some more paint for interior. I can see though the body work is going to be amazing with this paint.
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