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rich. wrote:i couldnt have put it better myself...

Hmm....once had a wife myself, rather like that......

alfaSleep

did you make her a cup of tea?

rich. wrote:did you make her a cup of tea?

... there's always one!



alfaSleep

alfaSleep wrote:

rich. wrote:did you make her a cup of tea?

... there's always one!



alfaSleep

& for some reason its usually me

Not allot of progress recently

I did a little further investigating in the boot of the rot I found and on the drivers side it goes right back to the window, so I removed the rear window trim ready to take it out.

As anyone done this? It looks bonded to me so I plan to cut it out and rebond back in. There was always some bubbling around the screen so it will be good to sort it all once and for all.

I can do the repair properly until the window is out and can't take the window out until I know the weather is going to be good for a spell as the cars outside.

On the passenger side there was a small section of rot in the gutter so as I could get to this with the window in I cut it out ,fabbed a new bit and welded in, then high zinced ready for a skim of filler and paint.









Popped out to a small local show after with my little helper, no Alfa's, hope to resolve this next time!





Clearly not a TR fan!





The spell of better weather meant I was committed to doing something on the MGB Project, another reason for the slow in Alfa progress, so the shell came out and got a complete paint strip and zinc coat. Then the chrome bumper conversion was finished off. Needs filler primer and hours
of rubbing down now before the top coats.








The MX5 got chucked out garage where it is still awaiting hood repair


So you can see I have my hands full!

Just to let everyone know , I gave up and scrapped her!

Nope , I have done loads and yesterday got the paint flatted and polished and is looking sweet!!!

Really pleased with paint match considering the age of the old stuff and it having had a spray job at some time with an unknown colour.

I have loads to post so will try and get on it this evening, but I have been working long hours on it while we have this sunshine!

Here is a little taster, I am using rattle cans, and just laying on lots of coats and then flatting back allot, it was too hot really so paint went on dry but I have still got a good result I hope you agree!



This is from my crud covered 1.3mpx blackberry so it look better in the flesh

Eagerly awaited......

Just shows that rattle cans will do the job in the right hands! Yours are quite clearly the right hands. I did my lilac A55 Farina all from rattle cans and in spite of my lack of painting talent that car won several club concours events back in the '80s and early '90s even though it wasn't done for that purpose. The secret to the relative success of that one was standing the tins in near-boiling water before using them, doing the job on a hot day helped no doubt, and as you've said, cutting it back made a big difference. Surface prep is even more important than it would be with conventional spraying methods since the paint is less dense but your work speaks of someone who had that one well covered too. Well done.

It can be a dear way to paint but there's nothing more satisfying than the looks on the faces of the wickilkies and other resto snobs of this world when it comes up as well as that red bit has done.
The one downside (others may be available ) with the usual rattle can paint is that it might go flat too readily. I painted the flanks and bonnet of one of my GRP-bodied cars with cans, the roof and most other areas were left in their original gelcoat. I sold that and the new owner decided to wash it with a big steam cleaner, result; painted bits went flat and looked terrible so a good (hard wax type probably) polish used regularly is a must but hey, who doesn't enjoy polishing a car?

You do realise, of course that looks says that in 15 years or so you will hear the words that turn your blood to ice "Can I borrow the car....?"

That looks like your small person is stopping your car from rolling away after it's handbrake failed.
That paintwork looks very shiny. Do you fancy doing mine when you have finished?