Love your work Blown,

That straight Blackout looks the ducks nuts on the colour

Hey Fellas,

Thought i would share some pics of the bay now its done

I was asked by a family member on seeing the results how many coats?

Well we had 3 of epoxy cut back at 60

then 120 2k, then 220 2k , then 320/400 2k , ( all dry )

then 600 2k (wet)

then 3 base silver fox , then 1000 fixing some glitches , then 1 1/2 base

then 3 1/2 coats clear

I think they stopped listening after the first line a simple

oh around 13 / 15 coats would have been about right [88]


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actually , these pics show untrue colour - and some bad patches which are not there - in as i have a halogen beeming above( makes everything gold highlight in pic) combined with fluro

there is alot going on with reflection also ( read imo they look below average ),

I will try to get a decent daylight pic up if you have not fell asleep reading this yet

i found a touch up gun to be more than handy around drip rails etc

also the 1000 mentioned above was due to me letting wax and grease out of control on a couple of areas- will throw that over my shoulder as it does not react nicely with light mettalic

spat the rest out with a star evo-t 4000

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This is my first venture out of the acrylic age and i must say its nice to see an instant reward for effort

onto sanding out those nibs and flow indicators ( runs ) before a buff

Cheers Kev,

the standard of work on the forum is ducks nuts so if im anywhere near that im stoked

You should start a thread in the projects for the orange beast?

I have an incredible itch to spash some of that orange enamel on something bolted to the donk - [88]

hot boost , no one has commented on our plenumchamber/ front window grill cleaning painting issue - i have found a thread thats not based on capri's but may help if your interested?


back to work then maybe some time on the little 4 pot after hours

jonny

I would be interested in that link. All I can think of for preparing the plenum is to take it off but that scares me.

Thanks
I have to take my back one off due to rust but am trying to avoid it on the front, but dont want to do all my prep and then get a sandy finish in there.

My concern with sand blasting is getting it all out. Worried about leaving garnet behind which might turn in to a corrosive mess once the rain gets in there.

How to you plan to get it all out?