Still think it looks pretty damn good. Looking forward to seeing it complete

Paul

So, not one to shy away from me own mistakes (i'm bein polite) everything was set to stat saturday mornin with the paintwork,, after all the prep and tack down the first caot is a product called slicksand from evercoat, for those not knowing what this is its a filler primer for a smooth slick straight body, its basically a sprayable body filler that has good adhesion for fiberglass (and other stuff) sands back well and allows the following coat of primer to be of better quality than a high build one.
here we go then, shook tin up for about 2 min and as the hardener is in paste form all product is weighed out on the scales rarter than using pre measured mixing pots, calculated what weight ratio (2% hardener) i needed and strained before putting in the paint cup. using a 2.5 tip you can reduce this by upto 10% but most advise that you spary thick and neat. 15-20 min till tacky 2hrs cure time,,


heres the kicker 8hrs later it had a light tack on it and was just like wet putty all over 
sunday morning it still hadn't cured so out came the scrapers and cleared the lot back off,,
i think what happed was a mixture of things,, temperature in the garage was about 15-16 deg, i got my hardener ratio off slightly and something i found out tonight when about to attempt 1 more try,, a 1" thick sludge at the bottome of the tin,,
so tonight i got the tin and shook like mad saw the sludge and got a mixing stick in there to break that up,, intantly the product became a thicker concistancy i tiped in almost all of the hardener that was left just short of half of the tube and beat it like a man possessed,, have to now work quick as seriously didnt want me flake gun (bigest tip gun ive got) cloging up with this stuff,, 15 min later and i got 1 full coat on the bonnet and a little on some of the roof,, 15 min later the wet shine has gone and its starting to dry.
so a £30 a quart lesson learnt, dont just shake the tin tip some out and stir it and make sure you get the hardener ratio right.
p.s ive now got a 4 day wait till i get the delivery of more slicksand to replace what ive waisted.
Rich.

Mistakes are all part of the learning curve 

It will be worth it in the end and cannot wait to see it 

This week must hate me,, nice quick delivery of more slicksand, but a combination of a lazy packer and an inept delivery man.
http://i.imgur.com/N5FXwck.jpg
Phoned suppliers 25% refund and send photos I took for "training purposes" 
Rich.

Quote from: Badger on August 09, 2017, 12:58:45 PM
This week must hate me,, nice quick delivery of more slicksand, but a combination of a lazy packer and an inept delivery man.
http://i.imgur.com/N5FXwck.jpg
Phoned suppliers 25% refund and send photos I took for "training purposes" 
Rich.

Delivery man may learn if he has to clean his wagon out from the spillage but at least there was some left for you to use.

Poor packing, still causes you grief

Started last bit of bodywork, reinforcing the antenna area with 3mm plate and useing it as the ground anchor, bit of brown trouser moment as i had/have (gotta do the other side yet) to grind out a square area as best as i can to 3mm depth for the plate to sit in without breaking through the fiber into the gel, then glassed it all in, job done just drill through the plate from existing hole in top of body one glass has had a few days to harden off completley conect the earth up when everythin goes back together 




Rich.

Today, did the other side of the antenna mounts, also bonnet/windscreen upto 3 coats of slicksand so thats done ready to sand back clean up and prime, roof has had 2 coats but wasnt quite as rough as the bonnet after the initial sand down so may leave it now for sanding -- will see what it looks like when dry. Noticed a couple of areas along the side edges of the body where the laminate has peeld apart water and dirt ingress so ground those back and new fiberglass layed back down.
Rain stoped play just when i'm motoring along 
Rich.

So yesterday i went shoping  got back and cut back the bonnet and roof, today i've laid up the black primer and wet sanded the bonnet  so by lunch tmorra i should have the roof wet sanded and the main part of the body in slicksand drying off,, if there is time and energy after that i may start on the silver base coat.



Rich.

bit of a kicker yesterday but glad it happend/spotted at this stage,, noticed 3 cracks in the roof that i'd never seen, only noticed after the water from wet sanding was drying off leaving a fine line of wet where the cracks were, so taped out the ends and channelled out to repair, they wernt just cracks -- through and through split, so glad i found these before the paint went on.


Rich.

All dresssed in black and nowhere to go

Rich.

2 days of wet sandin even in the rain, had to get that final finish done this weekend d-day (paint day) tmorra/tuesday all depends of how bad the rain comes
sooooo smooth 

Quote from: Badger on September 10, 2017, 08:48:36 PM
2 days of wet sandin even in the rain, had to get that final finish done this weekend d-day (paint day) tmorra/tuesday all depends of how bad the rain comes
sooooo smooth 

Flattening your paint in the rain is ideal..  Done this many many times. Stops the wet & dry clogging up perfectly and it washes the mess away for you.... 

Today is just not giving me any breaks
started off at 10-11am,, weathers been too windy to put up the paint tent (so i can do all body stuf in one go) as a last resort have to do something today cant waist time booked off work so ive made a start on the roof in the garage,, silver base going on,, endless runs down 1 side only, scuffed back respray the bad bits,, runs in the same spots,, do it again, my word  managed to crack it on the third attempt, now sitting quiet while a layer of intercoat tacks off so i can tape up for next stage of painting it, looks like its gonna be a late one tonight
Rich.
pictures dont do it justice, hok glamour metalic base, orion silver, got some extra colours in the sparkle but the pic didnt catch it

Bet it pops in the sunshine. Great work