Looks very blingy, as you say the colour has shifted A bit but looks great.

Thanks for the comments guys really apreciated 

Impressive! Love to see so much TLC going in to a buggy

Yes TLC, imagination and the 'wow' factor.

Make sure you park in large car parks where those of us with more modest buggys can loiter in the shady corners !

Rolled her out in wat was left of todays sunshine checkin for runs which there is a couple and some nibbing to do,,

Loks great, thinking you will need some of the clear paint protection film applied to the tub to stop paint damage by the hard to as it will move and flex.

agree with keith... An even "thin" coat of laquer. If you do this check first that the laquer is compatible with the paint type you have used. Don`t overdo the laquer coating.. it has a tendency to develop a yellow hue.. (waiting for the comments on this ha ha) 

Spaul I meant the sort of clear wrap anti chip protection that comes in a sheet that you cut to fit, they do model specific cut to shape kits for mgb's porsches and alike also bumper protection ones for modern estates.

Loving the custom work Badger

Quote from: snoopy on September 20, 2017, 06:57:20 PM
Spaul I meant the sort of clear wrap anti chip protection that comes in a sheet that you cut to fit, they do model specific cut to shape kits for mgb's porsches and alike also bumper protection ones for modern estates.

Keith ... where is this material got from

I used something similar on my build thread

http://www.beachbuggy.info/index.php/topic,20.msg92130.html#msg92130

and

http://www.beachbuggy.info/index.php/topic,20.msg92479.html#msg92479

So not been able to do anythin for some time, work - weather and followed by attempted breakin of me garage meant compleat lockdown till new door and window had been put in, (nothin taken just damage to door and window)    i'v finally got back to cutting the laqure back and polishing up, 5hrs at it today on the bonnet and from 2 foot away its perfect look realy close and there is still some minor orang peel and a few paper scratches that the pads didnt quite cut out, not sure wether to leave it as is now, i was never gonna achieve perfection in my eyes (first time ive used metal flake on such a large scale)

definatly got the bling factor

and i wanted a good bit of depth in the paint might have gone a bit ott though 

Rich.

Looks amazing.

Don't touch it anymore as from experience you will do something that suddenly makes it worse and you will think 'wish I had left it as it was' 

Don't touch it anymore as from experience you will do something that suddenly makes it worse and you will think 'wish I had left it as it was' 

This from Chad is a "real pearl". In about 48 years of painting - refinishing cars on an amateur basis this is where I have chewed myself to bits probably more times than I have had hot dinners 

Afternoon dude's and dudets, its about time I kicked this thread up again as it's been too quiet.
As some of you may be aware I had an attempted break in on the garage late 2017, unaware of any damage to the buggy at the time I continued to polish up the bonnet etc hence the previous posts, however after the crimbo break I rolled out the body to start cutting and polishing and found to my dismay that there was 2-3 chunks missing in the paint where the sh..es had knocked stuff over trying to get to my bikes. Distraught and angry I have been unable to touch sunshine for almost 12 months, I just couldn't get into the right frame of mind knowing how much work had gone into her and how much it would take to start from scratch again.
However over the past 3 months I have been digging myself in to an early grave to get it ready for this year's show and I can say I'm shattered lol. The paintwork is 95% done (just the artwork to redo on the roof) and ill be starting the cut and buff on the body this weekend.
And now all that is left is to put it back together check over and mot.
It's been hard going and now time is getting tight I'm reluctantly asking for some help (I'm one of those who finds it hard to ask) just to make sure it gets over the finish line. If you can spare a few hrs evening or weekends it would be much appreciated, pm me if you can help.
Rich.