Anglia Progress

Yeah you could say that. The bodywork was the reason I shelved the project for so long. The amount of filling and sanding was killing me. Never mind, light at the end of the tunnel now. Just been out and put a coat of yellow over the stonechip. One more coat in a bit and that's the priming done for me, then its ready for some red stuff!

Oh yeah, then the doors, then the bootlid, then the flipfront need doing. Does it ever end?

And the back panel. Seemingly not eh? :D

Edit: here's the sanders:

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I've managed to get a bit further than I thought I would this week already. The body is now primed up and doesn't need any more, just a quick knock back to take off the orange peel and then the top coat can go on. I also got a quick coat on the back panel since I had some paint left in the gun. The temperature has dropped a bit so I won't do the topcoat this week, but I'll get the doors and bootlid done in primer and maybe look at starting the flipfront. As long as it stays dry I'll be fine because I can poke the car out the back of the garage while I spray the other bits.

Anyway, watch this space because tomorrow I'll have some more pics of the other bits licked in yellow creamy goodness!
 
I'm looking forward to see more of the Anglia, keep me updated on it! I wouldn't mind doing spraying myself on the Dolly so any info and tips you can give would be awesome.
 
Aye I've got the entertainment of re painting my mg at some point. Some of the seams are in a right state. Got to learn how to weld before I get to that point though. Its always good to see someone else working through it.
 
I'm going to be spraying a set of door mirrors soon, difference is I have metallic paint. Any pointers on how to get the best finish?
 
Metallics aren't gloss so you have to use a clear over the top and you can get it all in cans from Halfords. If it's silver then use a few coats of white primer, allow to dry and just smooth off the orange peel with some 320-grit sanding paper. Then a few coats of silver but don't flat it down, allow it to dry over night and then a few coats of clear on top. If it's any other colour then use grey primer. Let it dry for about a week before you polish the clear, it allows the paint to fully harden and shrink a bit. If you sand or polish it when it's still a bit soft it'll look great at first but shrink back and you'll end up with lines on it.
 
I was under the impression you should flat back the paint after each coat, or at least after a couple of coats. Last time I tried it went very orange peely indeed!
 
No need to if you get a good even layer. You can flat each if you need to though, just not the top layer of colour. Problem with metallics is if you flat the top layer before the clearcoat you will see the scratches in the surface of the colour coat under the clear.
 
Tonight I would have got more done if my stomach hadn't got the better of me. I was literally running on fumes and by 8pm I was forced to pack up and go hunting instead.

I dragged the car outside to make some space in the garage because I wanted to mask up and put some paint on the doors. Fear the power of the flash on my camera:

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Then I set about masking the windows in the doors and ran into my first problem which was where to spray them. It's not my garage so I can't just go and spray and not worry about the paint on the floor or walls so I had a re-arrange of my comedy oversize boxes and propped one behind the doors so I could spray against the wall:

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The bootlid was easier because it could just sit on the spare workmate, it just meant I lost the bench I use for the keeping the spraygun on and cleaning up afterwards. That went bang smack in the middle, looks randomly placed but I actually orientated it so that when I was spraying I'd have light reflecting off it so I could see how much paint I was putting on:

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Don't ask what's sprayed on the inside of the lid, it was before I owned it...

Mixed up about 260ml of paint and sprayed the inside of the doors and a good coat inside the bootlid. The reason I did the inside first was I can flip it over and I don't need to worry about overspray getting on it when I do the other side because you won't see the insides. It's interesting how far the paint goes, would a 300ml rattle can have gone this far?

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It was at this point my stomach was rumbling so much there was risk I'd disturb the dust in the rafters so I knocked it on the head, cleaned down, showered and headed to Kebab Ye for a shish kebab and chips with a few glasses of red. Yep you've guessed it, she's out tonight :)
 
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I wish I could do this sort of thing!... I don't have the skills or the patience!.

Waiting with baited breath for the final reveal!!..
 
Tonight I flipped the doors round and the bootlid over and slapped on 4 nice heavy coats of yellow. So it was back to this again at first:

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I lifted the doors off the ground by standing them up on bricks so they wouldn't stick to the cardboard I'm using to protect the floor:

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After 2 coats, they looked great but I was a bit keen with the spray gun and got a couple of runs:

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This is fine because I'm going to be block sanding and with two more heavy coats on top of that the runs are now hardly a problem at all. It's amazing that I blocked down the original paint and filler with 180-grit paper and this paint has completely buried it!

Boot looks nice and consistent now and I managed to get a few coats on that pesky back panel:

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So this is nearly it. The car is now down to just three colours, red in the engine bay, yellw all over and blue flip front. Next job is to tackle that beaten p beast and get it in some kind of shape that I can spray onto. I roughly got it there before but it needs a lot more work before painting.
 
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looking good johnny be carefull on the last few top coats in a small garage, prone to rust due to the atmosphere or something like that i was told by my spray guy.
 
Did you mean dust? Don't think it's going to rust, it sat with a load of bare metal patches for over a year and they were still bright when I sprayed and now it's primed :p
 
Have you not stapled some sheets to the joists just in case? I'd be so paranoid about a bit of dust ruining my hard work!
 
Looking like quite a proffesional job you have going jonny, masking looks very decent. If you can spray 25-30 cars a day of various sizes you may be able get a job where i work :D
 
Looking good, i spent the last 2 days sanding down, re-shaping and spraying my rear n/s arch. Its good fun :)

My spray gun is crap though, might get this screw-fix one you speak of.
 
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i really should keep myself awake while posting, i meant run!!!! doh!
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Yep, runs definitely :D

1) because I'm still a spaying noob and 2) because I'm spraying so close with poor light. I'm going to do the roof and back panel in one go, allow it to cure and then mask up so I can do one side at a timepushd right up against the wall. It was just too difficult to get in with the car down the middle.

kieranv said:
Looking good, i spent the last 2 days sanding down, re-shaping and spraying my rear n/s arch. Its good fun :)

My spray gun is crap though, might get this screw-fix one you speak of.
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It's this one:

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http://www.screwfix.com/prods/21063/Power-Tools/Air-Tools/mavity-Feed-Spray-Gun

Says it needs a 2 hp/25Ltr compressor but mine is 1/3hp and 10 litre approx and it copes fine. It's just running constantly but the pressure seems to hold ok.
 
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