As we entered phase two of the painting of Old Rusty I was feeling quite happy, if a little apprehensive about whether all the preparation had paid off. Today we sprayed the centre of the car only in preparation for the silver viper stripes like the ones on Ollie’s car. But, as ever, it didn’t quite go to plan…
After the first coat of silver (metallic) things were looking good, the surfaces all looked smooth and free of any marks. It was the second coat where things started to go wrong; to my horror the paint started to craze badly in a few more noticeable areas. You’ll se from the photos the roof, boot and particularly the back end were looking less than perfect!
Damn. I’d been hoping to get the whole thing sprayed proper next weekend, that didn’t look too likely…
The decision was made to let it dry then wet n’ dry the effected areas back for another go in the late afternoon, I wasn’t optimistic, but nevertheless we pushed on! The paint had crazed because the panels were too cold, so after we’d finished prepping the problem bits we cranked up the gas heater and waited until it was pretty hot, it felt like about 25 degrees. This still wasn’t going to be hot enough though so we had to heat each panel as we sprayed – tedious to say the least.
Result! It seems our less than conventional spraying methods worked as the finished article was blemish free (almost!). This means we’re still on track for finishing the spray work next weekend!
Maverick
Alternatively, you could have spent £1.99 on a holts rattle can. Works fine for me!
Interestingly I had already proposed this idea to Blaine, but it wasn’t enough like manual labour for him…