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Peter D · 11-27-03, 05:03 PM

Thanks guys - the paint colour is Honda Marine Blue from the last Prelude series, made up in 2-pack by Spies Hecker with a little touch of pearl in it.

As to "skill" - there's not much of that around here. All it takes is patience, bloody-minded persistance & vast clouds of sanding dust! Anyone could take the body finishing process through to the primer stage - I think the secret is to add f/glass as required (I went through about 10m of chopped strand mat & 6 litres of resin), do a reasonable block-back with 80 grit, then coat the whole thing with a very generous layer of sprayable polyester resin/filler (eg. Spies Hecker's "Raderal"). This fills all pin-holes (hundreds of them appear if you just run primer over bare f/glass) & gives a uniform surface for the final block-back with 120 grit, then 400 grit. The final trick is to run a light "guide coat" of black over everything & block it back with 400 grit again - this shows up tiny imperfections which you just can not see in primer.

Kind Regards,

Peter D.

11-27-03, 05:03 PM	#18 (permalink)
Peter D delaneyp Peter D Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia GT40: DRB #27 Posts: 1,231 Rep Power: 21	Re: GT40 Australia #27 Thanks guys - the paint colour is Honda Marine Blue from the last Prelude series, made up in 2-pack by Spies Hecker with a little touch of pearl in it. As to "skill" - there's not much of that around here. All it takes is patience, bloody-minded persistance & vast clouds of sanding dust! Anyone could take the body finishing process through to the primer stage - I think the secret is to add f/glass as required (I went through about 10m of chopped strand mat & 6 litres of resin), do a reasonable block-back with 80 grit, then coat the whole thing with a very generous layer of sprayable polyester resin/filler (eg. Spies Hecker's "Raderal"). This fills all pin-holes (hundreds of them appear if you just run primer over bare f/glass) & gives a uniform surface for the final block-back with 120 grit, then 400 grit. The final trick is to run a light "guide coat" of black over everything & block it back with 400 grit again - this shows up tiny imperfections which you just can not see in primer. Kind Regards, Peter D.