Riggwelter
Active Member
- Posts
- 186
- Location
- Sweden
Norrie, which proportions do you use for paint/thinner?
Mini restoration of my 75 Series 3
- Thread starter norried
- Start date
This site contains affiliate links for which LandyZone may be compensated if you make a purchase.
I tend to try and put it on with no thinners unless I'm struggling then I just add a small amount probably no more than 10%.
Norrie.
Thanks for the tip, I have just fitted one and found the same as @norried that is was not as flexible as i had hoped.
Does reversing it cause any other problems?
No that is the way it is designed to be fitted. The quality of the rubbers is poor best option is to make one out of leather.
Attachments
Having turned it around so it is the correct way I now cannot release the handbrake! The rubber pushes it back on at least one click. I think leather would definitly be that way to go!
Riveted the roof back together today. I was going to hire the proper rivet squeezer and hollow rivets but there was a 3 week waiting list. I managed to borrow my mates pneumatic riveter and just used solid rivets. My mate used to be an aircraft engineer so had skin pins to lign everything up before putting the rivets in. Anyway pretty please with the result.
I've still to tighten the sides and roof down properly but you get the idea.
Norrie.
I've still to tighten the sides and roof down properly but you get the idea.
Norrie.
scottonthefen
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 532
- Location
- England
The finish is excellent for brush work. Any chance you could cover how you prepp'd, primed and painted? How much and how did you do the paint removal? What did you prime with? How many coats and what consistency did you then brush paint? Cheers.
Rubbed down with a DA sander with 320 grit. Etch primed, Undercoated usually 2 coats. Flattened back down with 600/800 grit and then 2 coats of gloss. Tried not to thin the paint but had trouble with the hot weather so thinned it about 10%.
It's not as good as it looks in the pics but it's food enough for me.
Norrie.
It's not as good as it looks in the pics but it's food enough for me.
Norrie.
Just fit them the other way around, may be a little fiddlier to install but will give a tidier finished appearance as you will have a uniform row of bolt heads and the nuts ans spare threads will be hidden by the roof gutter.
tottot
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 8,030
- Location
- west wales coast
Looking good.
LincolnSteve
Well-Known Member
- Posts
- 1,204
- Location
- Lincoln
Absolutely lovely work. Great to see. Well done.
