Just had a quick poke about and it appears I am right and the time between treatment and painting depends on how far the drying process has gone, but this explains it quite well and tells you how to test.
It's a common failure too
Hey @kevstar !
you know that Marlin Roadster that you had once and I still have one of?
Some dick has decided to put a batt pack and an electric motor in his!
Just read about it in Pitstop the Marlin Owners magazine.
Where will the madness end?
He must have more money than sense.
Is your motoring cycle made by a far east company by any chance?It's a common failure too
Genuine parts or oriental copies?It's a common failure too
Quite!!!!!Have a look on this site below, we looked into building electric boats turned out to be mental money
so never went any further.
Check the pricing lol...Welcome to Electric Classic Cars
Electric is wasted on me I love the old exhaust fumes scent & the old car smelliness
Ahhhh blisss
I watched the same clip.Just had a quick poke about and it appears I am right and the time between treatment and painting depends on how far the drying process has gone, but this explains it quite well and tells you how to test.
But your Mrs doesn't need to worry, it won't be long, you may even be able to paint it quite quickly.
https://thehonestcarpenter.com/blog/can-you-paint-treated-wood/
I didn't watch the video, how to test it is further down in the text.
Best of luck with it!
Another tip says to sand the surface of the cladding.
It's the yuk green stuff on the outside which is prolly nice to get rid of, then you can paint it once it's dried out. I wouldn't go mad on the sanding, especially if you are painting it black.I watched the same clip.
Quite!!!!!
Have watched a couple of documentaries about converting cars to electric.
They are always , as you say, mental money.
And they keep trying to convince us that electric will be getting cheaper.
At the moment they are the playthings of rich tree huggers, or rich peeps who want to convince others of their green credentials.
I remember you mentioning electric boats. And I also cannot get away from the sight, sounds and smells of petrol and diesel engines.
And the smell of the interior of an old car, that ought to be made into an After Shave! Or a perfume.
Better than the smell of some tart's "bits", and she is marketing that! FFS!
I loved the smell of my dads mk2 jag when I was a nipper think I was hooked
And I bet that had a leather interior too.OOOoooaaaarrrrr
from then days.
What was the interior of your Marlin like?OOOoooaaaarrrrr
from then days.
And I bet that had a leather interior too.
Larvley!!!!!
A mate in my club gave me the leather interior from a Jag, dunno which one.
Nothing solid, i.e. no seats, no door cards, just the leather. He must have stripped it planning to use it to cover some bits he was going to make for a kit, then he gave it all up to emigrate to NZ, where he is, as afar as I know, as happy as pig in poo.
(We lost touch years ago).
It's a heck of a lot. But I am hanging onto it so that when I get around to restoring the Marlin I can use it to trim the interior.
It's green but a slightly too light shade, but then you can dye leather so I expect I'll do that. I do hope it has kept the smell!
(wiv the nice leather)
Better trimmed than mine, (but my dash is better laid outView attachment 235825
I dug these out for ye......
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) with chrome Smiths dials but now in the sad condition it has got into due to the lack of protection and care I have left it in. and I have a wooden Moto-Lita wheel.
