Q4 Re-spray pictorial

[Steve Webb]

Jack's a polygamist???

wrinx

Hes already married, and still allowed access to the garage to play??

He must have found the perfect woman!!

[AlfaJack]

Hes already married, and still allowed access to the garage to play??

He must have found the perfect woman!!

I warned her of this before we got married -August will be a busy month on the car as trying to finish it before a month in South America! Hope I can get it done!

[AlfaJack]

He must have found the perfect woman!!

She just has a very inconsiderate husband

[AlfaJack]

I'd say the orange peel effect is being caused by the compressor running out of steam, it's what I would call "dry" rather than orange peel. Let the compressor charge up and don't paint to much in one go.

You'll be needing to get a buffer and polishing compounds like G3 and G10 to cut the paint back to a super slick wet look, that where the real skill is. Many a poor coat of paint is saved by the polishers skill.

The finish I was getting was worse that I thought. A microfibre cloth stuck to it like velcro!

[wrinx]

Many a poor coat of paint is saved by the polishers skill.

Agreed...my Uncle has a Healey with an 8cyl Jag conversion, he painted it bright red from rattle cans and sent it to a friend for finishing, looks like a pro-finish now.

The finish I was getting was worse that I thought. A microfibre cloth stuck to it like velcro!

Use it to rub down the other panels...

wrinx

[Steve Webb]

She just has a very inconsiderate husband

Beware !! The brainwashing has started already.

[Xti]

They say it was easy to understand the very fisrt man getting married... because he didn't new what he's doing. But what about the rest of them who followed?

[Steve Webb]

Bad side, mounting point is solid so will clean up and put some rust stopper on as a temporary measure:

At the risk of getting this thread back on to car related ground, has anyone else found that the bodywork on the petrol filler side of the car tends to be in worse condition than the other side?
I've got corrosion of the rear wing on this side, whereas the other side seems fine.

So is it down to a chemical reaction with petrol\fumes escaping from the filler, or is it down to the fact that the other side is close to the exhaust so gets heated up and any moisture is evaporated off?

Oh and remember, when a man gets married, he wants his wife to stay the same, then gets upset when she changes.
A woman however gets married wanting to change her husband, then gets upset when he stays the same!!!

As you were everybody.

[wrinx]

Yes, they're all worse on the filler side...Q4s that is!

My theory is the fuel vapour degreases the panels

wrinx

[Brul(tm)]

Yes, they're all worse on the filler side...Q4s that is!

This problem occurs also with the normal models of the 155's.
Had a couple of 1.8 8V's and a 2.0 8V with the same problem.
If I remeber correctly, the Savali 3.1 had the same problem.

I agree with you that it probably has something to do with spilling fuel or something like that.

Regards,
Marc

[AlfaJack]

A quick update as other will have seen elsewhere:

Starting to get a shine - roof and OS rear quarter done (only flatted in the pic) so far...I like to take my time.





Maybe another 6 months and it will be done!!

The colour looks great but the photos make it look poor due to the resizing and compression.

[Xti]

It looks like a very good job to me. Congrats! It's always nice to find the time to take care of your car by yourself, isn't it Jack?

Cheers,
C.

[1NRO]

looks great

[JBSOUND]

Jack, congrats. It's a Really nice job!
I would like to do the same with my car, please share all the know how in order to learn from the master (and to avoid all the mistakes ).

[Steve Webb]

Looking good in the pics Jack, although I did double take the rear 3/4's pic and then re-read your post. I thought you were pre-pinking the red colour.

[Juan AR155Q4]

Niiice, is this your first time re-spraying??

[AlfaJack]

Yes it is.
Thanks.