Rushingphil
Club Member
Fitted new HT leads and a pair of Crane Neck HT lead holders.
Lovely, shall buy myself one of those when Im in the States next month
Fitted new HT leads and a pair of Crane Neck HT lead holders.
Lovely, shall buy myself one of those when Im in the States next month
Any chance you could grab me a set while you're there?!
Oh! From Lonely Drivers Club? That's surprisingly good! I'll have a look..No problem. Although I just checked the shipping from the USA and it's only £15! Hardly worth the savings
Thought you were doing it pink
Looks great Jon well done
Yeah, thats just the undercoat. I've got half a dozen pink rattle cans to finish it off.Thought you were doing it pink
It's just a tasty shade of red really...............I've got half a dozen pink rattle cans to finish it off.
It's pretty much always a time-delayed result of something not being quite right when the spraying was originally done, so in the case of the Fairlady Z, when the bonnet was painted in 2006. Maybe humidity/temp in the booth was off, flash time wasn't properly observed, etc. Condensation has the habit of bringing it out years after; I suspect the changeable weather, combined with me having put a cover on it recently, and the fact that the barn isn't 100% dry, especially at this time of year, just caused it to finally go big-style. I've been expecting something like this to happen - should've got ahead of the problem though! There's no microblisters anywhere else on the car other than the bonnet and a few on the wing tops; it's obviously just exclusive to however those particular panels were painted.That’s a shame about the microblistering. I always thought it was down to some kind of damp problem with the initial prep/primer. Are you saying the conditions were dry but it still had the problem develop?
Personally after looking into spraying problems DIY spraying never works looks good for a couple of years and then boom micro blisters. Everyone is great at the job they do every day ,then we think we can spray no offence Richie I can build houses can I spray NO best left to the professionals with proper booth and temps and extraction not relying on warmer weather only my opinionIt's pretty much always a time-delayed result of something not being quite right when the spraying was originally done, so in the case of the Fairlady Z, when the bonnet was painted in 2006. Maybe humidity/temp in the booth was off, flash time wasn't properly observed, etc. Condensation has the habit of bringing it out years after; I suspect the changeable weather, combined with me having put a cover on it recently, and the fact that the barn isn't 100% dry, especially at this time of year, just caused it to finally go big-style. I've been expecting something like this to happen - should've got ahead of the problem though! There's no microblisters anywhere else on the car other than the bonnet and a few on the wing tops; it's obviously just exclusive to however those particular panels were painted.
It's reminded me of the importance of just waiting until we have decent warm weather before I paint Dixie though. And erring on the side of caution with flash times, especially given the non-heated nature of my DIY booth...
So Derrick, from memory you have a spraying mate (Wiggi?) which helps. Your 280ZX paint is amazing. I THINK Rich is capable of a very good job because of his skills and attention to detail. He might get satisfaction from it too (or frustration), I have done many years ago.Personally after looking into spraying problems DIY spraying never works looks good for a couple of years and then boom micro blisters. Everyone is great at the job they do every day ,then we think we can spray no offence Richie I can build houses can I spray NO best left to the professionals with proper booth and temps and extraction not relying on warmer weather only my opinion