Graham
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
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as above, any tips guides etc wud be most helpful. i kno i have to use wet/dry paper and autosol. but what is autosol and how do i use it??
cheers
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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degrease it then scotchbrite it off, then plastic primer, filler primer then paint. easy.
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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Start off with an abrasive pad, looks like a heavy duty scouring pad (mine was made by 3M, can buy them from B&Q). Take off all the surface crap with that.
Then move onto some wet and dry, say P600, and give it another good scrub. You may also find it useful to beg/steal/borrow a dremel if you dont have one, as the wire brush attachement is great for gettin those hard to reach places.
Once you've sanded it down with the 600, use as fine a grade as possible, say 1200 wet and dry. Give it another good goin over, then break out the Autosol.
Autosol's a good quality metal polish, so just apply it with a soft cloth, give it some elbow grease, it'll turn black which means its scrubbing the top layer of oxidisation off I think... Then buff off the residue with another soft cloth. Repeat as necessary until you get a nice shiny rocker cover...
I did mine a while back, heres a pic I took - diff engine, but you get the idea...
Ash.
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Graham
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oooo that looks nice gonna have to get this done soon
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MikeH
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Yeh but how long does it stay pollished?
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Corsa E-Tec
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i sanded it down till smooth ( and also sanded off the ecoteck writing) then primed it, then smoothed it primmed it again, then smoothed, then 2-3 coats of paint, then 1200 gritted it then another coat and 2-3 coats of lacquer!
thats just my way and heres my result.
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Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
i sanded it down till smooth ( and also sanded off the ecoteck writing) then primed it, then smoothed it primmed it again, then smoothed, then 2-3 coats of paint, then 1200 gritted it then another coat and 2-3 coats of lacquer!
thats just my way and heres my result.
with laquer, it is best to do one thin coat tehn a thick coat, almost to the point of it running. yours doesnt look all that shiny .
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AdamF
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Bexhill, East Sussex
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it will never look shiney when you use rattle cans. you need to use proper paint and a gun and compressor
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