guide coat is a speckle coat.

usually black and and acrylic.

you turn your air waaay up fan waaay up stand back a bit and spray ir on like a mist.

 

when you the block sand it the dark patcher left behind are low spots which will require either more primer or a bit of filler.

guide coat is a speckle coat.

usually black and and acrylic.

you turn your air waaay up fan waaay up stand back a bit and spray ir on like a mist.

 

when you the block sand it the dark patcher left behind are low spots which will require either more primer or a bit of filler.

Speckle coat, gotcha. Thanks! :P :(

Test fitted the new panel, just mucken around really. can't belive the gap. Just show's how light the car is i guess. :P

 

Thanks Moe, I thought water might have been getting in the petrol cap so i gapped it up with bog, lol.

The other thought is the bumper sits fairly close to the panel, water and dirt gets kicked up from the rear tires and builds up and rusted it out.

 

 

 

Test fitted the new panel, just mucken around really. can't belive the gap. Just show's how light the car is i guess. :P

 

Thanks Moe, I thought water might have been getting in the petrol cap so i gapped it up with bog, lol.

The other thought is the bumper sits fairly close to the panel, water and dirt gets kicked up from the rear tires and builds up and rusted it out.

 

Looking good, You will be ready to paint soon, My seca had rust starting under the petrol filler caused by the joint there, have you decided what color you will paint the car yet?

Guide coat is for sanding primer. Comes in spray on, or powder form, I think the powder is easier to use.

 

Wipe some over the a clean primed panel and it'll turn the whole think blackish.

When you start to wet sand it (about 400 grit) the guide coat will be left in the orange peel dimples.

Continue to sand until the dimples dissapear and you then have a perfectly flat panel.

 

Obviously you need to have the primer thick enough on the panel that you don't rub straight through it.

 

 

I also hope you did something about that rust befor just slapping bog over it?

It'll just continue to rust and crack the bog and your new paint!!!! :)

Guide coat is for sanding primer. Comes in spray on, or powder form, I think the powder is easier to use.

 

Wipe some over the a clean primed panel and it'll turn the whole think blackish.

When you start to wet sand it (about 400 grit) the guide coat will be left in the orange peel dimples.

Continue to sand until the dimples dissapear and you then have a perfectly flat panel.

 

Obviously you need to have the primer thick enough on the panel that you don't rub straight through it.

 

 

I also hope you did something about that rust befor just slapping bog over it?

It'll just continue to rust and crack the bog and your new paint!!!! :)

Thanks for that, I'll look into it. Can i by that powder foam from a Auto paint store?

Yeah i did treat the rust before the bog. I used K&H Rust converter, followed the directions by the letter. Looks weird because all the rust and metal went jet back. I just hope it will work. Should be ok.

Yeah mate. Reckon you could even buy it from Autobarn etc as they stock bog and other body work stuff. :)

 

This is the stuff you want....

 

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...v%3D2%26hl%3Den

Edited January 23, 200917 yr by Taz_Rx

Looking good, You will be ready to paint soon, My seca had rust starting under the petrol filler caused by the joint there, have you decided what color you will paint the car yet?

Yeah still a little bit of work to do. Still have to strip, sand, fill and prime 4 doors and my new boot also. The colour is a very light mushroom/sandstone/beige metallic colour. Its usually seen on Nissan Xtrails or Mazda 626's.

Yeah mate. Reckon you could even buy it from Autobarn etc as they stock bog and other body work stuff. :)

Cheers :no2:

Your a great help, sounds like you have don't this stuff before.

Used to do a bit of work at a place call "The Car Artist" who made/supplied body kits etc.

 

Spend many a day wet rubbing primer with guide coat until my finger tips bled - Seriously I had no finger prints for like a month!!!! :)

I know what you mean, i'm a house painter and that happend to me all the time when I was younger.

That dry guide goat looks amazing will have to try :)

Also don't forget to seal the back of the panel that was repaired so water doesn't start rusting things again, I use a zinc primer then some bitumen paint similar to that used on the under carrage.

I got back yesterday from the annual Rollaclub Great Ocean Road Run. It was wicked 3 days away with some Rollaclub members but I had to drive my daily which is a stock EL wagon. I went out today and bought a brand new Sony Ericsson C905 phone. I swore to myself that i wouldn't buy another Plan phone but couldn't resist the features. My other phone (SE K800i) was getting really old and i could barley get reception after i threw it into a wall. It did take good pics I think (3.2Meg pixel) Every pic i have taken of the corolla was all off the old phone. Now i got a new one with 8.1Meg pixel camera so all of you and me can enjoy better quality pics from here on in. Hope it's better otherwise its one expensive piece of plastic to make phone calls on.

Ok, well this is not really an update on my 82 but thought I would just say that there is another rolla on the block.

I bought it today for my brother. Look out for it on rides thread soon.

 

 

nice plates :y: