If he's seriously going to take all the paint off the insides, door frames etc, give him the money. Its a dirty, time consuming job and I will pay for a professional sand blast next time, now I am confident I know what panels can be safely blasted!
----- Original Message ----- From: Joshua Waldron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 8:01 PM Subject: RE: Repairing Datsun SSS's > Hey Rick I was going 2 pay a bloke 2 sandblast my eng bay 4 $100+. > You were saying the setup u got was $22 + pressor da ya think i would be better off doing it myself? > Tks Josh > > --- "Jeff Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick, > > Sounds great !, I wish i had your motivation, patience & skill. > keep us up to date with your progress. > > Cheers Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of rclough > Sent: Sunday, 4 July 2004 10:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Repairing Datsun SSS's > > > Some of you may be interested in my preparation for repainting of my > 1600SSS. I've wanted to repaint it since I bought it six years ago. The > original alkyd enamel is in excellent condition, but its that baby's poo > brown colour, not attractive, although very distinctive of its "era". > I have stripped everything off the car, except the front and rear > suspension. Stripped out all the interior trim, trim glue off the interior > panelling, and removed sound deadening from the floor areas. I dug out all > the seam sealant around the floor, including the boot. I sand blasted all > the heavy guage sheet metal areas inside the cabin, boot and engine bay. > Sand balasting is a good way to ensure all the old colour is removed from > all the crevices, the welded on brackets and tabs, and to ensure the new > paint sticks in those hard to sandpaper places. > By hanging plastic drop sheets around the car and standing it on black > plastic, I have been able to recover and reuse most of the blasting medium > (garnet), using my trusty garage vacuum cleaner. My sand blaster is a > "Supercheap" $22 model and its going fine in these cold, dry conditions > using a water trap and 90PSI pressure . It was not good in humid summer > climate, as I found out when I tried to start the job earlier in the year. > The expanding air caused water to form in the gun, blocking the sand suction > tube regularly. > I have found with practice I can blast off the top coat and leave the > undercoat in most flatter areas. I use a breathing mask to ensure I dont > suck in too much of the dust and garnet. > I have sprayed a first coat of etch primer and a second coat of > primer/filler. If you sandblast, make sure you suck all the sand out of > every body crevice before painting, otherwise it will blow out when you > spray on the paint, leaving a gritty finish. I will use the sand blasting > method on the door jambs and the door frames, but not the door skins. > I wont sand blast the outer panels as they are thinner and sandblasting > could distort them. The exterior paint consition is very good and the panels > are perfect, so there is no need to rub back to bare metal outside. > I am procrastinating about the new colour, it has to be one of the > original factory colours, to keep the originality of the car. I dont have > to decide the colour yet as its too cold to paint a top coat in my shed > during winter. > In between sand blasting and painting, I have been cutting out the rust in > panels on my other project, a 180BSSS. I am chopping out replacement body > sections to weld back into the rust removed areas. > The 180BSSS doesn't have a great body like my 1600SSS, but it was free and > I like the challenge of rebuilding it to give me a Datto that I dont mind > flogging in a bit of motor sport! I have just found a good Datrally engine > to add to my collection, so I'm feeling motivated to get them both going > (and get rid off a heap of parts and panels stored in my shed). > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Get Your free Ozdat Email Account > ---> http://www.ozdat.com > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
