Hi John, for a finishing putty we use Evercoat Metal glaze with good results, however, when it comes to pinholes, they are hard to fill. If they are only COVERED, NOT FILLED, they will pop up during the painting process. By our experience, the best method is using your finger and rubbing the metal glaze into the pin holes. This way, the air can escape from the pin holes, filling the hole completely with putty or glaze. If you try to fill these pin holes using a spatula or putty knife, the air pressure within the holes will lift the putty up again. When you sand this area, the holes will reappear. Trying to fill the holes with primer only will not work.
The final sanding should be done by blocking, using a 180 grid, primer filler should be sanded up to 400 - 800 grid, depending on your finishing requirements. Water sanding may give you a better result. Cheers Wilf and Liv ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 2:38 PM Subject: Bodywork Prep > Ok folks I have a question on skim filling. My Spitfire bonnet has got small > dents in it (Well, so what I can hear you say, thats part and parcel of > owning a Spit)......so I put a skim of filler over the whole bonnet, I gave > it a light dusting of black spray paint and got to work with a block and > sandpaper. I finished this off with my DA. The black spray showed me i had > some dips so I then gave it a second skim of filler to fill in the dips, I > gave the whole bonnet a skim not just the dips. Same routine again. Now I > still have some small holes where some air got trapped (my fault, but I will > get better...I promise) after sanding down and DA'ing. Finally I have got > round to asking the all important question........... Is it ok to just fill > in these small holes with filler and sand down or would i create a 'layering' > problem. Do I have to do another skim over the whole bonnet a third time.? > Would appreciate some help on this one please. > > Happy Spitting..................John (In the UK) > > Spitfire MkII in bits. (Others call it restoration) > Spitfire Chassis MkIV (awaiting a spot of welding) I am nearly a collector > !!!!!!! > Spitfire Mk III (for spares) I 'am' a collector !!!!!! /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
