Comments on: First colour coats http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/first-colour-coats/ Team restoration of an Aston Martin V8 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:17:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: malcolm http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/first-colour-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-57 malcolm Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:33:11 +0000 http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/?p=52#comment-57 Blending Metallic - Important reading!!! The book was only half right. Base coat is easy. Mixing metallic with lacquer makes the job worse than doing it with cellulose. I'm not sure whether the stuff is too thick or takes too long to dry, but either way it's worse than doing the job with celly. I ended up with a blotchy finish which needed completely sanding off and anothetr couple of coats of base coat. My advice - blend the struff in the normal way - complete coat to mist. That works well. Blending Metallic – Important reading!!!

The book was only half right. Base coat is easy. Mixing metallic with lacquer makes the job worse than doing it with cellulose. I’m not sure whether the stuff is too thick or takes too long to dry, but either way it’s worse than doing the job with celly. I ended up with a blotchy finish which needed completely sanding off and anothetr couple of coats of base coat.

My advice – blend the struff in the normal way – complete coat to mist. That works well.

]]> By: nellway http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/first-colour-coats/comment-page-1/#comment-42 nellway Fri, 12 May 2006 09:48:14 +0000 http://www.aston-v8.co.uk/blog/?p=52#comment-42 Fabulous job as usual Malcolm. Matching paint codes is hellishly difficult, especially on older cars that may have faded, or as the OI, been resprayed before. The trouble with matching by eye, is that it all looks fine until you park under a sulphur street lamp - hey presto harlequin Aston. This is where I have the advantage with ROJ, complete bare metal respray. Looking foreward to Santa Pod next week. This is the job I was best at during my car restoration course, so am really looking foreward to it. Fabulous job as usual Malcolm. Matching paint codes is hellishly difficult, especially on older cars that may have faded, or as the OI, been resprayed before.

The trouble with matching by eye, is that it all looks fine until you park under a sulphur street lamp – hey presto harlequin Aston.

This is where I have the advantage with ROJ, complete bare metal respray.

Looking foreward to Santa Pod next week.

This is the job I was best at during my car restoration course, so am really looking foreward to it.

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