So my Sunday got a little more involved than anticipated but I’m pleased with the outcome. Amazing what an early night on a Saturday can yield, frankly.
First up I patched up the spare wheel door with ‘glass then a dab of body filler here and there... then prepped it for paint.
Considering I had already painted the RHF fender and driver’s door, I have been less than happy looking at the wobbly RH rear quarter which, although a similar hue, has been of a slightly different lustre to the panels in front of it.
With the old iPhone still regaling a time very much in the ante meridiem, I decided to attack the whole rear quarter and tailgate with three grades of sand paper, some sanding blocks and whole bunch of future tennis elbow in mind... then as the sun was going down, masked the whole thing up and managed to dust on a few coats of Deep Aqua acrylic.
Some photos of the before, during and after:
Now just to be clear: things are by no means razor sharp and straight-edge-smooth back there... but I have ironed out a bunch of very shoddy body filler wobbles and the paint went on pretty evenly, so it now matches the front panels at least.
The real litmus test will be in the daylight tomorrow, but I’m pretty sure it’s gonna look tidy, if you just stand back a few feet! Haha
I call it workhorse chic
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