EK JAY'S FB WAGON PROJECT (some color)

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:30 am

nice work Jay. You make it look easy. I think I'll have to head to the Blue Mountains for a lesson...

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:08 am

thanks Stuart your welcome to drop in
if your ever up this way

i guess when you finish old timer you will take it for a run
to its old stomping grounds around Lithgo i bet you cant wait

Jay

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:55 am

thanks Jay I'll keep you to that...

Too right! As soon as its finished the first run will be back to Lithgow for a big family get together to celebrate!

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:57 pm

ive finished the left rear quater its now
in final under coat ready for paint
pretty happy with how it turned out this panel
like the rest of the panel's was fairly bent and had rust
in the bottom lower section as shown early on in the project

now ive been getting into the right quater wich was the same
dented and rusty some progress at least

Jay

ben · Post by **ben** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:14 pm

Coming on very nicely Jay. You are getting a excellent finish of the gun
I found you get what you pay for when it comes to paint/thinners. What brand are you using ? i presume its acrylic ?

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:09 pm

G' Day Ben
that gloss shine is actually prepsol wax grease remover
wiped on so the panel looks wet if you do this you can see if there
are any dents or imperfections in the repaired panel a tip i
got off Malcom on here

but thats the finish you should get
when painted cured and buffed

yeah ill be painting it in acrylic and i only try to use the best
the paint shop has to offer when it comes to paint and thinner

Jay

ben · Post by **ben** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:26 pm

Good tip there Jay, will have to remember that one. Its good motivation seeing all your hard work paying off
I used dupont when i sprayed the wagon and found the white in the flash layed on real nice bearly needed any blocking back, but the colour required the usual blocking and buffing, Must of been the way i held my mouth

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:39 pm

Very nice work Jay!

The finished paintjob is going to be smick

Are you a panel beater spray painter by trade?

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:06 pm

Hey Ben
what shade of white did you use in the flash
off white bright white or something else

Garry
no just patient most of the time

once i get one panel right its hard not to
rush or be as patient with the next because you
just want to paint it and it gets harder the closer you get

Jay

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:41 pm

EK JAY wrote: Garry
no just patient most of the time
once i get one panel right its hard not to
rush or be as patient with the next because you
just want to paint it and it gets harder the closer you get

Jay

I'm hearing you on that one!!!!!

Well done Jay, excellent work - work a qualified painter would be proud of

.

ben · Post by **ben** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:56 pm

Jay i guess its just off white (holden grecian white) I was bit shocked when it went on with just a bit of orange peel and not a bad gloss, after the colour had been the usual flatish acrylic finish. The photo does not show it the best but there is still the orange peel after only hitting it with some buffing compound (no wet & dry )

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:19 pm

i have yor hinges and seat bracket hold down thingy, i'll be going through friday prolly early arvo

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:19 am

Hi Ben
looks really good mate

i think i will go with the
grecian white with the pearl over lay i sprayed some pearl
white the other day with the silver under it and it looks
good but maybe just a bit to silver so i think the white
under the pearl will be better thanks for the pic

Thanks
Mick PM sent

EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:49 am

Ben
Here is a pic of the white pearl over a silver base
i think its too silver so will be using grecian white
as a base with the pearl white over the top
next to the blue it looks ok but needs to be abit whiter

ben · Post by **ben** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:58 pm

I'm sure it will look good either way you go Jay, you have a good eye when it comes to your colour combo's. I have never played with pearls metalics etc, how many coats of base and then pearl would you do, and are you going to do a clear coat on this one ?