Builds Mouldy Mario gets defoliated.

[Pauciflora]

G'day All, Prepping the lower half of cabin for painting is a really quick and easy process. Just follow these simply steps:

1. Paint strip - pressure blast - blow dry with compressed air;
2. Paint strip - pressure blast - blow dry with compressed air;
3. Paint strip - pressure blast - blow dry with compressed air;
4. Paint strip - pressure blast - blow dry with compressed air (Left lung stops working);
5. Wash with hot soapy water and scourer - rinse - blow dry with compressed air;
6. Wipe down with phosphoric acid (watch finger tips corrode - Now only operating with one hand);
7. Wash with hot soapy water and scourer - rinse - blow dry with compressed air;
8. Start Wire wheeling - pick strands of wire out of face (Don't worry, I still have one good eye);
9. Start using stripping disc - less painful than wire wheeling;
10. Start scraping out old and cracked seam sealer.

Easy really.

 

[Pauciflora]

And a few more pics -

 

[cruiserdan]

Splendid

 

[cult45]

Not many would have the stones to go 'all the way' 'balls deep' 'back to bare' 'down to her undies'. Seriously - it takes a pretty good bit of discipline to hold true to the vision when all around you are disassembled pieces.

 

[Pauciflora]

G'day Mudders, I've got tell you, I sure am sick of wire wheeling and stripping out old seam sealer. However, I am starting to get pretty close to laying down some epoxy. Weather permitting, I might get it done later in the week.

 

[Pauciflora]

A couple more pics. Over and out for few more days. Cheers, Ben

 

[Pauciflora]

Not many would have the stones to go 'all the way' 'balls deep' 'back to bare' 'down to her undies'. Seriously - it takes a pretty good bit of discipline to hold true to the vision when all around you are disassembled pieces.

Down to her undies. Dude......poor old Mario has been publicly stripped down to the skeleton. No flesh, no sinew, no muscle, no tendons. Even his gristle gnawed away. Just bones.

 

[cult45]

Hate to increase your workload mate but I'd be slathering that thing in epoxy tonight, not in a few days.

 

[Pauciflora]

Hate to increase your workload mate but I'd be slathering that thing in epoxy tonight, not in a few days.

Apparently, it's going to bucket down with rain tomorrow. Plus there are a few areas that still need to cleaned up. It's cold and damp here at the moment, but it doesn't seem to be flash rusting like panels do in summer. Strange really, must have something to do with humidity.

 

[serenity]

Love your work mate, your attention to detail and patience is inspiring.

If I left metal like that for more than a day up here in summer I would have a ton of surface rust, it’s had me pondering how best to tackle the body of my 55.

Apparently, it's going to bucket down with rain tomorrow. Plus there are a few areas that still need to cleaned up. It's cold and damp here at the moment, but it doesn't seem to be flash rusting like panels do in summer. Strange really, must have something to do with humidity.

 

[73fj]

You should just clear coat all that clean metal and put a top turret and some nose art on it, like a B-17.

 

[Pauciflora]

You should just clear coat all that clean metal and put a top turret and some nose art on it, like a B-17.

I have thought about clear coat. Perhaps on the next build.................What the hell am I talking about. There is never going to be a next build!

 

[Pauciflora]

Love your work mate, your attention to detail and patience is inspiring.

If I left metal like that for more than a day up here in summer I would have a ton of surface rust, it’s had me pondering how best to tackle the body of my 55.

G'day Serenity, Thanks for the complement my friend. 55's look to be much more challenging that old 40 series. I don't think I would be brave enough to tackle one. Cheers, Ben

 

[Pauciflora]

G'day All, Well I had the day off work and started to notice to a little bit of surface rust appearing on Mario. So, I decided today was day to spray some epoxy primer. I feel more relieved than anything else. The job is far from perfect and I got some ugly runs that will need to be sanded out. But in general terms pretty happy. I reckon it should come up okay.

 

[Pauciflora]

The good.

 

[Pauciflora]

The bad. Spraying the glove box and under the dash and behind the door pillars was bugger of a job. I kept banging the spray gun into things and the hose rubbed on bits I had already painted.

 

[Pauciflora]

Mario's guts

 

[Pauciflora]

It was a cold, windy day at the end of Autumn and looming over my shed is a 100 year old oak tree that is dropping leaves. All things considered............not too bloody bad.

 

[Pauciflora]

I risked life and limb to take this photo. Hanging by my teeth from a chandelier.

 

[Michael B]

That’s a good solid base coat Ben. It’s just a working coat so it doesn’t have to be pretty.

On a different note, never say never mate!