F**$$&!#@@ Paint

painted some topcoat on half the roof yesterday before it looked like it was
going to rain again. Last night it tipped down, and the unpainted half of
the roof got buggered (water based primer, remember?) by the wet, despite
being dry by the time it was rained on.

so, in a fit of temper I got the pressure washer out and blasted ALL the new
paint off again, thereby demonstrating how well it hadn't stuck. Black
machinery enamel on the bumper and the crossmember stood up nicely to the
efforts of the pressure washer, despite the fact that it, too, was put on
with my usual assiduous lack of preparation.

I've now bought red and blue machinery enamel, and will mix the 2 together
and paint it with that.

I've also parked it in next-door's barn for the purpose, although naturally
it ****ed down on it beforehand, so I won't be painting it 'til tomorrow
morning.


sodding Leyland paint. must have taken it's design criteria from the car
company of the same name, sometime around 1976.
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"Chuck didn't reply, so George swung round in his saddle. He could just
see Chuck's face, a white oval turned toward the sky.
'Look,' whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven.
(There is always a last time for everything.)
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out"
Arthur C. Clarke, "The 9 billion names of God"

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:16:43 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>painted some topcoat on half the roof yesterday before it looked like it was
>going to rain again. Last night it tipped down, and the unpainted half of
>the roof got buggered (water based primer, remember?) by the wet, despite
>being dry by the time it was rained on.
>
>so, in a fit of temper I got the pressure washer out and blasted ALL the new
>paint off again, thereby demonstrating how well it hadn't stuck. Black
>machinery enamel on the bumper and the crossmember stood up nicely to the
>efforts of the pressure washer, despite the fact that it, too, was put on
>with my usual assiduous lack of preparation.
>
>I've now bought red and blue machinery enamel, and will mix the 2 together
>and paint it with that.
>
>I've also parked it in next-door's barn for the purpose, although naturally
>it ****ed down on it beforehand, so I won't be painting it 'til tomorrow
>morning.
>
>
>sodding Leyland paint. must have taken it's design criteria from the car
>company of the same name, sometime around 1976.

Have you thought about ditching the paint and having bare brushed
steel or aluminum - like the DeLorean.

Alex

On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:57:45 +0100, Alex
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Have you thought about ditching the paint and having bare brushed
>steel or aluminum - like the DeLorean.
>
tempting. 's a lot of work polishing it though. LR had a display model
done in polished alloy, at one time.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Chuck didn't reply, so George swung round in his saddle. He could just
see Chuck's face, a white oval turned toward the sky.
'Look,' whispered Chuck, and George lifted his eyes to heaven.
(There is always a last time for everything.)
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out"
Arthur C. Clarke, "The 9 billion names of God"

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:57:45 +0100, Alex
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>>Have you thought about ditching the paint and having bare brushed
>>steel or aluminum - like the DeLorean.
>>
> tempting. 's a lot of work polishing it though. LR had a display model
> done in polished alloy, at one time.

Looking at the forcast forget it until after Malvern. These things are best
not rushed. That way you can pick your weekend once it's ready to do. Either
that or beg/borrow a barn in which to do it.

Lee D

On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:23:35 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:57:45 +0100, Alex
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>>
>>>Have you thought about ditching the paint and having bare brushed
>>>steel or aluminum - like the DeLorean.
>>>
>> tempting. 's a lot of work polishing it though. LR had a display model
>> done in polished alloy, at one time.
>
>Looking at the forcast forget it until after Malvern. These things are best
>not rushed. That way you can pick your weekend once it's ready to do. Either
>that or beg/borrow a barn in which to do it.

ah, well, it so happens that the bloke across the road has spare space in
his barn... hopefully, I'll get a coat of mixed red-and-blue tractor enamel
on it tomorrow morning, then I can take it from there.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!"
Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xxiii.

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> ah, well, it so happens that the bloke across the road has spare space in
> his barn... hopefully, I'll get a coat of mixed red-and-blue tractor
> enamel
> on it tomorrow morning, then I can take it from there.


Almost a shame it's not an unofficial we are off to... we could bung it in
my double pavillion tent and have it done in no time as a group effort.

Lee D

"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:57:45 +0100, Alex
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >
> >Have you thought about ditching the paint and having bare brushed
> >steel or aluminum - like the DeLorean.
> >
> tempting. 's a lot of work polishing it though. LR had a display model
> done in polished alloy, at one time.

Maintaining the finish on the brushed steel might be a bit of a nuisance-
unless you like that orange matt look...


--
"I won't go into binary counting here. For further information you can
search the Internet, or cut off all but one of your fingers."
-Roger Nichols

On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:58:22 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> ah, well, it so happens that the bloke across the road has spare space in
>> his barn... hopefully, I'll get a coat of mixed red-and-blue tractor
>> enamel
>> on it tomorrow morning, then I can take it from there.
>
>
>Almost a shame it's not an unofficial we are off to... we could bung it in
>my double pavillion tent and have it done in no time as a group effort.

well, I did contemplate bringing the stepladder, paint and brushes to the
show, but I daresay someone would complain.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to
a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10

On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:40:54 +1000, "Natalie Drest"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:57:45 +0100, Alex
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>> >
>> >Have you thought about ditching the paint and having bare brushed
>> >steel or aluminum - like the DeLorean.
>> >
>> tempting. 's a lot of work polishing it though. LR had a display model
>> done in polished alloy, at one time.
>
>Maintaining the finish on the brushed steel might be a bit of a nuisance-
>unless you like that orange matt look...

I think they had all the galv bits chromed. looked dead nice.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to
a great lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
from Mein Kampf, Ch 10

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:40:54 +1000, "Natalie Drest"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> "Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:57:45 +0100, Alex
>>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>>
>>>> Have you thought about ditching the paint and having bare brushed
>>>> steel or aluminum - like the DeLorean.
>>>>
>>> tempting. 's a lot of work polishing it though. LR had a display model
>>> done in polished alloy, at one time.
>> Maintaining the finish on the brushed steel might be a bit of a nuisance-
>> unless you like that orange matt look...
>
> I think they had all the galv bits chromed. looked dead nice.

Saw it at one of the Stoneleigh shows in the 70's - used to live just down the
road from Stoneleigh till 1970. It looked awesome. They had the Rover BRM
turbine next to it, as I recall.


--
Karen

"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit just
behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" - Jake Stonebender

On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:50:50 +1000, Duracell Bunny
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>> On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:40:54 +1000, "Natalie Drest"
>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>> "Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> On or around Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:57:45 +0100, Alex
>>>> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>>>>
>>>>> Have you thought about ditching the paint and having bare brushed
>>>>> steel or aluminum - like the DeLorean.
>>>>>
>>>> tempting. 's a lot of work polishing it though. LR had a display model
>>>> done in polished alloy, at one time.
>>> Maintaining the finish on the brushed steel might be a bit of a nuisance-
>>> unless you like that orange matt look...
>>
>> I think they had all the galv bits chromed. looked dead nice.
>
>Saw it at one of the Stoneleigh shows in the 70's - used to live just down the
>road from Stoneleigh till 1970. It looked awesome. They had the Rover BRM
>turbine next to it, as I recall.

yeah. it was a show special series III. I think I too may have seen it in
about 77 or 78 at a show.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine... War is hell"
Gen. Sherman (1820-1891) Attr. words in Address at Michigan Military
Academy, 19 June 1879.

Funny thing is that until I slapped the paint on willy nilly there were some
parts where the paint had flaked off totally and it was quite shiny
underneath without any need to polish. The only places where the Alloy goes
nasty is where it meets steel, turns to a nasty powder, thank goodness for
duct tape


--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes



"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:50:50 +1000, Duracell Bunny
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>
> yeah. it was a show special series III. I think I too may have seen it
in
> about 77 or 78 at a show.
>
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
> "I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine... War is hell"
> Gen. Sherman (1820-1891) Attr. words in Address at Michigan Military
> Academy, 19 June 1879.