Mk1 16v Project

[Preen59]

Big day. Got a fair bit done. I was hoping for more.. But who doesn't?

The easiest way to remove the black acrylic paint turned out to be with thinners and a rag (oh yeah.. That's how **** it is). That original seam sealer is tough as nails.. Unbelievable. I ended up using the air grinder with a scotch brite type disc to get it off.. Which worked really well.

Onto some pics..

First up was the seam sealer, but I haven't got any specific pics of that..

Getting into some surface rust that was under the paint with some rust converter/sealer/primer.. It's pretty much the same as POR15, but a lot cheaper.





A skim of bog here and there..




This shows some fresh sealer..




And finally, while I was going I blasted my new gearbox mount and primed/painted it..




I'm wrecked.

[schoona]

Picked a good day for that sort of work Preen! Love the perserverance on the "****" jobs, not long till oyu are on the good ones

[Preen59]

Picked a good day for that sort of work Preen! Love the perserverance on the "****" jobs, not long till oyu are on the good ones

Heat doesn't worry me too much. I mean, i went through 2 litres of water.. But it's ok. Better than working in the freeeeeeezing cold. I'll be glad when it's back to the mechanical stuff, though..

[Jarred]

how did the masking tape hold up to the blasting?

[Preen59]

how did the masking tape hold up to the blasting?

Really good, dude.. It didn't seem to worry it at all, really.

[Jace]

Awesome progress dude.

[Preen59]

Awesome progress dude.

Thanks, man.

I did some more sanding today and a bit of priming.. Just to get a surface coat on the bare metal where I wasn't working.. Don't want it rusting..


I hate bodywork.. I don't have any tooling for it so i'm blocking it all by hand and it's hard work in this heat! hahaha.

[Spyda]

Lookin good man.

All the sanding will pay off in the end.

[Preen59]

I hope so!!