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Lo chaps,
Anyone doing anything tonight in devon/cornwall?
Matthew
i am working till 9pm....
lol d'oh! :(
Bored... but tired... so not that much of a prob.. just play some games after i talk to melissa :)
Matthew
has mel gone back again Matt??
lol... you know me so well. I had a week and a half of puppy love, and now she's moved to Gunnislake until May. She works in tavistock and won't have to pay food or even rent so it's perfect for her :) Just it means i will only be able to see her really 2 times during each week most likely. Means i have much more free time. I now have to decide how to use it lol.
When we start renting.. defo gonna try and get a house with a :ghey: rage . Can do all the bodging in safety and comfort that way :D
Matthew
just fitted a new rod end and taken it for a test run.
all good :)
good luck trying to get a house with a garage mate
just fitted a new rod end and taken it for a test run.
all good :)
To which car? and why did it need a new rod end?
Gary>> I mean to rent gary, not to buy hehe. (or at least with it's own reasonably sized drive). I had enough of fixing cars on the road many years ago. To dangerous and a pain in the butt.
Matthew
So to preempt tonight (thursday)... what's everyone doing then? :wack:
Matthew
Not a lot. Home from work at 6.30, dinner, possibly film and a walk down to the beach then bed. What a boring evening. Oh well, thats life!
Laying under my car without a jack looking at a part of my gearbox i cant fix at the mo... then sulk for a little while... possibly cry... then sleep... havnt slept propperly for a few weeks... its really started to take its toll! :cry:
working till 9pm....
Where do you work??
Where do you work??
Royal Mail...and no, not the MDEC! LOL!
Plymstock customer dis-service I assume? :)
Laying under my car without a jack looking at a part of my gearbox i cant fix at the mo... then sulk for a little while... possibly cry... then sleep... havnt slept propperly for a few weeks... its really started to take its toll! :cry:
Tried calling you. Just finishing work.. gimme a call dude.
Matthew
im going to have some tea or (dinner) mr chan. then chill out. Been doing alot of filler work today:mad: it shags you out.
Plymstock customer dis-service I assume? :)
yes, i do anything in my power not to compensate people :D
Carland its all about £500 insured standard parcel sent to friends in another part of the country and it miraculously never making it. Making sure the £500 parcel is small enough to fit in a letterbox and you have a receipt for an item that size and that valuable ;)
Not something i've personally done, but know a few chaps to have pulled this scam.
Scott - what did you to do your bonnet man! :(
Chaved it up my friend. Was getting bored how my car looked so sprayed it black when i got bored on one of my days off.
It looked great lacquered and re-fitted. But then i flatted it back using 1200 to get a smooth finish and then applied rubbing compound to get rid of the scratches and shine it up. Unfortunately for whatver reason this hasnt happened. So now i either need to get it machine polished or re-lacquer it. Bodywork is far from my forte. But my car isnt meant to be showroom so i'm not all that fussed TBH.
Carland its all about £500 insured standard parcel sent to friends in another part of the country and it miraculously never making it. Making sure the £500 parcel is small enough to fit in a letterbox and you have a receipt for an item that size and that valuable ;)
Not something i've personally done, but know a few chaps to have pulled this scam.
LOL!....i'm working till 9pm tonight....
Chaved it up my friend. Was getting bored how my car looked so sprayed it black when i got bored on one of my days off.
It looked great lacquered and re-fitted. But then i flatted it back using 1200 to get a smooth finish and then applied rubbing compound to get rid of the scratches and shine it up. Unfortunately for whatver reason this hasnt happened. So now i either need to get it machine polished or re-lacquer it. Bodywork is far from my forte. But my car isnt meant to be showroom so i'm not all that fussed TBH.
you probably rubbed it down too much and too it back to the paint! you fool! lol
ferretca18
15-09-2006, 14:40
get some t-cut on it scott, i bodged my boot with it and the stuff i flatted back came up ok (just dont use too much or youll get to the metal lol):thumbs:
Cheers for the advice Ferret.
Will have another bash at it today. As it stands its dull, and a lot of safe cut and rubbing compound powder still remains in the finish. I only gave it a very quick once over with the 1200 and made sure it was very wet so cant imagine i got back to the paint. For whatever reason the rubbing compound and safe cut hasnt shined it back up. Worse comes to worse i'll get all the polish off and re-lacquer.
Either way if i dont make much headway with it, you can all laugh at it at the plymouth meet!
Aye... clay bar, then T-Cut (gently), then run through a 3 stage meguirs and see how it turns out.
Chaved it up my friend. Was getting bored how my car looked so sprayed it black when i got bored on one of my days off.
It looked great lacquered and re-fitted. But then i flatted it back using 1200 to get a smooth finish and then applied rubbing compound to get rid of the scratches and shine it up. Unfortunately for whatver reason this hasnt happened. So now i either need to get it machine polished or re-lacquer it. Bodywork is far from my forte. But my car isnt meant to be showroom so i'm not all that fussed TBH.
you need to use 2000 when flatting back paint.
get some g3/6 on it with the machine pilisher, plenty of water then it'll come up great
*edit* or just hit it again with matt black :thumbs:
haha at hitting it again. Just my attitude. :thumbs:. Thought 1200 was fine enough for flatting - my mistake.
Anyone local got a machine polisher and G3/6 for that matter?!:D
Give me about 3 months and I will ;D
haha at hitting it again. Just my attitude. :thumbs:. Thought 1200 was fine enough for flatting - my mistake.
i think 1200 is fine too....
when you was flatting back, what colour was the residue coming off?....clear or red?
that just the laquar mate:thumbs: . when it turns black you gone through:cry:. 1200 is a bit course try a finer grade or get a bodyshop to paint it up they can use a matt or satin laquar to get a good finish.
1200 is a bit course try a finer grade
like 2000 :wack: the water should turn milky when flatting back.
ive got some g3 or some g6 (cant remember which) in the garage if you want it scott. i can bring it on thursday :)
I'll bring the water and wax... let's do the whole car in the car park :D
Matthew
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