NineMeister

Stage one of the floorpan preparation is to skuff the E-Coat on the floorpan with scotchbrite to give the etch primer a better key. It's ready for the etch primer now, but because the GT3 repair is taking paint priority it will not be until late today that we can get the shell back in the booth, mask off the upper body and shoot the etch.

alpinadvl

wow.

NineMeister

Out on business all day yesterday so here's today's update with two stages in one.

Marc had the shell in the booth, masked off the upper body and sprayed the entire floor area with grey etch primer, finished baking the etch last night and it hardened off overnight ready for stage 3....

... which had Lee "the finger" applying a thin bead of sealant to all the seams and cleaning the excess off with panel wipe.


(Few comments coming back, so you will all please let me know if I am boring you with all this detail, won't you???)

JPS

Boring? This is the coolest thread on RL right now. Keep 'em coming.

H.H.Chinn

The advantages of having everything on the rotisserie! Roll it around, rotate to the area needing attention.

Nollie

+993 I keep checking through out the day to see if there are updates I don't have much to say, but the whole process has been amazingly detailed. Kudos to everyone at your shop.

Cactus

Between this and the motor thread....I don't know how much more my heart can take. Do you guys want to open up a shop in Mountville, PA?

JPP

Looks like a color difference in the sealant from the black used in the upper body interior and bulkheads and the white being used here on the belly pan. Is there a chemical difference between the two types?


We're all here, just speechless ....

Mike J

Colin,

Level of pictures/discussion is great! Keep it coming for sure...its really interesting to see all the internals of the body, and your team is doing great work...fantastic attention to detail!

Cheers,

Mike

CalvinC4S

"Few comments coming back, so you will all please let me know if I am boring you with all this detail, won't you???"

Don't stop with updates, photo's and details; unless your busy packing 9M to move to the states.

NineMeister

No, it's exactly the same stuff, just a different colour. I don't think there is a reason why Marc has decided to use white underneath, but I'll ask now that you mention it.


Thanks for the reassurance, I was beginning to feel like "Billy No Mates".

Steve 96C4S

This thread is HOT! Looking good...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG0Ysv4liJ0

grahampeterm

What Colin didn't see yesterday - 'cos he was out, I was at 9M, was all the sill sections and box sections being pumped with primer using a fan'ed spray nozzle, and being able to turn the shell means everything is liberally coated over the e-coating.
I really don't think I'll see any corrosion in this shell for an awful long time (if ever)!
Just realised - it's it birthday this week! Now a teenager!
Graham

Wilder

Big +1

NineMeister

In response to the colour of the sealant, both the same stuff but using light grey on the floorpan because:
a) it is a smoother mix & hence flows slightly easier into the joints than the black
b) ran out of black and had it in stock

Got the message thanks, so I'll keep posting the detail preparation updates as and when I can.