Sifly

Maybe 9m should just set up some web cam cameras around the place??

9m TV

NineMeister

Yeah, right, it has been suggested before! Unfortunately it is just not possible to work at this speed for 52 weeks of the year, so I'm sure our viewing figures would suffer during those quiet periods before the storm.

Let's just stick with blogging on Rennlist for now, OK?

CalvinC4S

Looks great!

NineMeister

Since there will be no updates next week unless Graham calls in, I thought I best give you a bumper edition today.

In the booth, a fillet of sealer has been applied to the wing (sorry, fender) in the corner to the inner wing and also in the gaps between the rear quarter panels and rear deck.

trophy

Getting close now.......

JPP

G'day sir. Just a couple of questions for the terminally curious.

Where you've applied the sealer and run the weatherstrip down the wing, do those surfaces ever get painted or do they remain in primer, and why?

Do you ever sleep?

Can I have those 'junker' wheels scattered around the paint booth??

H.H.Chinn

Excellent job of masking!! Good paintwork requires a whole lot of preparation.

NineMeister

The sealer gets fully painted over once it has cured.

I have been known to occasionally, but what with the Winter Olympics, a week off next week and a shop full of projects it does seem like it's been a while since I slept a full 8 hours.

No.

NineMeister

Phil shooting the 2nd coat of colour basecoat....

JPP

Damn, harsh. O.k., but what about the strip down the edge on the wing where the bonnet seal (I'm practically bi-lingual) will go, do you pull those before paint?

NineMeister

The black line there is pu adhesive sealant, as with the rear it gets fully painted over the top with base & laquer, same as the factory do.

JPP

Because it's a seam. Right, got it. I'm being a little daft this morning ...

dunavantent

I usually paint the doors with the body so the metalic flake matches identical to the fender and quarter. Some of those metalics, course med. or heavy can lay differently. Then when the sun hits the car at an angle you don't see the metalic flopping differently. But all paint is different

NineMeister

We used to do the same, but when we switched to the water base coats we found that they were more forgiving provided you applied them with the same gun settings, which is why Phil has painted the doors and the car. The problem with painting a 911 with the doors on is that you have to pre-paint & mask off the apertures which always leaves paint edges, even with soft-edge masking.

grahampeterm

Fantastic - luvin' it!
Graham