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Well after taking it fairly easy due to my back, I had a crack at glossing the front room door and skirting to get me in the mood ! I then got myself into the garage and started polishing up a few more panels, I made a mess of the running board paint, I fitted the "paint cutting" attachment to my standard 3000 rpm grinder ( I was led to believe this would be ok ) and even with plenty of cutting compound on the sponge, it burnt an inch square area down to the primer almost as soon as I touched the paint, I also cut the paint back too much and could then see through it, not good, but good practice. I put this lot to one side and decided to wait till my new 6 speed grinder / polisher arrives. I did another panel by hand with quite good results.
Later in the day my new grinder arrived and I opened the box like a big kid, mind you, I've always liked tools and machinery, so off I went on the door panels this time with far better results, however this really is a learning process and I was becoming increasingly frustrated by "micro scratches" no matter what I tried I could not get rid of them, then some hours later I remembered about being told to be really heavy with the cutting liquid, so I piled it onto the panel ( quite messy ) and tried again, the result was far better, it seems I was being far too frugal. It wasn't long before I was once again brought back down to earth, I decided to rub down the earlier running board and respray it, which I duly did, but I made a proper school boy error, in my haste I never emptied my compressor of air, and so, ended up spraying the running board with a mixture of cellulose and water, not good at all, in fact I'll have to rub down the entire board ( No water trap fitted as you may have guessed) I never gave up though, I went to Ellesmere Port Boat Museum for a few hours ( Very interesting place ) then once back home polished up the "Nose molding" fitted it with a new mesh grill, polished up the Marlin badge then fitted it to the car. I left the garage happier and wiser !
Later in the day my new grinder arrived and I opened the box like a big kid, mind you, I've always liked tools and machinery, so off I went on the door panels this time with far better results, however this really is a learning process and I was becoming increasingly frustrated by "micro scratches" no matter what I tried I could not get rid of them, then some hours later I remembered about being told to be really heavy with the cutting liquid, so I piled it onto the panel ( quite messy ) and tried again, the result was far better, it seems I was being far too frugal. It wasn't long before I was once again brought back down to earth, I decided to rub down the earlier running board and respray it, which I duly did, but I made a proper school boy error, in my haste I never emptied my compressor of air, and so, ended up spraying the running board with a mixture of cellulose and water, not good at all, in fact I'll have to rub down the entire board ( No water trap fitted as you may have guessed) I never gave up though, I went to Ellesmere Port Boat Museum for a few hours ( Very interesting place ) then once back home polished up the "Nose molding" fitted it with a new mesh grill, polished up the Marlin badge then fitted it to the car. I left the garage happier and wiser !
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