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« Reply #10995 on: April 28, 2019, 07:48:58 PM »

Flatting back black normally does that Andy. Give it a wipe with some panel wipe etc and you’ll see what it would look like with lacquer on.
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« Reply #10996 on: April 28, 2019, 09:15:01 PM »

Hiya -have you moved house -& country yet?
Ahh, O.K -I  wasn't sure & thought I might have to spray the whole damn lot again!
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« Reply #10997 on: April 29, 2019, 08:01:25 AM »

Nice looking tank. Seems a shame to cover it.
You could have hours of fun with the solvo autosol. Cheesy
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« Reply #10998 on: April 29, 2019, 08:35:16 AM »

Smiley Too racey looking for a vintage commercial, but he's done a nice job.
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« Reply #10999 on: April 29, 2019, 09:46:50 AM »

Smiley Too racey looking for a vintage commercial, but he's done a nice job.

Maybe a set of commercial vehicle tax disc holders?
This set is currently on for £12 incl delivery

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TAX-DISC-HOLDER-VINTAGE-CLASSIC-COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE/382915018137?hash=item5927837d99:g:pm8AAOSwg~9cfByR


And to compliment it, this Guy does a brilliant service on supplying replica tax discs
http://www.poplargreg.com/taxdiscs/taxdiscs2/indexdiscs.htm
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« Reply #11000 on: April 29, 2019, 10:17:32 AM »

Smiley Too racey looking for a vintage commercial, but he's done a nice job.

Maybe a set of commercial vehicle tax disc holders?
This set is currently on for £12 incl delivery

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TAX-DISC-HOLDER-VINTAGE-CLASSIC-COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE/382915018137?hash=item5927837d99:g:pm8AAOSwg~9cfByR


And to compliment it, this Guy does a brilliant service on supplying replica tax discs
http://www.poplargreg.com/taxdiscs/taxdiscs2/indexdiscs.htm


lol would fill whole screen!!!
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« Reply #11001 on: April 29, 2019, 08:42:57 PM »

Exactly what I was going to say Smiley
I'm glad they did away with tax discs as it saves me 4" of viewing space now.
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« Reply #11002 on: April 30, 2019, 08:21:22 AM »

Obsessive?
-possibly Smiley
No way 🤣
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« Reply #11003 on: April 30, 2019, 04:41:31 PM »

Hiya -have you moved house -& country yet?

Nope, not yet. Still house hunting
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« Reply #11004 on: May 04, 2019, 02:22:18 PM »

Smiley
Retaining chain for the filler cap on the new fuel tank.
I bought a new Royal Enfield cap for 10 quid on eBay, just for the chain & sprung hooky thingy.
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« Reply #11005 on: May 05, 2019, 07:25:57 PM »

Really struggling with enthusiasm for the Pop at the moment. I've had quite a long break from it, waiting for warmer weather so I can finish painting the chassis, & now I'm finding it hard to get back into it.
Blew another quick coat of black on it today & it instantly ran again. There are areas where I can only spray from a couple of inches away with very little control of the can & it's almost impossible to get a regular even coat.
I'll flat it back & might get away with it now with a few costs of lacquer over it, but boy will I be glad when this thing's done.
Yes, if it were stripped down to the bare chassis & transported to a proper spray booth, it could be fixed in an afternoon, but I don't have those facilities, money or inclination. I won't give up, but can see it dragging on forever.
Drilled the mounting holes for the new fuel tank & sanded a couple of weld spatters off, so at least that can go to the powder coaters next week.
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« Reply #11006 on: May 05, 2019, 07:56:40 PM »

Just brush paint the chassis with black chassis paint, painting it with an aerosol in less that perfect conditions is never going to give the result your looking for. It's underneath and except for the mot man no one's going to see that much of it. sorry if this is not what you want to hear.
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« Reply #11007 on: May 05, 2019, 09:08:47 PM »

It's actually the MOT guy I'm doing it for Smiley
I just want it to look tidy & properly built underneath when he puts it on the ramp. A lot of the back end will be on show as I plan to run the pick-up bed without the floor to show off the back axle & triangulated 4 bar set-up.
It'll get there eventually, but I'm really not enjoying it at the moment.
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« Reply #11008 on: May 06, 2019, 08:22:14 AM »

Hi Andy,
I don't usually interfere with other peoples builds but I think that if spraying is ineffective because you cant get the can far enough away, I had the same issues when I rebuilt a Crayford MK3 Cortina many years ago, I thought there has to be a better/different way. I ended up using brushing enamel and a quality Harris brush. 3 thin coats. The brush marks flow out and the finish was like glass. No lacquer required and passed the 12 inch ruler test. Full underside done in a couple of days in garage like yours which was forever in the shade and cold. No overspray and, if done carefully, no runs and the finish is tough. Before I found powder coat I did a frame in Dulux exterior gloss. Still on the bike 30 years later and looking good too.
Probably a bit late but assuming it doesn't react with the stuff you have already got on may get you out of a hole and should be doable for under 80 quid including brushes, cleaner and paint.
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« Reply #11009 on: May 06, 2019, 06:20:44 PM »

I'm always using household gloss on my frames..Taylor did his bike frame and wheels/engine over 2 days using rattle cans this week Wink
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