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« Reply #9525 on: May 27, 2017, 10:28:13 PM » |
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On/off/reserve -& I've now got 3 of them & a 4th in the Post. Don't ask. Well, O.K -I bought a pair from America, via Ebay. Misunderstood the advert, wrong thread size. Swore a bit, put 'em in my spares box & ordered another pair, but had to buy from 2 different sellers cos they each only had one in stock. First one's arrived & it's the same bloomin' thing. So I'm guessing the other one will be too.
Bugger.
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« Reply #9526 on: May 27, 2017, 10:43:25 PM » |
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It's been ridiculously hot here for the last couple of days. Shouldn't complain, but -it's TOO BLOOMIN' HOT!! I'm not built for high temperatures, so have really been struggling, marching 10 miles a day around the streets, delivering the Mail. So I've been getting home by mid afternoon & taking a siesta, staying indoors in the shade & not venturing out till early evening, like a Badger forraging for food.
So not much achieved in the garage lately. I checked on my chassis paint this evening. Worryingly, it still feels slightly soft & rubbery. If it doesn't dry it'll be a major job to scrub off again. Managed to flat most of it back with 400 grit wet n dry though with no problem. Won't be at the garage tomorrow, so hopefully, with the top glaze taken off, it'll harden up by Monday & I can put on a second coat, then start rebuilding the rear suspension.
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« Reply #9527 on: May 27, 2017, 10:44:30 PM » |
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Why do every five minute job take all day, and
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« Reply #9528 on: May 28, 2017, 09:55:48 PM » |
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« Reply #9529 on: May 29, 2017, 08:47:54 AM » |
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« Reply #9530 on: May 29, 2017, 03:52:48 PM » |
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God, I'm p*ssed off with this thing.
Yet another day off spent in the garage, endlessly rubbing down the chassis & axle. The Hammerite paint which is supposed to dry "overnight" is still tacky a week later. Flatting it back in the hope I can put a coat of something else over the top. I've got a tin of brush-on cellulose. I know it'll probably react, but I might try a small test patch, just to see.
So fed up with working on this & getting absolutely nowhere. I can see it stretching off into the distance for years to come, which is a truly depressing thought. I don't want to just throw it together & drive it cos that's just not me. It'll never be perfect, but I want it to a decent standard.
A lot of what I'm doing is remedial work, trying to sort out the damage caused by being outside for 3 years in bare metal, (just ordered new slave cylinders & shoes for the rear brakes cos they're knackered). Pouring money & time into this I'd rather be spending on other stuff & getting no enjoyment out of it at all.
Never, ever again.
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« Reply #9531 on: May 29, 2017, 04:27:45 PM » |
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just realised hammerite isn,t a paint,,, its a cold cure resin,, and never really sets hard like paint it slowly ,cures, thats why its trouble to put more than one coat on or overpaint it ,,
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« Reply #9532 on: May 29, 2017, 05:10:22 PM » |
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Andy, cellulose will react. you can use cellulose thinners to clean brushes used in hammerite.
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« Reply #9533 on: May 29, 2017, 05:14:50 PM » |
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Plus Hammerite don't like smooth surfaces it dries better and quicker on rusty suraces  It took over two week on my trike and still wasn't fully dry in places |
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« Reply #9534 on: May 29, 2017, 05:48:15 PM » |
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Yeah, maybe I'll just rub it back & try another coat. What could possibly go wrong?! And the diff casing's leaking now.
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« Reply #9535 on: May 29, 2017, 06:19:46 PM » |
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Andy, of all the types of "Brush-on" products that you are using, the best, and cheapest, that I have found, is Aldi's own Metal Paint! its excellent, only Aldi being Aldi they haven't always got it in stock, which is why I buy it when they have, even if I have no use for it at that time, so worth bearing in mind, general colours seem to be green: black: white:....and something else  can't remember what. No probs drying, nice and shiny, and ideal for what you are currently doing.Morrag |
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« Reply #9536 on: May 29, 2017, 06:21:59 PM » |
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« Reply #9537 on: May 29, 2017, 07:00:42 PM » |
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Sorry to hear of your troubles with your painting problems, from my experience with hammerite paint it used to react if you put another coat on before six weeks, it used to tell you this on the tin, they may of changed the product from doing this
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« Reply #9538 on: May 29, 2017, 09:03:02 PM » |
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I used it on my Superdream frame - I seem to remember it said you had to do the next coat within x hours or wait 6 weeks.
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« Reply #9539 on: May 29, 2017, 10:02:03 PM » |
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Yeah, but as I keep saying, this is Hammerite garage door paint, which is a completely different product. Not oily & stringy & gloopy like normal Hammerite. Brushes on like any other gloss metal paint -but seems to take forever to dry.
I needed to sand out the runs before the 2nd coat anyway, but it's still tacky after a week of hot & humid drying weather.
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