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One tip with the paint stripper, lay it down on the paint, then cover it with glad wrap. This keeps the stripper gooeyer for much longer and enables it to eat a lot more paint before it goes hard and you need a jack-hammer to remove it (a bigger problem at this time of year). I did the whole body of my FB like this, including the firewall and sub-frame. Worked a treat.

Thanks guys, she's not to bad for rust, few spots here and there that I've found so far but nothing that isn't uncommon yet.

Thanks bluehaze, I used the glad wrap method on the roof. I also found keying the paint with a flat blade screw driver before hand helps the stripper bite into it abit more!

forgive my ignorance but with the rust you found on the roof did you prime over it to repair later or did you leave it bare in that area ?

With the primer you used does it have a maximum time before the top coat is applied ?

Hey mate,

The rust I found in the roof just received a real good wire wheeling, and then I primed over the top.
I plan to come back to that area at a later date, strip back enough to do the repair, then prime over the welded in section.

I think I read that the 2pak epoxy primer has some sort of rust inhibitors in it, so I figure it should be right to stay like that for a few months, (I think some guys have had it in epoxy for a year or two) but I'm sure it would depend on storage conditions, until the whole car is ready to be painted in highfill primer.

The epoxy comes in about 5 colours, my theory for the black epoxy is that when it's in highfill and I'm rubbing it back, I should easily be able to spot the bits where it's getting thin, so I don't expose any bare metal again.

Basically I'm doing it like this:

1) Bare metal (KBS paint stripper, strip it discs, various wire wheels)
2) 2pak epoxy
3) grind back, weld in repairs, re epoxy those areas (can also apply bog straight over the epoxy if needed)
4) 2 pak highfill primer
5) rub back
6) 2pak colour

Hope that answers your questions, if you want more info the PROTEC website will have information sheets on the primers/paints regarding prep methods, spraying etc etc

No worries mate. Thanks for that.

nice wagon ,will give the glad wrap on top of stripper a go tomorrow thanks for the heads up,if it works

Strippers and gladwrap.....cool.

Anyone know what this bracket is off under my dash?

The bracket is for a parcel shelf.

Stewart

That was my guess, but thought I'd check, thanks mate.

Now I'll keep an eye out for one

I can make ya one if ya want Wooddy

Come see me when ya get home

Cheers

Gazza

Will do gaz

Put a solid day into the wagon...for both rear quaters, rear door rubber channels, b pillar, and around the tailgate area paint stripped and wire wheeled.
happy with the lower rears, only a couple of little holes, around the windows is solid, and the doglegs are clean, although one looks like it will need some attention to get the correct position.
Layed down some more epoxy, this time it came out dry, my gun was playing up abit, but I think it's mainly from the heat we have had. I don't think it should matter to much as it will have highfill over the top.

man would have felt like a decent days work in the shed today mate... nice work

sticking with the grey that you are hotting up?

cheers
Nathan

Thanks mate,

Will be sticking with the grey motor, the hot grey has been sidelined because I got the wagon.

But will chuck a trimatic behind this one to make it into a nice summer cruiser.