Engine out, Bonnet Off.. Blingmeister shall return!

[Kitchski]

There are plenty of brush-on paints that would do a job on a TVR chassis. The reason we don't offer them is twofold: Labour time, and finish. For the cost in labour to paint it by hand, even if you had it shot blasted before hand, you could just have it professionally powder coated or wet sprayed. The finish is much better, and though plenty of people say "I don't care what it looks like" other people do, and that affects future value, so it's not just as simple as 'what stops rust the best?' Personally, I went for shot blast, hot zinc spray (like galvanising), primer and a 2k polyurethane wet spray. Most of the chassis we do go the same route, though some still prefer powder coating.

If you're going brush on however, Rustbuster is a 2k epoxy mastic I'd recommend. The black finish always comes out better (though black masks rust too) and if you mix it right it goes off hard as nails.

[greyhulk]

thanks for the advice @Kitchski, appreciated.
Well the bodys off & heres a few snaps.. (glad ive gone through with it now)

Edited by greyhulk on Tuesday 12th July 12:20

[Kitchski]

You'll be lucky if you don't end up with a hole in at least one of those rear arm hangers after shot blasting. And you really do need to get that one shot blasted, you're cheating yourself if you don't. Don't be one of those people who thinks wire-brushing is as effective

It'll be good when done though

[greyhulk]

Kitchski said:

You'll be lucky if you don't end up with a hole in at least one of those rear arm hangers after shot blasting. And you really do need to get that one shot blasted, you're cheating yourself if you don't. Don't be one of those people who thinks wire-brushing is as effective

It'll be good when done though

yeah theres bound to be a swiss cheese effect somewhere, its being shotblasted tomorrow, as you said 'do it right, do it once'

[Kitchski]

[TVRees]

Kitchski said:

If you're going brush on however, Rustbuster is a 2k epoxy mastic I'd recommend. The black finish always comes out better (though black masks rust too) and if you mix it right it goes off hard as nails.

I used something similar when re-painting my chassis. A two component PU/epoxy based paint. As Kitchski says, it goes on well and really is very tough. I did mine by hand with a roller/brush (because I'm a mean ol' git !) and it took me 10 hours to completely cover the chassis with one coat of paint. Put on 3 coats in total.
Quite a relaxing job really, with Radio-6 on in the background.

[greyhulk]

TVRees said:

I used something similar when re-painting my chassis. A two component PU/epoxy based paint. As Kitchski says, it goes on well and really is very tough. I did mine by hand with a roller/brush (because I'm a mean ol' git !) and it took me 10 hours to completely cover the chassis with one coat of paint. Put on 3 coats in total.
Quite a relaxing job really, with Radio-6 on in the background.

or maybe some drum'n'bass on loud & go at it like an absolute madman for a few hours

[TVRees]

Go for it Goldie !

[greyhulk]

few snaps of the progress so far, lawrieS you was right about the outriggers!
Also the rear RH body mount is none existent

[v8250]

greyhulk said:

thanks, think i know what route to go now

in oppose to zinc primer & powdercoating to the chassis, has anyone tried 'U-POL Raptor' they use it on marine vehicles etc, looks to be really sturdy stuff, waterproof, rustproof, the full works

http://www.u-pol.co.uk/product-cat/83/raptor%E2%84...

greyhulk, I've used tintable Raptor on the complete underside of my MGB. It's a superb finish, super tough and is very easy to spray [though be very careful, it's 2k with isocyanates!] Interestingly, the B is now sporting a 4.0 V8 Griffith engine with R380 'box

Edited by v8250 on Friday 15th July 09:10

[greyhulk]

Hi v8250, nice to hear someone has used the raptor, never seen it on a classic car until now & wow the finish is better than i initially thought, looks awesome! 4litre v8 griff in there . I dont suppose it was you parked next to me at the classic car meet up at the 'Black Boy' in Knowle last month?

Ive got the starter kit in black & going to use it on the complete chassis & few parts like battery tray, fuel tank etc

[v8250]

greyhulk said:

Hi v8250, nice to hear someone has used the raptor, never seen it on a classic car until now & wow the finish is better than i initially thought, looks awesome! 4litre v8 griff in there . I dont suppose it was you parked next to me at the classic car meet up at the 'Black Boy' in Knowle last month?

Ive got the starter kit in black & going to use it on the complete chassis & few parts like battery tray, fuel tank etc

The word's getting out at just how good this product is, the Yanks swear by it for lining their truck beds and some WRC teams use it on the underside of their rally cars; it's super tough. I liked it so much I even resprayed the interior of the B! Though, a word of warning, do cover up and use proper 2k breathing mask, goggles and coveralls. 2k isocyante is a serious carcinogenic. I used the Gerson 2k mask, it's a must when spraying 2k http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_tr...

PS wasn't me in Knowle
PS2 if you haven't a spray gun set up, I bought one of these...they're superb and give an excellent schutz finish from the standard nozzle http://www.sprayguns.co.uk/Apollo_Spraymaster_1200...

[greyhulk]

Thank you for the advice, appreciated. Yeah i had a look at some of its application uses, looks the dogs bks! Will upload some pics of mine when its done.

Ah no problem, a green v8 mgb was parked next to me that's all

[Kitchski]

greyhulk said:

few snaps of the progress so far, lawrieS you was right about the outriggers!
Also the rear RH body mount is none existent

Told you shotblasting it was a no brainer. There are others who would have just patched those outriggers up, lathered it in Hammerite and Waxoyl and then decreed that their chassis was sound. They're not, they very rarely are! Best original S chassis I've ever seen was Paul's V8S, and that just needed corners at the front and a couple of tiny bits at the back.

The worst? Michael?? You there??

(still doing his S2 now, poor sod!)

[greyhulk]

yep the thought did cross my mind to be honest due to the cost but i just went for the full body off resto & glad i did. Michael was telling me on the facebook group about his 'S' but forgot to mention it was one of the worst rusted ones around..

[Kitchski]

His is coming on well, it'll be fine when it's done. It's the first car we're changing the entire rear beam on though!