I've just obtained a litre of Henley Blue cellulose from our local paintshop. My Viva's paintwork is about 70% original though obviously showing a fair bit of 'patina'. Rather than send it to a bodyshop for a full respray I want to try to do running repairs to the bits that need it most.
Most of the exterior isn't too bad. A good polish will get most of the colour back.
The problem areas are the rear o/s wheelarch which has been replaced. The whole panel below the stripe is now in grey primer.
The sills - which have had a small welding repair at the back end. The rest of the sill is solid, but the chap who did the welding sprayed the whole sill with a rubberised anti-chip product. I've had to take them back to bare metal.
Front panel needs a tidying
I know I won't get a showroom finish - that's not what I'm after. I just want a reasonably tidy old car that's solid.
I don't have a huge garage with a compressor and spray gun. I have a single garage and an airbrush with a small compressor. I've used it for model aircraft with 6 foot wings and got half decent results, so I'm planning on doing small areas at a time.
I know it's no good doing anything whilst the weather is so cold. The garage isn't heated and from experience even putting a couple of fan heaters in there doesn't do much. So I'm going to have to wait until the weather warms up a bit. So in the meantime - any advice or tips on how to get the best finish possible with the very limited resources and skills at my disposal.
Just for information. I have a litre of cellulose primer (grey) and topcoat (Henley Blue mixed to the code 3BL). 5 litres of good quality anti-bloom cellulose thinners. 2.5 litres of Bonda Rust Primer. Acid-etch primer in a rattle can. All the bare metal has been treated with Dinitrol Converust.
Thanks
Paul.