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rlandrum

rlandrum

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We finally painted the TR3A!!! It turned out pretty well considering neither of us had any experience painting.

It all started on Saturday, Aug 10. My Father managed to lay down a coat of primer on a few panels that evening. Over the next 8 days, we primed, sanded, and painted. Actually, I did very little and he did all the hard work of mixing the paint, running the gun, and learning a new skill...

For our first attempt, it went well.

We used a rubberized undercoating on the bottom available from Eastman:

https://xjguy.com/triumph/aug18/800x600/00040.jpg

The rest we covered in an Olive self etching primer, then a Maxx Fill 2k High Build primer, then a base coat of British Racing Green, then a clear top coat.

Here's a picture of the finished nose:

https://xjguy.com/triumph/aug18/800x600/00047.jpg

Preparing for battle:

https://xjguy.com/triumph/aug18/800x600/00033.jpg

Somehow I don't have any finished pics of the body... I'll try to take some tonight and get them online this week.
 
Nice job!! Keep posting the updated pictures as you move along.
 
Looks very good, I am sure a ton of work went into getting it to that point. Always satisfying to see the bright shiny paint go on.

Greg
 
Good one! Love the color, heh.

Always great when a job like that comes out well. Painting is fun because you can see the results immediatly.

Good Job, Tinkerman
 
Great job. You are certainly making good progress with your project.
 
Looks nice. Makes we want to get to the barn and work on a car, too....
 
The paint actually appears a bit darker than what is shown in these pics (flash brightened them up), but I was happy with the results. This was el-cheapo urethane paint and clearcoat from www.paintforcars.com and was their British Racing Green.

My wife was tickled with the pic of me in the bunny suit :smile:
 
That looks great. If I were the jealous type, I'd be jealous. In the first picture of the underside, did you just roll the tub on its side (on the wooden frame), or is it hanging there? Did you support the front wings with anything?

It's funny that you're going from grey to BRG, and I'm taking mine from BRG to grey. -Assuming I ever get going on the body work. I think I had my tub off before you, but you guys are really tearing into your projct. Mine hasn't been touched in months.

Keep up the good work and pace... it lets me know where I should be. I really like your approach as well.

Jer
 
Schweet indeed!!

Now, can you manage red?

Do you make house call?

nice work,

dale
 
Texas:

We lifted the front and rear, then turned it and set it down gently onto a 4x4 that spans across the sill and the cowl in the front, and onto the the existing cart 2x4 that spans just in front of the rear tire well in the rear.

For safety, I insisted that it be tied in place, but it was quite stable. Inside, we tied it to the rafters, but when we were outside blasting, we tied it trough a jack hole to the cart.

We did not support the front wings. We had no problems with flexing of the wings after blasting outside when we did our test fitting, and I suspect re-assembly will show the same for our efforts inside.

After painting, we lifted the car from the cart, then turned it and gently set it back down upon it's sills. Doing it this way avoiding rolling and flopping, which could have damaged the paint or metal.
 
Tinster said:
Now, can you manage red?

Do you make house call?
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Hmm... Considering I spent my last vacation painting, I'm not sure I want to spend my next vacation doing it all again... :smile:

Although Puerto Rico could be nice...
 
The cart the body tub is resting on is a simple 2x4 square frame with 4x4 legs on caster wheels. There is some 2x4 bracing along all sides about a foot above the casters to make it rigid. The cart itself is about table height or so. It let the two of us move it around easily while blasting and painting and also served as a nice platform when we turned it on its side. We thought about it a bit before turning it and decided that all it needed was an additional board to rest on (the turned tub rested on the area just in front of the rear wheel well and also just beneath the where the windshield stanchions attach. A few strategically placed wood scraps help stabilize it when turned and as my son indicated we use a rope to tie it to the rafters just in case. My son and I were able to lift the tub and turn it by ourselves - I stood in the engine compartment facing aft and placed my hands under the front wings on the flat bottom of the little ledges on the inside of the wings. That let me simply stoop down and lift just by straightening my legs. My son stood at the back and lifted under the rear of the tire compartment. Once lifted off the cart, we took a step to (my) left and then gently turned the tub on its side onto the cart. While we managed it OK, three people would be better, with the third person in the middle near the gas tank top area to catch and keep it from turning too far.

It really is easy to reach all those hard areas like under the dash, etc when the tub is turned, and also made doing the undercoat a breeze.
 
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