Red Rallye resto

[Ben_w]

Didnt get as much done as i thought i might this weekend, but i still made some progress....

So, Saturday i was intending to go to the gym first thing. Can i make it clear i was intending to? One or two ciders more than the prescribed friday 'youve got the gym in the morning' limit meant i might not have made it.....forgive me!

I went to the local Post office collection depot to pick up a parcel (my shell fixings kit) and then shot over to my parents to start and drive their cars as they are in Australia for 3 months. Then came home for a brew.

Now, my intent was to get the underside done with the epoxy mastic. Again, intention....i ended up going through the fixing kit and putting notes in bags as to what was what and then trying to sort the garage out as ive a buggy and pretty much most of a 306 in there....in the end, i sorted a load of 306 stuff, emtpied the buggy of 306 stuff and got its battery on charge and then spent time time drinking with a few of the other kids parents in the sun as we watched our kids play in the cul-de-sac....

Today, the forecast wasnt great so started by washing off 2000 miles of crap from the daily GTD. Got that finished and the rain arrived......and then stopped an hour later and the sun came out so i mixed up a batch of epoxy mastic and got busy. Started and completed the passenger side rear arch and the went onto the underisde.

Despite me using a non thinned batch of mastic, im still not happy about using a brush. It feels wrong, given the level of finish im trying to achieve. The finish levels domt look too bad but im not happy with them. Ive been in touch with a mate who paints stuff for a living about spraying the mastic. Ive a 150cfm compressor available if i need so lm looking at spraying the mastic rather than using a brush. Bilt Hamber do something called flatface which appears to be a super high build primer that sits well over the mastic and should get rid of any brush marks.

A few pics: