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Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 16:53
by CovKid
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 17:12
by Plasticman
No prisoners
secret is a good wet coat then go over it again and then leave for 10-20 mins, I bought a set of cheap wood chisels and used them as scrapers using care not to dig in (ie keep blade flat and square to surface) the vw original grey self etch/primer will partially come off and Its not nescesary to remove all of this.
I did the majority of mine with 3/4 gallon.
mike
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 20:51
by weldore
hmmm..imagine the horrors unearthed by that stuff
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 20:58
by Plasticman
Oh I did it manages to take off about 3mm of filler per application
mike
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 21:11
by weldore
praps just get the hammerite laquered then
(sometimes its better to be an ostrich )
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 22:03
by Plasticman
I notice your running a 1.9 n/a?
how does it perform
mike
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 22:13
by weldore
when you do the swap ..you will wonder why you didnt do it a long time ago
mines an old 1y with a different pump setup to what ive seen on here but its so much better than the cs
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 22:32
by D&DCAMPA
armyphil wrote:Mines hammerited and it's not a bad job nothing a compounding won't sort out everyone who sees it complements it.
It's down to prep work and patience anyone could try 2 PAC and mess it up. Then again mine was treated to rust treatment then etch primer then red oxide then hammerite then laquer it took me two weeks to do it baremetal.
So don't be to hard on hammerite
I didnt know yours was hammerited Phil, howevefr you have seen mine and it looks like a camel painted it using its tail!!
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 29 Sep 2010, 22:50
by Plasticman
So you used "Camel hair brush"
mike
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 09:28
by D&DCAMPA
metalmick8y wrote:So you used "Camel hair brush"
mike
I would like to say he mustve used the 'toe'!!! but dont know what sort of reply I will get from Phil!!!
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 11:41
by armyphil
D&DCAMPA wrote:metalmick8y wrote:So you used "Camel hair brush"
mike
I would like to say he mustve used the 'toe'!!! but dont know what sort of reply I will get from Phil!!!
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Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 30 Sep 2010, 18:44
by Strawhead
Good luck with all the work Di,
we are having ours stripped down at the moment and there does not seem to be a great deal of metal there at all, mostly filler.
I sincerely hope that the previous owners of yours were not as creative with the filler as ours were
Andy
Re: Stripping back the dreaded Hammerite!
Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 14:59
by D&DCAMPA
Strawhead wrote:Good luck with all the work Di,
we are having ours stripped down at the moment and there does not seem to be a great deal of metal there at all, mostly filler.
I sincerely hope that the previous owners of yours were not as creative with the filler as ours were
Andy
Heys you guys - Rupert getting a spruce up too?!? god we're gonna be looking good next year!!
I already know theres more pug than metal - and have spent a fortune on replacement panels from Schofields - not looking to stripping out the interior to get the welding done.but know it will be worth it.
Catch up with you n the Missus soon - must be time for a 'blue wine night'?! and I got the pics from the Hippy party to share with you!!