Molleur - Cheers.
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No End In Sight:
Didn't get a chance to do any car work on Saturday as we travelled to our friends' house for a BBQ.
Unfortunately, the 5 hours of driving seemed to take a bit more out of me than it should have, so it was a slow start on Sunday.
Initially, I started flatting back the area around the grille opening, so I could get the yellow paint on.
Then I remembered, that I need to give the whole bonnet a single coat of BRG paint before I do anything else.
So I extended the sanding to the whole bonnet.
This is an example of one of the areas where there was major paint cracking (after the first round of sanding).
Thankfully, because I added several layers of paint over these cracks, I knew I could sand more paint off.
Which left me with a much smoother surface in the end.
Then I had a slight mishap, when I found a small lump of paint after some sanding.
Instead of a very slight skim with my Stanley blade, I managed to dig a big chunk of paint out.
Oh how I laughed.
With time against me, I sanded the chip down, cleaned it up and added a blob of high build primer.
But I was so fed up, I just abandoned sanding down the rest of the bonnet for now.
However, I did manage to talk myself into flatting down more of the boot lid.
But by this point I realised I was too tired to think straight and was very likely to make another mistake.
So I stopped and rested for a bit, before heading out for an early evening meal with the family.
It was gone 7pm by the time I returned to the tent…
Where I sanded down the high build primer around the hole I'd dug out…
Before adding a small blob of BRG on top.
Hopefully I will find some energy in the next few days to keep pushing forward.
Until next time, take care, Paul.
