Morris Minor Owners Club

Hey everyone!

Just a quick question on paintwork for my 1960 Moggie 1000 Saloon.
One of the documents I have (from an old MOT or something) notes the paint colour as "Smoke Grey". I purchased some smoke grey paint (just for the odd scratch and chip here and there) from ESM Spares and got to work on the touch ups. However, the paint looks very slightly lighter than the actual colour of the car. Could anyone tell from looking at the pictures below whether my baby (yes I am very much in love with my car hehe!) is actually smoke grey or another "grey" colour?

http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/ ... 000261.jpg

http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m50/ ... Audrey.jpg

Also could someone give me details on how to get the touch up lumps of paint down to smooth and shiny to blend in with the rest of the body?

Also could someone give me details on how to get the touch up lumps of paint down to smooth and shiny to blend in with the rest of the body?

Use 1200 wet and dry, then Tcut and finish with polish.

Audrey is definately smoke grey -it's the only grey that actually looks blue

However, the paint looks very slightly lighter than the actual colour of the car.

Thats probably down to the fading of your original paintwork.

Also could someone give me details on how to get the touch up lumps of paint

Part of the problem I have found with touch up paint from ESM recently is that its rather thick compared to the old types of touch up paint, it really needs a touch more thinners in it to make the paint flow a bit more rather than the thick paint supplied.

Thanks for the tips guys! Got myself some wet & dry and will be sanding down the lumpy paint shortly. Anyone know the cheapest place to get T-Cut? And you're right about the ESM paint it is very thick! Is it possible to buy thinner suitable for this type of paint so I can mix it in?

Mix the paint to a 60/40 mix, that is 60% paint, don't try and paint with the brush, just tip in small amounts as if you are doing a dot to dot picture, build up to just over the level of the original paint surface. Try to keep the panel warm, you can use a hair dryer to warm the effected area before painting.then just breeze the heat over the drying paint, allow about 10 mins between layers. Flat down with 1500 wet and dry, if you can get it locally finish with 2000, but only rub the surface gently with a little soap in the water. When the water suds up then wash off to check for surface scratching. Pop down to your local car paint supplier and buy a small tin of Farecala G3 compounding paste( forgotten how its spelt) but they will know what you mean. Again only rub gently. Finish off with a good quality hand polish like Autoglym high resin polish.
Hope this helps

Farecla

Cheers John

can any one tell me what that bar is that is connected to that bolt on the inside boot area (spank0) picture
mine dont have one.....is it a support for the top boards?

No, that is to hold the spare wheel in

Also acts as a strengthener