Morris Minor Owners Club

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 7:36 pm**

Hello everyone! Are we allowed to talk about Austin A30 restoration? She is part Morris Minor anyway!

I've been preping and spraying primer today. How mant coats of primer should I do?

Prep:

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 7:37 pm**

Primer:

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 7:51 pm**

no reason why not

but please do try and take some chrome off and bumpers etc it will be a lot easier to spray

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 8:04 pm**

I find accurate masking a lot easier than dealing with 53 year old rusted bolts!

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 8:06 pm**

yes a fair point

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 9:11 pm**

I assume you havent taken it to bare metal? I would probably do 1 coat and rub it down then another rubbed down before top coat

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 9:14 pm**

Thanks Matt! That sounds like expert advice!

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 9:25 pm**

not sure it is, its just what I would do ;)

Posted: **Sat May 30, 2009 10:52 pm**

So you are re-spraying the fence in grey primer now!

What is the final colour going to be, not blue again?

Looks like a good car. Only observation I have made in the past is the roughing up of the surface tends not to go right to the edge around trim etc, so the new paint ultimately lifts around such features. That is the area I would concentrate most on. Oh- I mean on the car, not the fence. No prep ever seems needed to make paint stick perfectlyto fences, shrubs and concrete!

Posted: **Sun May 31, 2009 9:32 am**

So What you are saying is that the whole car has to be sanded? Well I may have missed some bits.

The colour is going to be 'Old English White'. I think these little Austins look a bit gloomy when they are painted dark colours.

This is the colour:

Posted: **Sun May 31, 2009 2:35 pm**

Yes Kate, excellent colour choice, "we've never had it so good" verses "post war gloom and rationing". Lighter colours look so much better on the old Austins, makes you wonder why they sold them in dark depressing colours in the first place.

Posted: **Sun May 31, 2009 5:18 pm**

Thanks, I'm pleased someone likes my colour choice!

Posted: **Sun May 31, 2009 8:06 pm**

Been sanding and filling all day. Came across this black sticky stuff across the bottom on the offside door. It looks like tar! Been on hours sanding it. It just clogs up the sandpaper in seconds.

Did a bit painting too:

Posted: **Sun May 31, 2009 11:21 pm**

Your neighbours must love you!

Posted: **Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:01 am**

so will the local council eventually

Posted: **Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:43 am**

Yes you're right. I need a garage really.

Posted: **Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:02 pm**

I've got a new spray gun now. It's a Sealey professional one that normally cost £75 but I got it on ebay for £31. It took some getting used to though. The levels I had to figure out were:

1. PSI
2. Fan size
3. Paint flow
4. Trigger adjustment
5. Paint thinner level
6. Nozzle adjustment

It's really difficult as you can adjust all these which really affects the way the paint goes on. Here is the reslut of the first coat:

Posted: **Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:10 pm**

LOOKING GOOD

Posted: **Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:19 pm**

Thanks au!

Posted: **Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:06 am**

Can you not adjust all these settings on ANY paint spray gun? Certainly can on both of mine - and they were far from expensive.