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[haasad]

I keep saying matte - I really mean satin.

I painted my old Volvo 850 in matte grey (primer) and every piece of dirt that it ever came into contact with was ingrained in the paint.

I'm thinking more:

Ohhh yess........ that finish would look fantastic (IMHO)

[Mitch]

^^Yep, that's very cool. Keep going with these pics Jamie, you're starting to turn me

[jamie]

OK, got it - this is exactly the paint:



Peaky metallic highlights, dark, sooty lows, and a flowing transition between the two which amplifies the shape of the bodywork in a form free from the distraction of reflections and colour.

Hmm. Sounds like wine-tasting bullshit, sorry.

Now, if only I knew what this paint was, because there appears to be a gazillion types of silver out there, and creating a satin one only stands to complicated matters (!)

[sladey]

I like the subtle striping as well, but then I love a stripe


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[Ralph]

Jamie, do you know Neil at Prosign? He is pretty knowledgeable about custom finishes - it maybe worth a chat?

http://www.prosign1.co.uk/

[jamie]

Thanks Ralph.

[DustyM]

Certainly would look the Mutts Nuts...

[cubist]

When we sprayed my old 356 back in 2002, we added 40% matting agent into the final coat and no clear. The satin finish did a great job of knocking out the highlights and reducing deep reflections in the paint but avoided the 'deep flat' of matt paint. It washed a treat and was very similar to the satin silver on Mr Cs current RCZ. We based it on the factory mercs of the 50s Stirling period. Very nice it was too.

[jamie]

Cheers Jon. I hope so.

Cubist - the 50s racing car finish is exactly the kind of paint I love. Do you have any shots of it?

I like the subtle striping as well, but then I love a stripe

I like them on the right car (like yours). Different mission profile with this though.

[jamie]

Went to see a local blast cleaning place today, to discuss getting the shell cleaned up. It was recommended to me by a fellow DDKer - details here: http://www.decorrosion.com

The company is run by a young guy, Luke, and his grandfather, Barry. They were nice guys. Luke showed me a 190SL they were currently working on. They were having to carefully blast around the massive gobs of filler that was in the body because the owner wanted it kept in there. Dear god. Given the brief, they had done a nice job of it, and it proved they knew how to work delicately. The car itself made me feel ill.

I arranged a date for them to take my car to be cleaned up.

When I got home, I went into the garage to have a look at the car again. I often like to go in the garage and just sit and stare at the car and think. Since I screwed it up with the surface rust problem, I've only been able to look at it with nervous angsty bad vibes. This was how it was going today.

After a short while, I had an impulse to wheel out my pot sandblaster and try it on the door. Turned out it didn't take much to get it sparkling again...





So I did a bit more



I took the same zinc phospate wash (POR Metal Prep) - the thing that had caused the problem in the first place - and attacked the car with wire wool and some rags. Turns out, if you follow the instructions, the stuff does work. It came up pretty good.











I don't know what to make of this now. The easy route would be to take it down to Decorrosion and have them clean it up. The slightly less easy alternative would be to sling a tarpaulin over the front of the garage and blast it in the driveway. More work, but less moving the car about. Perhaps a bit cheaper, but probably not much in it once I've bought some decent blast media (I used sand today, because it was in the pot, but I'd probably buy some grit so it wasn't so dusty), and either buy or borrow an air-fed mask and a second compressor to feed it. I imagine I could have it cleaned and painted in a day, and it would be pretty satisfying to do it myself, but perhaps too cold to apply paint in this weather.

[lalochile]

Keep up the good work, we r all waiting to see it finished


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[sladey]

Looks good Jamie.

Do it yourself - puts a bit more of your soul into the car
(this is still the arty farty hippy bollox thread isn't it? Just wanted to check )

[squirdan]

must be hard to choose a paint colour when you see so many amazing cars in your job. Having said that I was just reading the GRRC profile of Rowan Atkinson's F1 I saw you credited in, and thats one colour I wouldn't be copying !

[jamie]

Yep, that McL is certainly a colour. Very 90s, but it worked OK for me because the car is very 90s.

Mark - this remains the bollox-chat thread it always was. I look at your car and feel embarrassment at how little work I have personally done on mine. Therefore, I will take your advice and get involved...

[jamie]

... just not right now cos it's really really cold outside.