Thanks Simca - I did do a bit of panel hole burning, but with some patience I managed to close them up. I think it would be difficult with an Arc welder though.There are great youtube channels for this, I think the best one I found was Fitzee's fabrications. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6JPmJ_aicru8XPWr3EvJnwWow that repair is great work.
I'd love to be able to do that.
I have an old CIG arc welder, but no skill. I'd burn big holes in the panel.
I know you have closed it up now, but in future - check your rust converter product instructions.
I don't know of any "rust converting paint." Usually you have to use the rust converter, then when it has done its magic, give a coat of paint for lasting protection. The converter gives no rust protection itself, it only converts existing rust to a black paintable surface.
I'm happy to be corrected if there are converter-paint-in-one product. If so, what is it?
Gorgeous colour!! It is going to be sensational.Well, after a bunch of work, I've got it mostly painted (apart from the boot, which I'll do in the next little while)
I've used Concept Paints ColorSpec system for the colour, which is an acrylic clear over base system.
This side was pretty good (apart from the rust holes I'd welded up previously in both front doors), but on the other side, both doors had some pretty good creases in them, so they came off the car and were cleaned up
While I had the front passenger door out, I drilled a hole for a passenger mirror (ala Pottsy). All of the doors had the captive nut, but the door skins only had the holes depending if they were for a LHD or RHD market.
You can see the remains of the cardboard template I made from the drivers door, luckily it all pretty much lined up.
After the doors were done, I took the front guards off, and painted them on stands - there were too many angles to get to when they were in situ.
Primer:
3 coats of colour:
After this, I sprayed a coat of clear, but stopped - the plast I was using wasn't holding onto the paint very well, and I started to get flecks of primer come off the plastic, and into the paint.
The next morning I remasked the car, and then patched up a few spots where primer flecks had fallen in.
Finally after another 4 coats of clear:
Now I've got to leave it for a week, then do a light (1500 grit) wet sand of the clear, and polish everything up.