The Dark Wob

The inch gap get some 28mm pipe lagging and fit it to the bottom of the door, should squash up nicely.
I had forgotten about those cheap Chinese diesel night heaters, a water heating one of those running a couple of rads would have it lovely in there in no time, with no condensation fumes or fire hazards, you can fit programmers and remote controls as well as seeing them to come on if the temperature drops below a set level as well.

Stick (another) jumper on.

I've got a couple of Lidl's finest lined overalls for the cold.

Cobblers is right on the beige, those Chinese diesel heaters are decent, you will need a couple in that large garage though.
I have one in my shed and it's decent, another one in that old Mercedes I should never have tackled as well, that would heat a massive, uninsulated van, in seconds.
I always worried about heating my workshop/shed as well but, having fitted a log burner in there, I found it too hot to work in after it was warmed up so never bother with it anymore. The diesel heaters can be turned off a lot easier than a wood burner!

Burn less wood?

fried onions wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 9:47 pm Burn less wood?

Get a smaller stove, there is a limit to how little you can burn in them & keep them alight & working.

good work here SIC, strongly support "the strip the thing right down" when it needs this level of work. Might look like a world of pain but at least you can see what is going on.

For finding holes and clearing away paint and rust, I cannot recommend this highly enough
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/cat84-p ... er-hammer/

It might seem brutal but if steel cannot survive this treatment then it sure wont survive mr welder.

For winter in the workshop, thermals and multi layers. I am out all day long in an open fronted barn, sure it gets cold but keep working and enjoying yourself and the thermals do the rest.

Good thread, great car, get it done

One of those scaler things is on the buy list. I need to upgrade my compressor before though as mine runs out of puff pretty quickly with any motored air tool.

I have considered stripping all the paint off but I fear making the job seem too big. Especially for my short attention span on things. So just biting off small chunks as I go.

I do really want to get over that arch with the wire wheel though and see what's under the paint.

So you know any good paint shops down this neck of the woods? I know you're a bit further south than me but I have no idea of anywhere decent. I'm shockingly shit with anything liquid based, so me doing it is out of the question

SiC wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:02 pm One of those scaler things is on the buy list. I need to upgrade my compressor before though as mine runs out of puff pretty quickly with any motored air tool.

I have considered stripping all the paint off but I fear making the job seem too big. Especially for my short attention span on things. So just biting off small chunks as I go.

I do really want to get over that arch with the wire wheel though and see what's under the paint.

So you know any good paint shops down this neck of the woods? I know you're a bit further south than me but I have no idea of anywhere decent. I'm shockingly shit with anything liquid based, so me doing it is out of the question

That scaler is 4cfpm at 90spi, depending on what you have it should cope. I bought a cheapo chinese piece of shit years ago and the cpfm requirement was atrocious.

Only strip the paint where you need to right now, zinc epoxy primer brush painted on for now to protect the bare steel after working on it. Loads out there 421 from rust.co.uk is good for me

The paint shop in S Molton I used I couldn't recommend. There are a few out there but they are rarely interested in old stuff, or complete repaints. insurance stuff on modern whitegoods is easy money for them. I paint my own stuff now, but the work is long and not my speciality. When I part relocate nearer home/high wycombe, to permanent workshop, I do have access to a friendly painter, rather hoping that either he will do the paint for me if I do all the prep or show me how to do it in my workshop, a 3m square gazebo with sides on it can provide me an impromptu booth to lather on the 2k

I have used Ash at Ace automotive in Weston super mare. He did a pretty good job of the roof on my Thunderbird but he wasn't keen on doing the whole car at the time.
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panhard65 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:32 pm I have used Ash at Ace automotive in Weston super mare. He did a pretty good job of the roof on my Thunderbird but he wasn't keen on doing the whole car at the time.
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Nice, only around twenty minutes away from me.

There is also this chap who's quite close to me who is a classic MG specialist and says does paint:
http://mgrepairs.co.uk/

Might give him a go on the MGB when I get around to sorting that. It's on cellulose paint and I imagine most modern bodyshops won't be interested.

The Dolomite I think is modern 2k paint. Certainly doesn't get that chalky/cloudy effect that the MGB gets.