Sunday 2 October 2011

Chassis Painting

I've been out in the garage every night for the past week racing to get the chassis painted before the imminent arrival of the pitter patter of little feet.
I'm sure there'll be a few little bits to touch up here and there, but as far as I'm concerned I've now finished the chassis painting stage :)






The paint I used was Epoxy Mastic 121 from Rustbuster.  I bought a 2 litre 'chassis pack' and have used about 90% of it.  I think most of the chassis got 2 coats.
Though I would have loved to spray it on, I don't have the equipment so I used a combination of small foam gloss rollers and paint brushes.  It was very hard to get a decent finish with the brushes, so only used those where the roller couldn't reach.  The roller gave a reasonably good, slightly dimpled, finish.  Not perfect, but good enough for me, particularly as most of it won't be on view!

Time to take a break from the build for a while now, and get stuck into sleepless nights and nappy changes, safe in the knowledge my chassis won't rust away over the winter :)

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