Seam sealing - preparation 2

After cleaning the joins throughout the car I painted them all liberally with Vactan, some anti-rust stuff. Next will be primer and seam sealer.

Rear quater/ door post - filler time

Sanded the 3rd coat of filler in some places and it still look like more will be needed. Its a good job I bought 3litres of the stuff!


Same sort of thing as before, using the sander flat is slow but smooths out the edges very well. It leaves the inevitable pits that will require more filler. I know I don't want this car to look to good as I'd be afraid to use it!


Some areas are beginning to look ok.





First filler on the door post and surrounding area.






The front gutter becomes a crimped edge of metal that runs to the bottom of the door. Its going to be very difficult to get right.



In front of the windscreen, drivers side.

Rear quater panel - more filler

After sanding down the edges are a very smooth transition to the metal but the middle of these areas where not touched by the sander. I guess this indicates that more filler is required!




The area below is filled just for the purpose of preventing water mud getting in to any corners and starting rust.





These are alcohol cleaning wipes from my work. They are normally used to wipe away thermal paste from processors.



After sanding they do a very good job of removing all contaminates.


The next layer of filler is applied.

Engine bay - more filler

there are a few holes around the engine bay that need sorting out. i have already tried the fibreglass filler but it didn't set very well (perhaps I used too little hardner) and then it remained sticky for a week later. I ended up removing most of it and using the mesh, attached to masking tape on the rear of any holes. Then filling on top.

Door pillars - removing the doors

I had to remove the door in order to access the pillars and surrounding area.





A combination of grinder and wire wheels where used to remove surface contaminants for more filler.