Losh's New Ride

[losh1971]

Dash is pretty much done. Came up quite ok in the end. I started cleaning off the tape residue and bits of tape that the PO didn't clean off. I think I will try to remove the windscreen next and get the paint off and then buff it.

 

[vc commodore]

Getting prepared for the rain....

 

[losh1971]

Bit more progress. Got the screen pretty much stripped. Also cleaned most of the overspray off from the POs handy work. Until I really got into it I didn't realise just how much overspray there was. The white rag got fairly black pretty quick. Now need to go over it with a fresh towel and more thinners.
I run into a smallish problem in that I accidentally brushed the perspex with paint stripper and now I have about 3 or 4 spots I'm going to have to sand and work up to polish with the buff. I should have known and taped up the edges. I can fix it but it has created another 2hrs of work for me.

 

[losh1971]

So the couple of spots with paint stripper on the perspex turned out for the good in the end. It meant that I had to get out the finishing sander and give all five pieces a rub, then working up to 3000 followed by some Precision Platelet and the orange buffing pad. All five pieces had some scratches that have pretty much all come out now.
Had I not damaged the perspex I may have settled for as it was scratches and all.
I have managed to damage my orange pad a fair bit though as it caught a few times and took a few chunks out. Fortunately these screw on pads are quite thick and even with bits missing they still work OK. At some stage I will invest in a new one for doing cars and keep the damaged one for rough buffing in areas where it might get damaged.

 

[losh1971]

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[vc commodore]

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Warn people next time you put things like that up...I spat my coffee out over my computer screen

 

[hademall]

. I can fix it but it has created another 2hrs of work for me.

Added to the time it takes you to build your barbecue with those bricks, you’re in for a busy time

 

[losh1971]

Added to the time it takes you to build your barbecue with those bricks, you’re in for a busy time

They're going to be a base/wood box for my next pizza oven, when I finally have time to build one. This will be the third one I've built and hopefull my last. They normally take me a good few months to construct.

 

[hademall]

They're going to be a base/wood box for my next pizza oven, when I finally have time to build one. This will be the third one I've built and hopefull my last. They normally take me a good few months to construct.

Cudos. I’m a bricklayer amongst lots of other things, so I know the patience required.
Your wire cut bricks are fine for wood storage, but I’m sure given you’ve had experience in building pizza ovens, solid or firebricks are more appropriate.

 

[hademall]

Not a pizza oven, but something I got a lot of pleasure from once built by me