seank90, Back to cleaning

WOW! what a reply! gives a guy motivation to do more!
Thanks

Thats no problem at all... im guessing your on about the headlight squirters right? I have most tge bits off the car so theres no problem in getting them for you and laying them out. its a simple enough system the most important part is the switch inside. i dont know if your loom would have the wiring or not... But ill get some snaps!

 

I find its a soft enough finish to same down, there's no real issues there, Its scored the best out of all available rust converters on the market.... But yes its not cheap at €40 a liter, but can be diluted up to 50% so that's a plus. I'm still going to lay down the etch primer because it will eat into any parts ive missed with the FE-123, then im going to lay down a non-porus primer on top of that and then paint for a 100% rust proof finish, the etch primer will also get into places i cant with seam sealer so should help! plus its no harm to put it down to be fully sure about killing rust...

i cant see myself doing much powder coating so that aint a worry, going to get some heavy grade agri primer and paint for all the parts so they will be shinning new again! after i clean them down in kerosene then panel wipe obviously...

i dont know if i posted this yet but i got a new / old tool box for carrying my tools around with me, its a 1982 bomb shell carrier from the irish army! and all my tools fit perfectly inside, Looks really really cool i must say and i get some funny looks when doing jobs with a bomb box... Lol!!




the last week ive been very sore so progress is slow, but i cleaned down the previous battery area and you can see how the rust converter works wonders on open fresh steel.
Before:


After half an hour:


you can see all the welds have turned black and there is now a prefect painting clean surface over them for primer! More progress later! :wink

 

I did a bit more today, its quiet hard work making sure everything is clean in a 20 year old engine bay, Im using kerosene (parrifin) to clean off all the heavy dirt before i put on the rust converter. It has no problems at all shifting the dirt so im happy out , Im also using the air dremil with a wire wheel attachment head on it to clear off the surface rust before i clean it down fully, It takes a lot of time going through the stages but at least this way im sure it wont rust again. and should stand the test of time for much longer. i only managed to get the passenger chassis rail , behind the headlight and the slam panel done and the amount of rust thats hidden under the paint is shocking!!












ive just over a quater of the bay done now... im finding the bending up and down hard so thats why i havent more done, hope to to more tommorrow

 

Ive been quiet a busy boy!!

 

It had a very bad winter and got a dent in the back also... But it could have been much more worse....

Im trying my best to do it as much as i can, im bed ridden at the moment in pain so theres not much i can do.... My black celica is at my old working garage were i did most of my training, Hopefully its still there.

 

Thanks! one the engine bay is fully done with convertor and cleaned things will speed up, its a very slow process.

Thanks! i loe reading through your thread too! lots of good work in it!
I personally love the toolbox, very original and sturdy

 

Still alive and beating!!! its a bit on life support though!

 

Thanks a million Matt, Im really glad people are liking what im doing, It really does mean alot to me!

 

I managed today to get my old black celica back to a spot that i can strip it down in comfort, Well, whats left to strip down out of it that is! :wink but there's still alot of good bits on it , if anybody wants anything let me know!

 

the interior is black roy...