As with most paint jobs most of the work is in the preparation.
First up I stripped the rear of the interior –boot and rear seats
I then removed the side skirts.
I then removed each road wheel in sequence and power hosed the inside arches and used a scrubbing brush to clean the area, not accessible with the hose –(the ‘lip’just immediately inside the arch)
I also power hosed the underside as best I could with the car on the ground. A very, very high outdoor ramp would be ideal for this –but whose got one of those?
After the car had dried the following day, I removed each wheel in sequence (again), removing as much surface rust as possible with the electric drill and wire brush fittings. Clean off any excess dust using white spirit, then treated the rust patches with Hammerite Kurust –looks like good stuff
When the Kurust had dried I treated each wheel arch with Hammerite Underbody seal
I masked off the brake discs –you don’t want to get waxoyl on your discs
This is painted on and is thicker/ more rubbery than the regular stuff –it’s intended for high impact areas i.e. the wheel arches, that are constantly having grit dirt and water flung at them.
While I was waiting for the Kurust to dry I treated the interior of the door sils
Using the regular spray on waxoyl
The waxoyl, is mixed with white spirit, and the tin is immersed in hot water -to bring the viscosity down, to facilitate spraying it on.
Next up –the underside. Que much manual and drill assisted wire brushing. Scrubbing and then finally a once over with white spirit soaked rags.
Here the photo is taken from the front looking back –you can see I’ve already started on the Waxoyl treatment near the front –I used the brush on stuff around the engine bay as it is easier to control the application.
With the Kurust treatment on the front chassis rails as they diverge. Very important to mask off the exhaust –this stuff is flammable.
Don’t forget the eye protection whether painting or removing rust–safety glasses at a minimum, or goggles. An eye full of rust, muck, rust treatment or waxoyl just isn’t gonna be nice.
Unfortunately I didn’t get any decent photos of the finished job as it was getting dark and the camera flash was not up to the job. But you get the idea.
This job is the pits!
Disclaimer: I don't work for Hammerite!
