Popular Post Rob Hunter - Club Secretary Posted March 4, 2023 Popular Post Posted March 4, 2023 What a line up 👌 16 Quote
Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset Posted March 4, 2023 Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Rob Hunter Derby & Notts AO said: What a line up 👌 Awesome! 👍👍 2 Quote
Popular Post Rob Hunter - Club Secretary Posted March 5, 2023 Popular Post Posted March 5, 2023 A very cold morning at Donington to watch the 750MC pre-season test/track day. We were glad of a hot cuppa or two at Garage 39! Loads of Locosts on track, amazing how quick they are with the little 1.3 crossflows screaming away, all about big corner speeds (and big cahoonas 😂). Some other interesting race cars also in attendance... A nice surprise was seeing the MK Sportscar guys with RLM testing a load of the new Cup 200's for the upcoming season. We took the opportunity to have good look round the cars, MK have definitely taken a big step forward on fit and finish despite the Cup 200 being for track only. They also seem very well sorted, planted through the bends and very quick on the straights 👍 14 Quote
Popular Post jimbobtcc206 Posted March 5, 2023 Popular Post Posted March 5, 2023 Had a few hours cleaning and machine polishing. Can’t wait for some nice weather now to get back out! 14 Quote
Popular Post HB46443 Posted March 6, 2023 Popular Post Posted March 6, 2023 Best Parking bays in the car park! 2 9 Quote
Andrzej Posted March 8, 2023 Posted March 8, 2023 Hoping for long trips in Westfield attached Range Exrender 5 Quote
Flying Carrot Steve Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 On 05/03/2023 at 17:57, jimbobtcc206 said: Had a few hours cleaning and machine polishing. Can’t wait for some nice weather now to get back out! What did you use to polish it with? Quote
jimbobtcc206 Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Flying Carrot Steve said: What did you use to polish it with? DAS 6 Pro DA polisher and I just used some Meguiars finishing wax this time. I’ve already cut it back to get as many of the blemishes out as possible so it started from a reasonable point. 1 Quote
Flying Carrot Steve Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 10 minutes ago, jimbobtcc206 said: DAS 6 Pro DA polisher and I just used some Meguiars finishing wax this time. I’ve already cut it back to get as many of the blemishes out as possible so it started from a reasonable point. I have the same DA machine. I've never polished GRP before, it seems to be much harder than clearcoat. Did you use anything in particular to remove the blemishes? Quote
jimbobtcc206 Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 9 minutes ago, Flying Carrot Steve said: I have the same DA machine. I've never polished GRP before, it seems to be much harder than clearcoat. Did you use anything in particular to remove the blemishes? I just started with thorough degrease, clean, clayed it and then used the DA with Meguiars cutting compound. I’ve found it worked wonders on the fibreglass and also on the exhaust! 1 Quote
jimbobtcc206 Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 14 minutes ago, Flying Carrot Steve said: I have the same DA machine. I've never polished GRP before, it seems to be much harder than clearcoat. Did you use anything in particular to remove the blemishes? These are what I used Quote
Flying Carrot Steve Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 23 minutes ago, jimbobtcc206 said: These are what I used Excellent, so nothing grp specific then. I'm sure one of my normal compounds would do fine in that case. Cheers for the info 👍 1 Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 Normal “paint” orientated products will work ok on GRP, usually. They generally just need a bit more work. GRP specific cut and polishing products differ by the amount of cut, the GRP cutting compounds especially are usually more aggressive, than the paint equivalent. But also, once you start moving on to coatings, GRP specific ones, (especially, marine, which many are) will have more UV protection than normal automotive for paint and may have a few more marine specific qualities for sea/sea life exposure. When it comes to work horse cutting products, 3M have some very good compounds, GRP specific. (Farucla G10 is still very popular, too, for initial use after wet and drying, or harsh cutting, there are better these days, though, such as the much newer 3M product) With any of these in GRP, it can be done by hand, but for cutting especially doing the whole car, either a DA or a rotary pays dividends. 1 1 Quote
MR.C Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 Love the workshop/garage, but how long is a humans neck. In old days passenger got a glove box, now they get oil pressure....... 😉 Quote
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