Lacquering tired paintwork on e.g. white Bongos

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:39 am

Cool... Never been privvy to that method.

Responder59 · Post by **Responder59** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:23 am

I know an old chap who owns an absolutely pristine pale green Austin A40 Farina. He has owned this car for donkeys years. I asked him how he keeps it so immaculate. Ater washing and leathering he "polishes" the bodywork with WD 40. He demonstrated the effect by doing a small area then chucking water over it.

The water ran off like the proverbial ducks back and I,m certainly going to adopt this for the Bongo. The shine is amazing too!

Steve

Post by **Doone** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:24 pm

Don't do what my mum did to my Dads beloved Mk2 GT Cortina (many moons ago). She scrubbed the bonnet with a Brillo pad.

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:32 pm

Doone wrote:Don't do what my mum did to my Dads beloved Mk2 GT Cortina (many moons ago). She scrubbed the bonnet with a Brillo pad.

Yep, i've had that too, an over enthusiastic kid decided to help me wash the car...

(not the bongo though)

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:47 pm

Very interestng thread. What we need is a test piece (wing, or w.h.y) from a scrapyerd, and that has suitably tired (non metallic pref., white pref. most) paintwork and the odd surface rust post. I've got the spraygun and compressor. Whose got some 2-pack lacquer?

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:04 pm

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:10 pm

Just a suitable wing needed then plus I'll pick up a wing and a small supply of 2-pack if/when someone brings them to a Bongo meet

mad as cheese bongo man · Post by **mad as cheese bongo man** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:30 pm

cheers Mike, I didn't think the paintwork on me Bongo was too bad until you pointed it out, I'll have to do sumut about it now.
Only joking, what a great post, at some stage I'll get round to applying some of these ideas. I'll probably just start with a t-cut/polish on the bonet.

Mad as Cheese

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:37 pm

Yep, chances are that'll do the job...plenty more interim options too before a respray/relacquer will be on the cards...

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:49 pm

I'd say t-cut then one of the other ideas on here to seal the matted paint and try and get a repellant glossy surface. (hard wax is used on glider wings so that must be a serious piece of kit as they don't use rubbish on expensive glass gliders).

It really would be worth getting an old wing with tired paint and using it to try out test sections

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