Dutton Kit Cars and their owners
fibreglass repair
Bloody wind knocked my bonnet shut and has caused stress cracks. I have always had a misalignment issue, I have now done that and now have to repair this long thin crack, hopefully without messing the paint job up to much. Have just ran a slitting disc along the crack, it appears to be just the gelcoat and paint, Any tips in what to use and way forward? I'm not good with body work, cant weld it and hit it with the big grinder :-) Anyway, do I open the crack width ways so that it has a bevel to fill and what do I use? filler, resin, gelcoat repair stuff? plus any tips on keeping it neat?
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Permalink Reply by Steve Kerswell on
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Plenty of whisky! :-))
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Well thanks to Daryl's advice the old B+ lives again. G3 mopped, loads of water, overalls and gloves and away I went, now have to get it off me and the surrounding countryside, (think I had the speed a bit high !). Loads of water= loads of mess :-)) wife is impressed, so that's a brownie point :-))
Karate kid "wax on, wax off"
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Permalink Reply by Brian (up north) Morris on
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lol@steve. same here lovley :-)
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Absolute cracking day down here, warm, sunny, defo a B+ day, in fact I'd give it an A. :-))
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Job done, almost, good enough, almost. To be honest I'm never gonna get a silk purse from a pigs ear, but, I keep telling myself it's all in hand, get out there and get the grin back. I'll put it all right during the winter months, I think that's an echo ! Really good news is the S(k)aab has flown the MOT again, no advisories, so that's another cheap years motoring. Plus it's still sunny, so out in MX5 for a little treat. Plus, yes there's more, I've received a mag in a plain envelope, wonder what's in it.
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Permalink Reply by Jim (across the pond) Adamek on
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lol Steve, If that is the Dutton Owner magazine my old girl should be in it.
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she is jim. :-)
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Brian, Did she make it to the cover again?
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no jim but she got two pages...:-)))
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lol, Thanks for the photo Brian. Maybe we will finally find the builder. :-)
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i hope so jim. that would be amasing fingers crossed :-)
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lol, Now I need to just figure out how to get her on the cover again. Are you hearing this James? You did do a great job on this new article.
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