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Me and my father both had Minis. Mine was a 1976 Mini 1000, my dad's is a 1959 Austin Se7en 850. I had so sell mine as my dad, with age couldn't work on it. But my brothers and I kept the Austin. My dad passed away in 2022, he loved that car, so, it's going to stay in the family. But I miss mine. The best, most fun car I ever had.

Looks like a nice red. Maybe halfway between the original Classic Red and a Ferrari Red?

Hi. What extractor fan have you brought? Is it explosion proof as I have seen a lot of people saying you need one for paint booth’s.

Great video chaps- keep it going!

Superb video & incredible work, you can turn your hands to anything. You can’t beat Fresh Red paint

Living in Australia for 11 years was nice to hear the old fellas Northumbrian accent

My Ford Pop 103E is that colour it’s a beautiful of shade of Red

Well done, it's a pleasure to watch the enthusiasm.

Did you go single stage? That red paint code should be SU mazda red.

Your work is top draw. Love this channel.

Why was your primer gun pulsing when painting?

Great work both coming on good 👍 can wait to see it in colour ❤

What make/model is the scissor lift you use? Would you recommend it?

You'll want to add a filter to the front of your extraction fan, otherwise you'll be drawing overspray straight into the fans. Looking good so far, will be even better once the colour in on.

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Hoo hooo hooooooo ! It looks great lads. Can't wait until next episode. We'll done.

You gents are doing a cracking job. What a tease at the end of this episode…can’t wait for pt 8. It’s all in the prep work which will ultimately give the best finish possible regardless if painted in a garage or a professional spray booth. You are certainly showing what’s possible and it’s hard to believe you’re not professionals doing a full time job, restoring cars. Thanks for letting us tag along on your journey..

Splendid work so far. Looking forward to seeing the next steps.

Have you painted the wings and bonnet? You are a real tease👍🤪

Is the mimi finished

Thanks

long shot, but how did these hold up? Looking at them for my 1 series

like your paint booth have used this for years

Love watching these. Also love watching your dad watching you.

A job well done I will say, but I do have some concerns. For one, you blocked up all the sill drain weep holes. Secondly, lapping metal will cause it to rust and rot quicker. The inner sill sections need better inner structure at the jacking points. I did this on my own MX-5. It took a while by Moss Miata sells the entire sill for only $100.00 each side. Only replaced each sill corner not the whole thing. Look forward to seeing more.

Cracking work 👏. Sorry I've got to ask the question, what's happening with the mini.

Interesting work. Can you buy a whole new shell, off the shelf?

Looking good. Love the make shift spray booth. Good quality DIY. The Mazda MX5 with. Look great when finished. Just need the good British summer to continue. 👍

Couple of tips Mark. You'll save yourself an enormous amount of work if you flat down with 180 grit if priming all over . 40 and 80 is far too coarse . And having applied that 2 pack epoxy l would have put on a 2 pack primer . Cellulose primer is not ideal as it will be "soft" for weeks /months . I only use cellulose for very small repairs with no filler work involved . I've used 2 pack primers for nearly 50 years which on it's own would be more than adequate for your jobs , particularly as your on a tight budget . As the door shuts looked in sound condition i.e original paint l would flat them back with 500 grit and just bang on the colour. Love the gun with the different cap sizes and when using those cups , keep the gun inverted , plug in the airline and then pull the trigger , this will pull up the contents to the cap . This way it doesn't matter what angle you have the gun the contents will spray until completely exhausted . Hope this helps . Well done !

Hi Mark. Nice work, car is coming along. Just a few bits of info. sorry for length. I've painted 3 cars now in my own garage, all of them have been to shows and stood up to the scrutiny of professionals, so having made tons of mistakes I can now say I know what I'm doing. I know the HB Body technical representative personally and have been using their products for 7 years with great results, the 989 is a good product. however, you should buy the proper thinners for it (775). You can then thin it down by 50% and spray it with a 1.3mm gun setup as a "wet on wet" primer, or sealer as the Americans call it. You mention giving the car another coat of epoxy on top of the high build, this is unnecessary really, unless you are leaving the car in primer a long time before you overcoat it. The thinned down 989 works great for any rub-throughs to bare metal, which are inevitable, as it goes on very smooth, but your final finish before basecoat should be high build primer sanded to 800 grit in my opinion. You also mention the 989 being a 2 :1 product, it is actually a 4:1 product. A comment has been made about sanding the 989, it can be sanded, I always sand mine because I am outside of the "wet on wet" window, HB Body recommend sanding, it is just not as nice as high build primers and tends to clog the paper a bit. You must use a charcoal filter mask, I swear by the Gerson respirators as they were the only make to specify that they were isocyanate safe. I have an e-mail from the designer of the masks in America, and he states that they are safe up to a maximum usage time of 36 hours, after which you throw them away or replace the cartridges depending on which mask you have. Get hold of some U-Pol slow degreaser panel wipe. It is an excellent product and works great in a spray bottle to give a gloss finish to your primer so that you can check for ripples and dents. Finally, make sure you have paid good attention to water and oil filtering of your air supply, don't rely on the cheap in-line gun filters.

I take it you’ve given up on the mini,only reason I subscribed 😢

Try Lechler 107 Epoxy primer,rubs like 2k primer,not rubbery,used on 911, comes in any colour😊

As always, cracking job lads.

Will the Mazda be for sale after it is completed.👍🇬🇧

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Looks good to me...

The music has killed it, rendered it unwatchable. Remove and re-upload.

Looking good. The extra time now pays off in the end result. Give Dad a hug from me 🙂

Thank you gentlemen a excellent video. Cheers

were is the mini mk1

Lookin good

Well impressed with this. Top work.

That's a dust mask you are using, no good at all for 2K paint. That paint contains some nasty stuff. Keep up with the videos....

Fantastic work, thanks to your thorough prep

Good work, it's looking really good. Hope the mini is somewhere nice and dry. Don't know how you manage 3 projects at once?

It’s all about the prep work that gets the results.