Amazing job Dave.

Mate don’t be tempted to build it up before painting the outside, no matter how well you mask it up the overspray will get on everything and it’s a complete tw@t to get off Good work though loving the content

Coming along, just one point, be careful about wax injecting before you paint, some of these contain silicone and that stuff is a painters nightmare, keep them coming inspiration for us all

Hello Dave I hope you are well🙂 I've bought a gasless mig welder and I'm doing a MK1 escort up same as you, the problem is I keep blowing holes in the panels I'm using the lowest power but still blowing holes, any information welcome Dave 🙂👍 thanks ste from st Helens 👍👍

I've got a Bermuda Triangle garage to !

There are many ways of applying the paint. Once the lids off it is up to you. Pour it on, use a watering can, brush, roller or a spray gun. Bottom line it's all in the prep. You spend hours with a sponge washing it just use 1500 grit wetsand to flatten the surface. I've always rollered cars as I've never had a spray booth. If you can use a roller on an internal wall you can use a roller on an external surface. I'm literally in the process of doing bodywork on a mk1capri 1700 gtxlr and using the roller method to apply the primer. I used to wetsand plugs of yachts to take molds from so to me it's a surface which needs preparation. Keep up te good work

Nice job 👍 look forward to the next one.

Proper garage that….place for everything and nothing in its place hence the lost dash piece!

Great job dave us daves do a brilliant job 😅. wanted ask you ive just been halfords to buy some the weld through primer but its not in stock are you still managing to get hold of it ?? if you could let me know because ive been using it but ran out and want some more 😢 thanks

Another good video

Old bedsheets for masking! That's exactly what I do

Another great job done young Dave, well done

Your attempt at metal finishing looks like every single welding job I've done on my cars. Only slightly better.😆

Good stuff Dave, bed sheets could've turned into a Dave's cooking show but luckily all was fine 👍

I would have made a box to go behind the hole on the dash which could act as a glove box (open) rather than covering over the dash opening

Looks perfect to me Dave , you’d never know it was a lefty now nice job mate 👍

At least you're in good company, I'm forever losing stuff I just used. Great video Dave many thanks for uploading.

Dashing job well done , keep em coming 👍

I would have thought that old crate would be falling apart at this stage. Love your videos, you can come up with some great ideas my friend, well done.

Good job dave

Nice job Dave I did the same with my dash 👍ps is mrs Dave ok with you using the curtains as dust covers lol 👌

I've owned a poorly '72 mk1 for about 5 years now and only just getting started. I have the dreaded rear scuttle rot like you (fortunately just one side) front winscreen/scuttle...one corner and I'm converting to RHD! i'm an Essex lad that's lived in Germany for 11 years. My Mrs (also English) can't understand why i want RHD. Simply put...the Mexico (which mine will be a replica of) wasn't sold in Europe and everyone knows Mk1 Escorts have to be RHD just as all the same era Opel Kadetts need to be LHD. I bought mine in 2019 from a lovely chap in Croatia. Drove down with a borrowed trailer and back in 2 days. The fun thing is I have its last parking permit for a University in Zagreb. It was on the road in 2017 still! Keep up the great work chap. You're inspiring me to get on with mine!

Despite the fact it will be covered in carpet I was horrified when you were going to weld inside the cabin without proper welding blankets covering all the paintwork properly after all that work getting it nice. I had visions of burn marks to the floor from burnt through bedsheet. Luckily it worked out well and the dash looks nice too.

Wonder if the little dots are solvent pop Dave, can happen sometimes if coats dont get enough time to flash off. Glad you didnt burn that nice fresh paint when welding . Dash looks good after the mods.

Cranking on now mate. Can’t wait to see what’s happening on your Mazda

Getting close now fella ! Watched an auction online this week and a Manta sold for very good money ££ looks like the price is finally up there mate.

Why not use the plasma cutter Instead of a chisel

i remember spraying in the sixties with my dad and the hoover cylinder vacuum cleaner,,and volunteering with my mate to paint a double decker bus that turned out it was to be brush painted with valspar coach paint,,great days dave,its all so easy nowdays, its the resperater thats the important bit,you done a fine job mate,like the white colour,it does look wet on the video.

Looks well dave well done 👏

Great video, been watching for a while and really enjoying the channel. Great progress with the escort. It’s looking fantastic

Looking good that Dave 👍👍👍

Great job Dave. Glad your better mate 👍

Great video as always Dave. With regards to sound deadening I bought Kilmat, it’s much cheaper than Dynomat. Keep up the great work 👍

Looking good Dave, one step closer 👍

Another great video mate keep them coming 👍 and it's really good to see that you're on the mend...Mike skegness...

Cool job once again, have you got the manta still,is that your next on the list ?

Can't give you the scientific reasons behind it, but I have learned over the years to stick either to 1k or 2k from start to finish. I never combine both, and touch wood, haven't had a problem since. I know it's a pain having to clean out the spray gun every time etc, instead of just using a rattle can, but works out quicker and better in the end as there is nothing worse than having to do anything twice IMHO. Tony.

Dodo mat , sounds like a dull extinct bird😊 Nice job with the boot 👍If you put a spare wheel in that wheel well you might want to submerge it in water it would make it look authentic

Hi Dave. Having painted 3 cars now, I think it's fair to say that I've made every mistake there is to make! I'm an expert on paint reactions, to my detriment. I know everyone has their own opinions and ways of doing things, but this is what I've learnt. All weld through primers although zinc rich, which is good for anti-corrosion, have really poor adhesion to the base metal. Also, they are a 1K product, as are nearly all etch primers, which I also do not rate at all and have had tons of trouble with in the early days. The problem with any 1K product is that the solvents in anything you put on top of it just dissolve it (Trev of Trev's blog has a good video on this subject). So my rule is, bare metal, then 2K epoxy primer, then 2K high build primer, basecoat, clearcoat. I don't use a 1K aerosol primer for any rub-throughs either as I have had that react with basecoat. This is because solvent basecoat is 50% thinners. The HB Body 989 can be thinned at 50%, so you can spray a fine thin coat onto any exposed bare metal. Also, buying the recommended thinners for the 989 is a good move as it is a different chemical composition to normal 2K thinners and is less aggressive.

Looking good, that Gravitex certainly gave the boot a nice finish. Yea, dodo mat is good stuff, I used it in my van. 👍

You've either 3d printed a nifty phone holder for your head, or you've made one out of 6mm plate. I've caught up to you at last. (Binger) Just spectacular. Hat's off.

Good to see you back in the garage Dave. Air fed mask is a testimony to your skills. The Escort will look superb in white. Gold 15" Minilites?

Watching from NZ Dave , fantastic as per usual ,pace yourself it will take you a while to come good properly ,looking forward to seeing the grin on your face on its maiden voyage

Hi Dave, I only use the weld throug primer on the seams as I'm welding panels together, it does have a high zinc content but it rubs off easy, it comes of with wax & grease remover, you can go direct to metal with the expoxy, just leave it a few days to gas off then make sure you sand it. Is all the paint your shooting 1k? You can get fry ups simply because of all the solvent we've all been there. I wonder if the expoxy hadn't set enough before you hit it with the following coats of paint and went right throug to the primer. Still you recovered it without to much drama, looking good. Cheers Marty

Great stuff. The first 10% of a job is always satisfying, I was 18 when you started and now 66 I hope to live long enough to see this baby start up n move. 😊

Looking fantastic now

me and my mate had a p reg escort mk1 back in 1986ish and this scum bag burt it out. so we used the key what was left of the escort and took his mk4 cortian crushed it in my mates scrap yeard and put it back on his drive way the next night as a block there was a bit more to this but ill not say

Colouring in so very satisfying.

Looks brilliant Dave it’s really nice , I particularly like that creamy off white colour think it will look beautiful ! Bummer about the contamination but at least it was in the boot not on the roof and easy sorted 👌

That looks superb. Sorry you had to redo part of it. 2 step forward and one back is still 1 step forward. You are currently thousands of steps forward, on this massive journey (that I don't want ever to end)!