Escort Cosworth Update & Workshop Update!!!

In this video, we will show updates on the Escort Cosworth and also the Mk1 escort. We will show the primer process that we undertake in order to get the Escort Cosworth to the next stage!

[@Davebets1953]

We need you guys in the midlands, always enjoy watching 👍🏼

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thanks mate !

[@johnrowell942]

Great job by the team and look forward to seeing more videos on the mk1 and cossie

[@johnwalsh3690]

After watching your videos this mk 1 escort will look better than when it left the factory. Really looking forward to seeing it finished

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thanks, John. Yes, I cant wait to see it done too. If you follow our Facebook and Instagram pages you will be informed as soon as I have a new video coming up! Facebook - facebook.com/gavinpinkthepaintshop Instagram - instagram.com/gavin.pinkatthepaintshop/?hl=en

[@adrianlawrence6674]

1st class quality job !

[@davecooke914]

Great work gavin 👍

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thank you Dave!

[@robertk5428]

Great project 👍

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

It is indeed, cant wait to get stuck into this one!

[@-Astro--]

top work as always. one of my favourite KZbin channels with all the car's i love with no nonsense just get on with the job 👍 bloomin brilliant

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thanks Rob 👍

[@philtucker1224]

Wonderful, wonderful stuff Gavin, I love your current focus on all the old classic performance Fords, (they are dear to my heart) best regards to you and your superb team! 👍🙏

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thanks Phil 👍 😊

[@steven907]

Brilliant gavin

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thank you !

[@danmalyon4231]

I’ve heard great things about your paint shop. I’m so glad I found your new KZbin channel. Amazing work. How a vehicle body shop should be. Jobs done correctly or not at all. Hopefully get my car in to you one day. Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming. Thankyou

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thanks Dan

[@andybrace4983]

Looks like toast to me .....but and i say but you guys will bring it back to life

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

It's defo had a life haha. But yes we will bring it back to life.

[@Braveheart7914-idfl]

Lot of work needed but if anyone can make it mint you and your guys will ! Look forward to the progress fellas 👍🏻

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thanks Dave, im excited to get stuck into this one and we will be sure to post the progress here on KZbin!!!

[@danthompson1955]

Thanks for the update Keep them coming 👍

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

No worries Dan, as always we will try our best to produce videos as often as possible !

[@andy_v4443]

The mk 1 in the booth, is the red paint to protect it while waiting to get repaired Great vid fella 👍👍👍

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Hi Andy yes it's the Novol for classic car bodywork primer stops the metal from flash rusting while we do any repair work

[@Squintanditsmint]

I was looking for this question. What sort of primer is it? Epoxy or polyester? Looking forward to seeing this done, hope you can show the metalwork.

[@scottkyle8172]

Top work again 😎

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thanks mate

[@doorhandles64]

Great work Gavin.....keep up the good work 👏 👍

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Thanks 👍

[@deopersad2915]

Awesome 👍🏽👍🏻

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

:)

[@kevinjarman6930]

That escort cozzi coming along nicely. Is the black a base for it to go back blue?

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

The black is Novol spectral 355-00 4:1 high build primer

[@JohnWD40TC02]

Great video as always Gavin, I think that Mk1 Escort is going to be with for a few weeks mate as it needs a lot of work but I have seen worse. I was going to ask you why you didn't dip the car rather than sand blasting but I would assume a chemical dip would get in everywhere and remove the paint from all the cavities that you cant get at to repaint, looking forward to the next one! 🙏👍

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Hi John yes that's pretty much about the truth of it when it comes to chemical dipping I'm not a lover of it I'd rather do it this way it's much safer but this is only my opinion

[@JohnWD40TC02]

Yeah totally agree Gavin but I know someone on here who has chemical dipped at least 3 Mk3 Cortina's and totally restored them himself and they still look like new several years later, not sure what he did to them but after they were dipped the bare shell was electro plated with something, all I know is that it was earthed and some sort of gun injected powder into every cavity don't know if it was baked afterwards but even then there is no guarantee that every part was coated 🤔👍

[@MarkSheldon]

👍👏👏

[@ANDY-we7mr]

gavin i have liked the videos can you me what gun your using for base and clear coats

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Hi Andrew my favourite clearcoat gun is anest Iwata ws400 and for my base coat is anest Iwata w400 with a wbx setup

[@ANDY-we7mr]

@@Gavinpinkpaintshop gavin is that 1.3 iwatta WBX

[@boostedessex8142]

Looking at the mk1 escort is a massive eye opener for me it looked a fairly good shell before sand blast i dread to think how my one would look after sand blasting I’d say that one has survived well you would probably tell me to get another shell once my paint and years of bad repairs and body filler is ripped off 🤦‍♂️😂 but I duno mine could be a good shell the sand blaster don’t lie 😂

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Yes 100% you never quite sure what you're going to get back

[@t238]

Great video - some useful info for me - is there any chance we can get the details of the blasters? cheers , also approximate cost of blasting/sanding/ both?

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Hi mate, yes they are called enviroblast.. Here is a link to the website... www.enviroblastuk.com/

[@paulgr32]

Hi gavin, you no how you use a isolator epoxy to seal the filler work in would any epoxy wet on wet do the same thing? As I can only find novol who do this particular product.

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

Yes mate I would imagine any WOW epoxy would do this job ok

[@paulgr32]

@@Gavinpinkpaintshop thanks for the reply. Always wondered as I no novol do the isolator epoxy and a epoxy.

[@richardharrison9622]

BIG BIG BIG mistake sandblasting any car because you can never get all of the sand out of it, especially out of the seams, thre is no way of getting this out.Take it from me i have experience of this. It’s like parking a bare shell in the Sahara throughout a sand storm then painting it to seal the sand inside the seams. It won’t take very long at all to start rotting from the inside out. The only way to do this job properly is to have it dipped and then E coated afterwards, it’s very expensive but the only way to do it.

[@Gavinpinkpaintshop]

We've been doing this for 20 years and never had a problem

[@allothernamesbutthis]

retropower done good a video explaining why they media blast insted of dipping too.