Ford Escort MK1 Restoration Project, Painting the Interior. 2K Epoxy and 2K Acrylic

[@retiredtruckersgarage.7606]

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.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks mate, I'd forgotten about the spray guns that worked of the old vacuum exhuast, brilliant 🤣

[@williamstewartbuchanan5299]

Excellent work Dave, coming along nicely.... But.. Don't overdo it mate! Cheers.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Bit at a time

[@benjohnson7170]

Another smashing vid mate.

[@banarcus]

Good job Dave, love your work!!

[@DavesGarageuk]

Many thanks!

[@martingibbs9277]

Great job Dave, glad to see you're back in the swing of it again. 👍

[@stu2427]

Going look good enjoy the videos. Cheers 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@garytroman5657]

Brilliant work Dave...love to see the rattle can spray job...

[@DavesGarageuk]

That's two 😉

[@SimonWallwork]

Looks great!🤩

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😋

[@gsxr713]

Great job done so much to get to this stage

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@SijbrandIwema87]

Probably the best series i have watched! love all the steps, the explanations and all. Would love to see the rattle can btw😅

[@DavesGarageuk]

Wow thanks 😊

[@JohnMCdaid-vy2db]

Would love to see you rattle can a car ,i have to say i can't wait to see this escort finished brilliant job so far my friend.

[@DavesGarageuk]

That's one 😉

[@colinvanful]

when i was a young lad [21 years old ] i worked in a scrap yard . i now go to bed every night crying i put so many mk 1 escorts in the crusher . reduced to a tiny little block of metal . you could have bought ten mk1's for 500 quid .

[@DavesGarageuk]

It's mad that they were worthless once

[@thelonelyfisherman9797]

Spend a day blowing out the garage rafters walls benches,etc.have fans blowing at the same time. let it settle for a day before you spray.And wet the floor down on spray day

[@DavesGarageuk]

When I spray the outside, I'll definitely put more effort into dust control

[@dallasmarples3865]

It's all starting to come together now. Keep up the good work.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks

[@EmDeeCee6147]

I’ve followed this build from the beginning, can’t wait to see it finished Dave.👌🏻

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks for the long follow 😊

[@WayneinOz]

Came out great, Dave - not easy in such a confined space. I'm keen to see the MX5 rattle can paint job. Thanks for all the great content.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@bobfrankish8883]

Car's looking great now Dave. Just my experience having painted 3 cars now in my own garage, the very act of sheeting up everything disturbs a load of dust which would otherwise lay dormant. All I do now is give all the roof supports a wipe down with a wet cloth, lightly spray the floor with water and get on with it. Extraction is the key. I found the cheapest way to remove the most air was to use a pair of cooling fans off a Range Rover V8 run off a spare battery that I keep charged. Judging by the colour of them now, they certainly extract some crap!

[@TheDaf95xf]

It’s amazing what a gas man in his garage can achieve 👍🏻 Nice job Dave 😊

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@connerhall-ev5sd]

Hi I like mk1escorts good job so far m8

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks

[@tonyaylott4555]

Another step forward Dave, iam at that stage my self can’t wait, it’s looking great 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

It makes such a difference just simply getting it one colour

[@marty3469]

Looks nice n clean now Dave , 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@andrewharrison4558]

Looks great lot of hard work gone into that

[@adriankennelly1338]

Lovely job Dave. I would probably paint the door shuts and around the windows before I'd tackle the interior but that's just my opinion whether it's right or wrong . Love the videos . Keep up the great work

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks pal

[@richardseabourne9545]

It's fast becoming a work of art young Dave, I loves it see

[@DavesGarageuk]

Excellent wales speek 😊

[@RW-bi2rp]

Keep it white and keep it right dave 😆

[@DavesGarageuk]

🤣 white is very forgiving

[@billywhizz98]

Nicely done Dave it’s coming along nicely I am glad you’re not rushing to get it Finished don’t forget to spray behind the dashboard panel that’s where they rust

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks Billy

[@ModernClassics81]

Great job paint the inside of the car Dave, definitely interested in watching some videos on spraying the MX5. I’ve just got an exact one for my son to learn restoration on. It needs a lot of welding so I’m helping him with that at the same time as I’m doing the RS.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Excellent, he will love the MX5 they are brilliant, great car to learn resto skills on

[@stevehalverson4315]

Algorithms make you happy, seeing the overspray and dust cover those flipping lines on The boot lid 😝, also I love it raining there because we know what happens in the sun and what happens in the wet ! 😀 manta 👀, good to see you feeling and looking better fella nice job with the 2k(2pak) paint 👌🏻👍🏻

[@DavesGarageuk]

🤣 thanks Steve

[@derekjeffrey5443]

Nice job dave : cant wait too see her finished : will a belta car

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks

[@richardmounfield7822]

Its a thumbs up from me Dave, you made that look easy .

[@norman9219]

Nice one Dave 👍

[@lavo6277]

nice one Dave, looking forward to the rattle canned MX5.👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thank you 😊

[@madmax2506]

another terrific job , many thanks for sharing 👌👌👍👍

[@micktuck5377]

Great job paint looks fantastic. Fitting all the running gear before painting the outside is the way forward mate. Maybe leave the interior fitting until after paint.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks Mick

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

I can’t imagine how thrilled you must be starting to paint the car after all the work you’ve put in to it Dave looks incredible 👌 and t your hairs matching it to 😂 Im defo interested in you rattle canning the Mazda I’ve got a Ford streetka we call Kylie or ( the 💩box ) with exactly the same problem and same colour ish I actually bought it to do just that but not got around to it yet 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

😊😊🤣

[@banger220]

Hi Dave it’s coming along great, would love to see you rattle can the car. If you are interested as I know you have painted a few cars already but what I did was build a dexion/ handi angle frame inside my garage and clad it in thickish sheet sealed to the floor and the dexion frame, with a zip up door from wickes, two box fans as the Americans call them, some Led strip lights inside and a large vent tube 300mm the other end to the fans and therefore had my own neg pressure spray booth to keep the dust off . Worked a treat

[@DavesGarageuk]

Brilliant

[@neiljarvis8911]

That looks like an amazing job. The original cars never had half that amount of body color in the interior, as you say it was really only about covering the rear window sill area. I did find a partially used 8" stick of lead fill in a daytona yellow 1974 4 door 1300L though that was primed and painted (on 1 side). Interior looks nearly as sweet as the honey!

[@DavesGarageuk]

Ha, someone noticed the honey

[@jimmoore8943]

Good job dave

[@archiebaldock5488]

Great job Dave , looks mint👊👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@richardjones7036]

Good work mate keep it up

[@michaelwaite6725]

Looks a good job there Dave a few spray painters i know use there air compressor to blow the dust off themselves and all around there workshop at the end of day sprayng .

[@DavesGarageuk]

If I did that, I'd dislodge all the spiders 🤣

[@RR-mt2wp]

Nice painting Dave, looks good bud.

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks 👍

[@RR-mt2wp]

@@DavesGarageuk car will be class when Finished, watched the 3d video again clever stuff, All the best bud, you'll be getting plenty done for sure.

[@leeevans4635]

Looking good so far been following the whole build 👍 I'll be buying an extraction fan for when i paint mine 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

Good idea

[@daveturner8958]

great work tere dave

[@doorhandles64]

Great work Dave, what make of mask are you using?

[@DavesGarageuk]

It's something I've cobbled together, using an air bed pump, makita battery and activated charcoal filters 😉

[@rickwilliams1505]

Halfords finest, Halfords should be paying you to advertise, or at least give you it for free 👍

[@DavesGarageuk]

I agree 😊

[@andy7379]

Dampen garage floor when painting the outside of the car this will reduce chances of dust

[@DavesGarageuk]

Thanks Andy, I intend to bodge up a makeshift booth with plastic sheeting when I get onto the exterior finish

[@philtucker1224]

Very very nice Dave, (was that a Ford colour white?)

[@DavesGarageuk]

Yes it was

[@neill4133]

Great work as ever Dave. Hope you are painting the dash satin black?!!!

[@DavesGarageuk]

Yes mate, need to do a bit of work to it first

[@neill4133]

Lovely! Hope you are keeping well, the videos are excellent

[@lestercranmer2631]

My hair is whiter than yours, i sprayed a load of signboards in 2k a while back and ended up with a blue rinse (-: Worth filtering all primers and topcoat, you'd be amazed the amount of crap thats in the paint, especially tins that have been opened a few times. Tack rag everytime and water the floor, also if your compressor can cope, use an HVLP gun, helps to keep the dust down

[@DavesGarageuk]

🤣🤣 yep did filter the paints, when I do the exterior I'll be making a tent etc

[@robkeets]

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

[@superloopy24v]

Lovely job. Going to be really good to see the first few bits go back into a painted interior and engine bay. How hard is it to see you have good paint coverage in white when your base coat is white? How good is your lighting to see what you're doing with white on white?

[@DavesGarageuk]

Hi, the base looks whiter on camera, it was easy enough to see the coverage

[@superloopy24v]

@@DavesGarageuk Cool, I did wonder how on earth you could tell you'd done enough.

[@johnwilliams-um8rw]

Fantastic Dave. Do you do this for a living ?

[@DavesGarageuk]

Nope, I'm a plumber

[@johnwilliams-um8rw]

@@DavesGarageuk amazing c8z i have never seen a yidy plumber. Sny idea on what engine you will be running? GM RED TOP?

[@DavesGarageuk]

@@johnwilliams-um8rw ST170 on twin 40's

[@derekjeffrey5443]

Will be a belta car :

[@garrybull4165]

great job. where did you get your air fed mask from? is it battery powered?

[@DavesGarageuk]

Check out my previous video and one about 3d printing 😉

[@derekjeffrey5443]

Ano youv th alfa interior sorted & th body colour : but wot wheels hav u got for it mate ????

[@DavesGarageuk]

It's on minitlite replicas at the moment 13inch, I'll probably go for some 15inch ones

[@gtthompson5818]

Looking better each video but…..not letting you seal around my bath! (Only joking, as you say the seam sealer will be hidden so serves it purpose)

[@DavesGarageuk]

🤣🤣

[@slimshady6718]

Do u have a link for the spray gun plz

[@DavesGarageuk]

Try www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CBP2K8WJ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

[@akaeric2]

Halfords no longer sell their own brand weld through primer...is yours paint you keep in stock?

[@DavesGarageuk]

I've managed to get some from our local branch, possibly what's left in their stick, I'm gutted they're discontinuing it, it's the only thing I buy from them 😕

[@coggsy3036]

Have you epoxy primed your hair to match the car Dave ,you look like a chameleon against the car

[@DavesGarageuk]

Yes I have🤣