Robbie Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Before a professional respray looking to tidy some obvious bad areas to make the car more presentable after a period off the road. Pro respray will be prep and spray so what I do now can be small areas and probably not that good. My question is I understand not to take down to gel coat so starting on a faded paint area what p grit would give a satisfactory smoothness to spray over. I assume wet and dry perhaps p2500. Or higher. Sensitive as glass fibre body and lower resistance so any prior experience appreciated. Easy answer is wait for full respray but some Months of shakedown first and touch up would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Robbie, Welcome to TLF - we need pictures! I know its tempting to make it look pretty, but I'd urge you to put it off till later. Moisture is the enemy when spraying glassfibre. It gets trapped underneath, then freezes, expands and gives you those lovely little blisters all over your paintwork. Its winter time, its miserable weather, and you shouldn't even contemplate spraying below 14 degrees C. Unless you have an oven, crack on with the spannering and leave the paint until better weather, and although it is possible to spray fibreglass yourself, its probably best left to a pro. I once leant my compressor and gun to a friend with a scimitar, and it looked great until the freeze arrived, then it all lifted off. Admittedly, we didn't really know what we were doing and didn't have an in-line dryer, but I'd urge you to use a pro with an oven for getting the body dry before its painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM johnpwalsh Posted March 1, 2018 Gold FFM Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 100% agree with Duncs comments. These need time to dry out properly before and in between every coat of paint otherwise get ready to start counting blisters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeeech Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 P1200 to p2000 would be wet sanding of paint for t cut and polishing. If I remember rightly the spray shop that did my car was using 400 wet since, less would mean the paint would peel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted February 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 Sorry all's finished on car bar respray, foolishly sent log book to dlva to register as historic. Did not send recorded and now say it's lost need apply for new log book. Engine plate on hood says 78 071260a not sure if this is just the car make identifier and chassis number is elsewhere. Any guidance on where to look for chassis number on a 78 lotus elite 503. I have no other docs. And dlva form needs chassis number although there records must have it ...thanks rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 On a 1978 series 1 - it isnt stamped on the chassis itself. It's only on the plaque on the inner wing. If that is missing, wee have a bit of an issue.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfrost Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 22 hours ago, Robbie said: Sorry all's finished on car bar respray, foolishly sent log book to dlva to register as historic. Did not send recorded and now say it's lost need apply for new log book. Engine plate on hood says 78 071260a not sure if this is just the car make identifier and chassis number is elsewhere. Any guidance on where to look for chassis number on a 78 lotus elite 503. I have no other docs. And dlva form needs chassis number although there records must have it ...thanks rob Just wend in the standard DVLA form, you will have to pay 25 pounds off memory though, fill in just the registration number and a new form with all the details wil be sent back to you, sorry to hear about your form going missing But on the bright side for the sake of 25 pounds all is not lost Quote A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 Do they not require the chassis number to get a replacement V5? That was the issue I had with mine - VRM was attached to the car, but the chassis plate was missing. The paper V5 eventually turned up and I sent it off. I have a set of stamps and a blank chassis plate which I can use so it wears its original identity again, but until the old V5 turned up, I had no idea what the original chasiss number was supposed to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfrost Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Hi Duncan No they just need the registration number, 25 notes and they will send a new v5 with the details they have on their system 1 Quote A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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