Blasting

[Mr_Boost]

Alright Peeps,

How is everyone, hope all is good. Just thought i would post up on what i done over the last weekend with the escort, well to cut a long story short stripped rear end, washed, soda and sandblasted. Heres a few pics

What colour do you reckon the parts should be painted ?, i was going to paint it all black ?


This is it all off the car






This is a few parts done, the other parts are all wrapped up and in a box ready to be painted ect






Will be replacing all the boots and bushes as well the brake lines




Also thought i would give the exhaust a clean up as since its been sat in the garage looked a bit sorry for itself, its taking ages though lol, oh well im off all week







CheeRS
Dan

[The Radman]

will look great when painted/coatedthis buftying bug seems to be spreading ,lol,as for colour,whats the rest of the car going to be like? standard or highly modded or what?

[Mr_Boost]

will look great when painted/coatedthis buftying bug seems to be spreading ,lol,as for colour,whats the rest of the car going to be like? standard or highly modded or what?

Shes staying imperial blue mate, so far we have :-
wossner machined oversized pistons
moutune WRC long studs had the block modded to accept them
The short motor was all balanced up before getting onto the head
uprated cams gas flowed and ported head
replaced all the valves, liners ect
uprated AP clutch
Hybrid T34
light blues
anti-lag
L8 ecu
Custom Exhaust
023 pump
Airtek RS500 cooler
Airtek Rad
Roose engine hoses
330 front 4 pots up front
List goes on lol

Heres a few pics of the build










Got loads and loads of pics lol

CheeRS
Dan

[georgie1]

i wanted to sandblash my rear bean but it was too big so i got wire brush so far most is off but do i need to etch prime it as i dont want it to rust before i get it powder coated

[Ben Purnell]

cracking work as usual Dan

when are we going to see you at the MK Meet, its on Thursday by the way

[Mr_Boost]

i wanted to sandblash my rear bean but it was too big so i got wire brush so far most is off but do i need to etch prime it as i dont want it to rust before i get it powder coated

Best to mate unless you can get it powder coated right away, im taking all my bits upto the bodyshop tomoz so i can get it primed up, my mate is giving it a coat of redoxide primer to stop the parts rusting

cracking work as usual Dan

when are we going to see you at the MK Meet, its on Thursday by the way

CheeRS ben, hows it going, i got a week off so not causing mayhem in newport doing the roadworks there lol, am i allowed to turn up at an RS meet in a mighty metro tho haha sounds good mate will try get over

[Mike Rainbird]

Got loads and loads of pics lol

Ch eeRS
Dan

Start a proper restoration thread then

[Ben Purnell]

CheeRS ben, hows it going, i got a week off so not causing mayhem in newport doing the roadworks there lol, am i allowed to turn up at an RS meet in a mighty metro tho haha sounds good mate will try get over

all good here mate cheers. thought it had been quiet in town

you can turn up in anything you like mate, I very rarely take the escos as I just can't be arsed with the hassle of getting out and back into the garage, but will be making a special occasion on Thursday but that is only as I need petrol for Saturday

Hope you can make it mate, I should be there around 7:45 to 8pm

[Mr_Boost]

Start a proper restoration thread then

Will do matey, better get cracking and start uploading to photobucket

all good here mate cheers. thought it had been quiet in town

you can turn up in anything you like mate, I very rarely take the escos as I just can't be arsed with the hassle of getting out and back into the garage, but will be making a special occasion on Thursday but that is only as I need petrol for Saturday

Hope you can make it mate, I should be there around 7:45 to 8pm

Cool, will bring my UT model so at least i can say i brought me cossie along haha

[georgie1]

Best to mate unless you can get it powder coated right away, im taking all my bits upto the bodyshop tomoz so i can get it primed up, my mate is giving it a coat of redoxide primer to stop the parts rusting



CheeRS ben, hows it going, i got a week off so not causing mayhem in newport doing the roadworks there lol, am i allowed to turn up at an RS meet in a mighty metro tho haha sounds good mate will try get over

so you sandblasted your beam and arms and you are going to primer them then powder coat them, is it ok to powder coat over primer or does it need to be bear metal?

[Mr_Boost]

Im not powder coating mine mate, there being sprayed and laqured, but the surface needs to be paint free for powdercoating as the particles need to stick to a grounded surface mate, but alot of powder coating firms can blast prior to powder coating, most of it is done by sand, or bead ect but they can dip and chemicly clean ect. If the parts are going to be exposed for a while though its worth priming them up to protect them.


A laser printer works in the same way, the laser charges the drum in the shapes of the letters then the toner sticks to the charged shapes and as the paper goes through it discharges onto the paper then goes through a fuser that is like a heated roller and it melts and bakes the toner onto the paper. But all surfaces have to be clean for the charge to work ect. ( Glad im not in I.T anymore lol )



I managed to get all the rear parts soda cleaned and blasted for £150, but only spraying and laquring mine as my best mate owns a bodyshop and works out cheaper for me to have him do that.

[georgie1]

Im not powder coating mine mate, there being sprayed and laqured, but the surface needs to be paint free for powdercoating as the particles need to stick to a grounded surface mate, but alot of powder coating firms can blast prior to powder coating, most of it is done by sand, or bead ect but they can dip and chemicly clean ect. If the parts are going to be exposed for a while though its worth priming them up to protect them.


A laser printer works in the same way, the laser charges the drum in the shapes of the letters then the toner sticks to the charged shapes and as the paper goes through it discharges onto the paper then goes through a fuser that is like a heated roller and it melts and bakes the toner onto the paper. But all surfaces have to be clean for the charge to work ect. ( Glad im not in I.T anymore lol )



I managed to get all the rear parts soda cleaned and blasted for £150, but only spraying and laquring mine as my best mate owns a bodyshop and works out cheaper for me to have him do that.

thanks m8 and sorry for doing my own topic

[cosmo]

Has the block had a crack repaired....

Mr. Boost

[Mr_Boost]

Yeah we didnt even know it had one, but the firm who done the machining done some sort of xray scan and it was a tiny one appearing on the surface, so they repaired it and marked where it was mate

[Craig H]

personaly i would get the parts blasted and dipped then powder coated more dureable and better finish imo if its standar or standard is black if its modified then Anthricite(i have my arms that colour)do ther rear beam and front and back anti roll bars in the other colour


not the best pic but you get the idea