So the time has come for some courage and to start painting. To say I am relieved as I write this is an understatement.
I did two loads of degreasing indoors. The first with methylated spirit and kitchen towel took off a lot of black muck. The second, again with meths, was done with a soft cloth and there was a lot less muck.
I then moved the frame to the garage where I had set up a painting platform and some extra bright lighting. I did another degrease this time with paint thinners and a new clean lint free cloth.
Here are the frames ready to be primed.
I primed the frames with UPOL #8 Acid Etch Primer. It went on really quite well and I did 3 light coats.
Here we are after coat 2.
And here is the finished work
Overall I am quite happy to have got this far without incident.
I am now leaving it in the garage for a few hours. I have a heater on in there and will then bring the frames inside for the night.
It takes 24 hours for the primer to go off properly.
I am planning to brush paint the frames. I will start with the red on the interior to see how we go with that and might revert to spray for the exterior which will be more on show.
you ought to have masked inside the buffer stocks, i made same mistake and buffers would not fit in after without scraping and sanding the inners
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