1952 AEC Regal III [2547]
2025
Body September
Norman Julian 25th Sep
The weather being a little more reliable, I'm getting back to doing more of the more mundane jobs like the interior roof panels.
I'm going to reuse these because they aren't too bad and I don't want to have to reproduce that round over joint.
It's time consuming and not warranted in this case.
Though stripping these panels of paint is also very time consuming.
There are 5 more of these to do which is paintstripping and minor panel beating.
The weather being a little more reliable, I'm getting back to doing more of the more mundane jobs like the interior roof panels.
I'm going to reuse these because they aren't too bad and I don't want to have to reproduce that round over joint.
It's time consuming and not warranted in this case.
Though stripping these panels of paint is also very time consuming.
There are 5 more of these to do which is paintstripping and minor panel beating.
Greg Scott
Ive done all mine norm bit of a pain
Paint stripper and the good old guerni 😊 i have about 3 small spots of corrosion ill patch !
Norman Julian
Greg Scott I have to admit, I'd rather do them at bench level than my arms overhead these days.
Greg Scott
Norman Julian yes i did mine on the grass one panel at a time !
Ive done all mine norm bit of a pain
Paint stripper and the good old guerni 😊 i have about 3 small spots of corrosion ill patch !
Norman Julian
Greg Scott I have to admit, I'd rather do them at bench level than my arms overhead these days.
Greg Scott
Norman Julian yes i did mine on the grass one panel at a time !
Norman Julian 5th Oct
Paint stripping off the old paint and found this.
The top layer of paint was easy to get off.
The second and third layer, not so, but there is all this black stuff on the paint under the top layer.
Thinking about it I do have a theory as to what's going on.
People have said to me when visiting as to why I don't just sand it smooth and paint over the top.
Well this is exactly the reason.
I think when the bus was last painted it wasn't prepared properly and this is mould.
Mould has to be killed off properly before painting over the top of.
The saving grace here is that oil based paint has the ability to block anything from underneath for a time but not forever.
This is hard to ignore but if you just painted over the top of this it would no doubt bleed through.
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