Be aware hammerite doesn’t fully cure by its nature so you might ‘smear’ the hammerite. Someone I used to know decided to paint a Fiat X1/9 with hammerite and thought the finish was a bit dull so was going to lightly rub it down and then polish. Didn’t get to the polishing as the hammerite smeared everywhere
Thanks for the tip. Might just leave it looking a little rustic then. Looks better than it did and metal protected.
Painting an X1/9 with Hammerite is a bit of a travesty though. My dad had a lovely kermit green metallic one. I am sure the colour had a wonderful italian name. One of the very early ones. It was fab, if not rather impractical as a car for a married father of 2 !!. Now presumably rusted away...
Original Hammerite was lovely but did indeed never really dry.
Then the recipe changed and it did properly dry but was otherwise woeful.
It's now changed yet again and does seem to have recovered many of its original toughness and durability properties and does, eventually, dry sufficiently to allow it to be sanded and even polished. It's getting expensive though. Mind you, what isn't these days?
Then the recipe changed and it did properly dry but was otherwise woeful.
It's now changed yet again and does seem to have recovered many of its original toughness and durability properties and does, eventually, dry sufficiently to allow it to be sanded and even polished. It's getting expensive though. Mind you, what isn't these days?
New wheels arrived today.
Was trying to hold out for 18s but ended up going with 17s.
Just gotta get some tyres on them.
Was trying to hold out for 18s but ended up going with 17s.
Just gotta get some tyres on them.
At first glance I thought they looked like strange tyres on them
