Sjdickso
Staff
Some months back I bought at a very reasonable price a Whiteline Rear anti roll bar off @Matt, the bar was in very good condition considering they are prone to rusting.
I then went to Courtney Sport and ordered a full new fitting kit with new brackets and bushes.
Last week or so thought I should get it fitted started off with cleaning down it with degreaser to expose a few blisters of rust, started with gentle sanding which turned into a headache as the paint started to flake off but majority wouldn't come off so I purchased a small sanding disc
Using the 80 Grit disc and a hour or so later the majority of paint was stripped.
I then went and zinc primed the whole bar which came out ok.
I then wet sanded down and started to use Hammerite rattle can, this was then a issue the paint didn't seem to adhere to the zinc primer eventually it did but wasn't great finish but ok.
I then gave a quick flat back and decided to give it a quick blast of normal clear lacquer, small test area a success then I did one side all went off fine and looked ok as below, well ok for underneath a car
Then I did the other side, complete failure, the Lacquer reacted and blistered all the paint like paint remover and ran to the other side peeling the other paint off as well .
So that's what I am upto, after doing some reading I shouldn't have used clear car Lacquer and Hammerite, well not unless its totally gone off and even then its not advised.
I will update but I am going to sand all the way back use normal primer and I have spare can of Rover Anthracite which I will attempt to use
I then went to Courtney Sport and ordered a full new fitting kit with new brackets and bushes.
Last week or so thought I should get it fitted started off with cleaning down it with degreaser to expose a few blisters of rust, started with gentle sanding which turned into a headache as the paint started to flake off but majority wouldn't come off so I purchased a small sanding disc
Using the 80 Grit disc and a hour or so later the majority of paint was stripped.
I then went and zinc primed the whole bar which came out ok.
I then wet sanded down and started to use Hammerite rattle can, this was then a issue the paint didn't seem to adhere to the zinc primer eventually it did but wasn't great finish but ok.
I then gave a quick flat back and decided to give it a quick blast of normal clear lacquer, small test area a success then I did one side all went off fine and looked ok as below, well ok for underneath a car
Then I did the other side, complete failure, the Lacquer reacted and blistered all the paint like paint remover and ran to the other side peeling the other paint off as well .
So that's what I am upto, after doing some reading I shouldn't have used clear car Lacquer and Hammerite, well not unless its totally gone off and even then its not advised.
I will update but I am going to sand all the way back use normal primer and I have spare can of Rover Anthracite which I will attempt to use