WEll, it’s been a couple weeks since I last posted about the fox. I’ve
been laying a brick patio in the back yard, so haven’t been working on
the paint job.
But TODAY …ta-ta… I got the bonnet and rear hatch door painted. WOW!
It looks great, the maetallic silver I picked is fantastic. It just came
out beautifully. now to get the body painted and get it reassembled.
The paint, reducerand hardner cost about $250.00!! But it’s the new
acrylic enamel, which dries so hard you don’t have to use car polish on
it. Looks like a mirror.
LLoyd -can you tell I’m getting anxious to finish??-
LLoyd G Nolan wrote:
But TODAY …ta-ta… I got the bonnet and rear hatch door painted. WOW!
Lloyd, could you take a breather from the festivities to tell us a little
more about the paint job? How did you remove the old paint? How much are you
doing yourself? I am going to paint UGLYKTY this summer, and need some tips.
I am under pressure to do a brick patio too. Did you mortar the bricks in or
do the sand-in-the-crevices technique?
Randall
Congrats, Lloyd.
It’s great to start making progress in the other direction…putting
together rather than taking apart.
Jim C
FHC 885237… Thirteen years in to a 2 year project (to paraphrase the other
list member who said it first:-))-----Original Message-----
From: LLoyd G Nolan soothsayer@redshift.com
To: jag e-type@jag-lovers.org
Date: Friday, July 09, 1999 7:46 PM
Subject: [E-Type] Silver Fox, update
WEll, it’s been a couple weeks since I last posted about the fox. I’ve
been laying a brick patio in the back yard, so haven’t been working on
the paint job.
But TODAY …ta-ta… I got the bonnet and rear hatch door painted. WOW!
It looks great, the maetallic silver I picked is fantastic. It just came
out beautifully. now to get the body painted and get it reassembled.
The paint, reducerand hardner cost about $250.00!! But it’s the new
acrylic enamel, which dries so hard you don’t have to use car polish on
it. Looks like a mirror.
LLoyd -can you tell I’m getting anxious to finish??-
Randall:
When I was a youngster, I did quite a number of home masonry projects,
including brick patios and driveways. If the pavement will not need to
support much weight, save your back and put the bricks in a bed of sand.
Pack them tightly, and sweep loose sand into the crevices. Use common
brick, which is very easy to cut by hand (you will need a saw if you use
pavers). It may heave a bit, especially the first winter, but it’s easy to
fix.
I once did a driveway in herringbone brick. What a job. I excavated to 9
1/2", spread an inch of gravel, poured four inches of reinforced concrete,
and set the bricks in wet mortar. Finished with 3/8" mortared joints, edged
with split granite. Used type S mortar, which I mixed by hand in small
batches. The driveway was all of 40’ long. It took me the better part of
two years, squeezing in the work when I could. By the time I was done, I
had ruptured a disk in my back. This proved to be a life changing
experience, but that’s another story.
Regards,
Mike Frank
1969 E-Type 2+2
New York
At 07:53 PM 7/9/99 -0700, you wrote:>I am under pressure to do a brick patio too. Did you mortar the bricks in or
do the sand-in-the-crevices technique?