We don't want to get heated in this discussion, (or any others) its just that some people have their own Ideas on choice of paint, turbo's, you name it and different people will have different idea's and it strikes me its not on, to completely rubbish other people's opinions. Believe or not, some misguided people out there don't like DeLorean's at all! Can you imagine that! After all, non of us are perfect or all knowing! (Well not unless HE'S on our list)! Chris P -----Original Message----- From: pastyman@xxxx [mailto:pastyman@xxxx] Sent: 23 July 2003 14:32 To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [doc] RE: Grey painting and posing and cleaning Hi all I have recently applied a coat of Hammerite to some affected areas on the chassis ,white mixed with black under the supervision of James RG (and his ramp)!, whilst this was a temporary job to prevent any further corrosion, I will be re-doing this in about 2-3 weeks time after a quick spray with James steam pressure cleaner, WITH Hammerite.James painted his swaying arm some time ago and other bits and bobs and it still looks mint. Alistair #11622 Martin, My grey paint looks a lot better than it did. As its all done now so its quite academic. I'm very happy with it. If you really want to know about paint durability and rust prevention, you need to own a 48' "deep sea going" steel yacht for a few years. ( like I did) The secret is not what sort of paint you use, but to get "some paint", any paint, on as soon as the slightest signs of rust of bare metal are detected. Quick action is far better than waiting a while before applying some "modern miracle cure". I used Hammerite black on Delores's suspension about 5 years ago, it still looks OK. I too am a car restorer Martin and have personal experience going back over 30 years. I'm sure the requirements on a rally car are far more demanding than on my "cosseted cars". The area's around my fuel tank are all like new and don't require painting. Thanks for your input anyway Martin, but I think simply dismissing as "completely crap", a hugely successful and popular product like Hammerite, Is a trifle O.T.T. I promise I wont blame you if it needs re-doing in a year or two. Chrispy. -----Original Message----- From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:webmaster@xxxx] Sent: 23 July 2003 12:27 To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [doc] RE: Grey painting and posing and cleaning >Thanks for the tip Chris, but I only had one little bit to do, and unlike >Martin, I like Hammerite. > I was trying to be helpful. I've had a couple of people who should know what they're talking about (one from a company who outfit rally cars, and the other being an avid classic car restorer) who both agreed that Hammerite is fine on non-exposed areas (eg around te fuel tank) but where it's open to attack from the road (front chassis), it'll not last 5 minutes. Just don't say I didn't warn you. Martin > > DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -------------------- talk21 your FREE portable and private address on the net at http://www.talk21.com DOC UK Website: www.delorean.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/