I even managed to work on my Bleu Lord. A little spot on the tailgate caused waterintrusion in the boot (the car was outside and I wasn't able to put it in). So I had to detect the whole in the body and repair it.
It seemed to be an old repair badly fixed. Apparently there was some corrosion in this corner and it was welded kind of clumsy. It is a tricky corner, yes, but the repair wasn't quite good. For now I had to fill the whole and since I'm not a welder, I used polyester putty. In this special corner it wouldn't be visible, when the tailgate was closed. My main concern was now to prevent water to come inside.
This was a light exercise in bodywork and a good revalidation exercise for me too. It was a pleasant alternation of my 007 James Bond replays or my Tumblr posting.
A good portion of polyester putty on the difficult corner and sanding till the metal comes through.
New putty and sanding again till the surface is somehow smooth.
After sanding I sprayed the corner black base color
And a good layer of bleu over and over.
After drying I sanded the edges and used the commandant 4 polish again,
to let the corner emerge in its natural environment
Result
Result
Looks nice, doesn't it?
The new part is brighter than the old part on the tailgate.
Commandant 4 has to be put to work again to bring the parts together.
It'll be a good exercise for my muscles on my chest.
Another exercise was the polishing of the windowedges, which were worn out by the sun.
I used the cheapest "wonder"blocks of the Aldi to polish the plastic (partly rubber) framework.
Wonderful stuff, with some water polishing the rubber parts it works wonderful.
But it's not the toughest sponge, it's gone in a swirl.
