[TR] Storing sheet metal (fenders)

[ADRIAN DIX-DYER]

Type B.....mmm.
Selling my business and cancer got in the way of the restoration started
ten years ago. All systems go now.
Adrian TR4A CT64306 O

On 6 January 2013 12:13, Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:

> Ten years ago?  We'll put you down as a type B.........................
>  :-)
>
> Andrew Uprichard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of ADRIAN DIX-DYER
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 5:56 AM
> To: Wbeech
> Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [TR] Storing sheet metal (fenders)
>
> I bare metaled my front wings (fenders) by sandblasting 10 years ago. Then
> I
> sprayed them immediately with a high concentrate zinc primer the kind they
> use on ocean based oil rigs to stop rust.
> They have been stored in my unheated garage since, awaiting the day I
> finally get the car together, no detectable rust.
> I live in Wales UK which has a very damp climate winter and summer.
> Zinc primer works for me.
> Adrian TR4A CT64306 O
> Wales UK.
>
> On 5 January 2013 23:18, Wbeech <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:
>
> > Go to your local automotive paint store and get a quart of 'Etch
> > Primer", this will protect it until you are ready.  Then you can sand
> > it, prime it, paint it when you are ready.  I like the Nason brand but
> there are others.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > Bill Beecher
> > '58 TR3A TS/30766L "Tarbaby"
> > '62 TR3B TCF/2549L " Aunt B" (in rehab)
> > www.triumphowners.com/1566
> > '68 Land Rover Series IIa 88" "The Beast"
> > "If you think you have everything under control... You're driving too
> slow"
> > M.Andretti
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
> > [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Malcolm
> > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 11:16 AM
> > To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [TR] Storing sheet metal (fenders)
> >
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I've been lurking for a while now - some of you may remember me from
> > the late '90s.  Life has interrupted but I still have my TR4.
> >
> > I now also have the opportunity to buy a pair of rear fenders.
> > However, they would have to be stored in my (unheated) workshop or the
> > attic of our house, for a few months to a year, while I figure out how
> > to get the TR4 into the workshop for a proper restoration.
> >
> > What do people recommend for treating the sheet metal for storage?
> > Oil, grease, waxed paper, really big ziploc bags?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > -Malcolm
> > '62 TR4 (CT10339L)
> >
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