At 08:51 05-02-99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hey List !
> I've got a hard top that was damaged by the DPO. (imagine that)
>It looks like he took a disc sander or high speed buffer to it and burned
>off the finish in several places. Those places all have hundreds of very
>tiny
>cracks now. Not structural just little hairlines on the surface.
>I don't know where to start.
>All ideas welcome !
>
>thanks,
>Dave
>'67 Midget
>(doing rear wheel bearings this weekend) :-)
>
I faced the same problem with my MK1 hardtop. I was told to get some of
the 'flexable' fiberglass 'bondo' (as used on the Saturn or those GM
plastic panelled vans and use it to patch up the mess. First I was advised
to sand by hand and get the outer layer of stuff off, then cover over the
cracks. I am told that old fiberglass is a royal pain - pity poor Lotus
owners. I spend many many hours on this and have it looking OK. It is now
at the pint shop waiting a new coat of olde English white. Don't know how
this will work in the long run, but will keep all posted.
Is this for a mk1? I am still looking for the metal pieces that go between
the rear door and the hard top. Some DPO decided to cut them off flush!
Cheers,
Martyn
The Journey, not the destination, becomes a source of wonder.
(Loreena McKennitt - liner notes - 'The Book of Secrets')
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