Ivan's coupe: roof stuccowork

[Ivan141]

Some minor progress to report: we took on the roof last weekend.
With a fair bit of trepidation on my side since the roof had taken a beating during blasting and I was not sure how well I had repaired the damage.

A thick coat of filler was applied first (took quite some time).


We then proceeded to sand it back down till we hit metal in spots. Very time consuming as well. Luckily the roof held up well to the sanding with the additional supports I put in place underneath the roof skin.


Lucky for me, the roof was pretty straight after this first coat of filler. Dennis applied another much finer coat of filler, which will probably be the last one for the first stage of bodywork. No more than a single 2kg tub of filler (of which a lot ends up on the floor as dust), I consider that a win.

[banpei]

That's a lot of filler!
But I'm happy that your roof at least is straight. It took you a lot of time to get it that way using the shrinking disk, so good to see that paid off!

[Ivan141]

It's just more time-efficient to apply filler thick in the first go and then sand it all back. It's not thick enough for magnets to stop sticking to it.
I've seen 2 tubs disappear on 1 door before we gave up on it, so I'm not too impressed with the amount we used for the roof.