Bob, I just got through with my painting. The underneath side of wings are
the same color and originally had no undercoating -- and they took a
beating. My painter strongly advised undercoating and I took his advice and
applied undercoating. They are painted the same color and look good.
>I'm getting ready to paint my TD. As far as I can tell, it has had at least
>two previous paint jobs by the DPOs. There is little evidence as to the
original
>color (I have my heart set on ivory anyway.). My question is: How is the
>underside of the wings (front fenders) supposed to be finished? Is it supposed
>to have the same paint as the top? Is it supposed to have some type of
>undercoating? If undercoating, what color? I can see a dilemma here. The
>underside of the wings must take a pretty good beating so you would want to
>use undercoating. But it is also visible, so you would want it to look
>pretty. I'm not a fanatic about exact originality, so I'm open to solutions
>that have
>worked out well for others.
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>Bob Donahue, Still Stuck in the '50s
>rdonahue@holli.com
>53 MG-TD under DIY restoration
>71 MGB still in shop, 11 months and counting
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