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<blockquote data-quote="moonbase" data-source="post: 1057085" data-attributes="member: 178786">Today's offering is more in keeping with my status as a fully paid up member of the Federation of Master Bodgers. This bit of work will definitely keep me excluded from the FART society (Fabricators And Refurbishment Technicians).The rim of the Precision 2.0m dish had a few grazes and scratches, some of which were through to the bare aluminium. To prevent any further deterioration I thought it might be useful to clean them up and try to get them back into a reasonably weatherproof state. The areas were rubbed down with some wet and dry paper followed by priming with etch primer and finished with a top coat.I have attached a few pictures below that present the workflow for the worst impacted area of the rim and how it looks after the bodge job. In truth, I should probably have gone all the way round the rim to bare aluminium and then primed and top coated it. The full bare metal approach would certainly have given me a better finish. I may return to the full bare metal option at some future point if I consider the dish to be a &quot;keeper&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moonbase, post: 1057085, member: 178786"] Today's offering is more in keeping with my status as a fully paid up member of the Federation of Master Bodgers. This bit of work will definitely keep me excluded from the FART society ([B]F[/B]abricators [B]A[/B]nd [B]R[/B]efurbishment [B]T[/B]echnicians). The rim of the Precision 2.0m dish had a few grazes and scratches, some of which were through to the bare aluminium. To prevent any further deterioration I thought it might be useful to clean them up and try to get them back into a reasonably weatherproof state. The areas were rubbed down with some wet and dry paper followed by priming with etch primer and finished with a top coat. I have attached a few pictures below that present the workflow for the worst impacted area of the rim and how it looks after the bodge job. In truth, I should probably have gone all the way round the rim to bare aluminium and then primed and top coated it. The full bare metal approach would certainly have given me a better finish. I may return to the full bare metal option at some future point if I consider the dish to be a "keeper". [/QUOTE]

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