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Dimension of the tiles were 165w x 190h and 165w x 265h. Some square ones 265x265? were used on the sides. The tiles were reddish after washing. The colour was lost on the exposed parts. After removing 3 courses of tiles (mortared side tiles were left alone), I gained full access to the eave...

It's beyond my interest and ability to do a rebuild. In case I am forced into a one, any idea if the removed tile looks like something I can still buy? I just need one tile to shift the joint positions of the eave tiles. The canopy is 30 years old. It has the bare minimum of tiles and roof felt...

To test how a tile was fixed, I simply pushed it back. All the tiles were not nailed down and free to move, with the exception of the side edge tiles which were mortared. Here's a first row tile removed revealing the eave tiles that were free to move. The higher row of tiles were pushed back and...

I am looking at leaks on a front door canopy, and wondering what the pro solution is? The problem came from bad placement/alignment for the eave tiles. Here's the rough layout of the tiles. I am guessing on the bits that are not normally visible externally. Blue: concrete tiles. Black: first row...

Black primer ordered. Here's another video of playing with colours. The substrate colour definitely has an impact on the final result.

The panel is back on the car. The colour match is pro rated without me trying to. But the image tells a lie. If I put one side of my face on the ground and look up, I could tell the panel is lighter. Also the car has a yellow tone to it because of aged clear coat. So, there is still room for me...

The longest panel I have is the panel I just painted, at 2m. This greenhouse paint booth will work for me. The price includes VAT, excludes delivery. I don't actually need a 100% clean environment. I just need to stop the debris carried by the wind.

What a major bit of luck. While holding the panel against the car myself and looking, some parts of the panel didn't look like it was matching the car colour. When I got someone else to hold the panel and I stood back to look from multiple positions, it was a perfect match. I only needed one...

1500 grit was slow going (not like I was going out or anything), but the risk was low. Finished now. A small piece of sandpaper in exchange for a pro finish. It's wrong colour though, too light. May be a blindfolded blind man won't notice. The insurer could well invalidate me for doing custom...

I have decided to not give the bottom face a second clear coat. Nobody looks at the panel there apart from the MOT guy. Also, it doesn't suffer from UV there, hence no risk of paint failing. For the side face, since I have to sand out debris anyway, I might as well wet sand the whole face. It's...

To keep things simple and avoid flipping the panel about risking dropping it, I decided to paint the second coat on the side face of the panel only. The bottom face could wait. The knowledge for doing a mirror finish was gained over night from my experience of the first coat and re-watching...

There is a lot more to painting than spraying. Colour matching is also a large part. I could potentially modify the final result by manipulating the primer colour. One possible approach is to get separate black and white primers. Then mix the two using various ratios until the right end result...

Finished the first clear coat this morning. To counter debris issues, the painting surface was arranged to be laying vertical like a wall picture. If anything got on it, there would be less chance of gravity pulling the debris down to contact the base coat. How well that worked wouldn't be known...

The base coat was finished close to perfection. Spot repairs using the normal spraying gun settings was effective in blending in the new paint. Total paint used for the panel was about 250ml. The most effective way I found to remove debris on a coat was rubbing it out through a dragging motion...

The primer was easy as I thought. Since I had no major fixes/fills to do, brushing on primer for minor fixes was OK, following by sanding flat. A second coat of primer was made after fixes. The optimal flow rate was found to be at 3.5 turns from closed. While laying down the primer, a ripple...