Airsporter MK6 restoration-metal work journey so far:
17 November 2025It’s not all Airsporters/Mercurys…!
17 November 2025Airsporter MK6 restoration-the trigger block progress to date:

Stripping..!
Once these components are scratched, experience has shown that there is no point trying to repair the finish.
Modern paints always react with the coating on these parts (or possibly the grease and oil that has soaked
into the coating over the decades).
So now we just cut to the chase and strip off the old coating, clean and polish the component, and etch prime ready
for top coating:

Polished…

…ready…

…for priming…

…with…

…etch primer!
