Can anyone give me advice on fixing a dent on the sill and how to get that bubbley finish again and how is the best way to spray it etc?

 

Cheers,

Mathew

The bubbly effect is caused by the paint being sprayed over underseal/stonechip gaurd.

I'm having a similar problem as I'm doing some repairs on my sills at the moment. The nearest stuff I can find that is supposed to give the bubbly effect is some Hammerite underseal stuff called Schultz. A lot of the other car forums mention it, especially the MX5 forum as most of the early MX5's seem to have a similar finish along the bottom of the panels. The only problem is that you are supposed to put it on with a compressor although I'm going to see if I can replicate the same effect some other way later this week.

 

HTH

 

Gareth

make sure you get a brand that can be overpainted! some are designed as unpainted protection for use on chassis etc.

Cheers guys, i'll keep an eye out for the stuff. any advice on where to get the paint? i.e. so its a good match.

Shultz is a underseal and if you paint on top of this the paint you,ve applied will discolour , you need to use stone chip protector , this is designed to be painted over. To get the same finish it has to be applied with a Shultz gun :headvswal it is available in aerosols but you can,t get a heavily textured finish with these, you could always do the repairs on your sills and pop down to a body shop and get them to texture it using a proper gun, i,m sure most places would do this for a :duffer: HTH