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Melomotive www.melomotive.com

Locality: West Gosford

Phone: +61 2 4321 0339

Address: 6/8 Stockyard Place 2250 West Gosford, NSW, Australia

Website: www.melomotive.com/categories/sanding-blocks

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23.01.2022 New Dura-Block now in. Velcro Taco Block

22.01.2022 WE ARE HIRING Panel beater with knowledge ln classic cars is required to join our team at Justin Hills classic cars . Looking for Sea change ? The Manning va...lley offers a beautiful lifestyle. Come work in our growing shop producing classic and custom vehicles that are shown around the world. Top rates of pay for the right person. We have a friendly working environment and a great team. Email [email protected] www.justinhills.com.au

21.01.2022 Afterpay now available.

19.01.2022 Nice work 4D’s Designs Custom Car Builds

18.01.2022 53 Chevy has been getting some love lately. 67 year paint perfection#1953chevy #chevy210 @ Melomotive www.melomotive.com

16.01.2022 Heading out for the weekend and letting go of the week... Happy Friday!

16.01.2022 Killer pics coming out of @ZERO5

16.01.2022 Some neat work and great process shots by The Panel Shop Smash Repairs

15.01.2022 Black HG Monaro out of xclusivefx is immaculate. The team perfecting their polyester and Spline process. Cut and Buff is next level. http://www.melomotive.com/auto-body/specailty-bodywork/

13.01.2022 For the QLD’s that want to play with metal

12.01.2022 We are looking for an experienced painter to join our team, If your passionate painter and want to paint some of the most bad ass cars and trucks in the count...ry in a state of the art custom car building facility then hit us up!! Immediate start or after the X mas holidays Must have strong work ethic, be able to work within a team, body work skills are must, No Apprenticships or trainees, please contact us here or via email [email protected] See more

09.01.2022 MotorEx Feb 6 and 7. 2021

07.01.2022 356 Porsche at Delux Kustoms @deluxkustoms in a fresh coat of RestoFinish Polyprimer. The guys are loving the gloss levels, making it way easier to check where they're at before blocking. http://www.melomotive.com/restofinish-polyprimer-grey-4-lit

07.01.2022 The Toolman’s back, instant childhood flashbacks. https://www.whiskeyriff.com//tim-the-toolman-taylor-and-a/

07.01.2022 Panel beater vs Coachbuilder The panel beater works in the chaotic world of mass produced vehicles. Requiring a wide knowledge of the latest cars to carry o...ut collision and incident repairs. The coachbuilder works by hand to fabricate, align and manipulate both structural and cosmetic components to bring history back to life. There is no finer example of this than the art of the ‘file finish’. That's the short version If you are keen to hear more details of this process please read on . . . . This front clam section has two main 1.4m double sided TIG welds (that's 5.6m in total) that each had to be performed in one continuous operation. Any variance in pace would have caused either shallows or blow holes. Any welders out there can appreciate this small feat. Once together it is now unable to fit through the English wheel, so these welds must be dressed and blended out by hand using a variety of hammers and dollies. At last count we had 43 hammers and 57 different shape dollies, they are a fair sight stowed neatly on shadow boards along the workshop wall. Now after all that, to start the file finish process. This Lotus Eleven must retain its exposed aluminium finish, no fillers or paint, just that quality polished surfaced. This is achieved by adjusting the profile by hand. Flattening any minute highs, stretching low points around join lines and correcting the overall curvature of the panel. This is done by both feel and sight. A guide coat of fast drying etch primer is sprayed on the surface. Then using a body file with a light pressure across the surface, the guide coat is removed from the high areas and is left on the low areas. The highs are carefully massaged using a body-spoon. Then the low areas are stretched using a slapping file while holding the correct shape forged dolly tool under the skin. A final check spray of guide coat is then applied and the process repeated until a smooth flowing body shape is ready to be sanded. The file is only used to highlight the surface levels, NOT to remove metal. All these blemishes in the surface are painstaking removed by massaging the metal to the perfect form. Rather than grinding and thinning out the material. This is what defines the difference between a coach building artisan from a panel beater technician (with all due respect to panel beaters of course) and should give a clearer understanding as to why a polished aluminium body is a rare sight these days.

05.01.2022 Had a chat with Maskell's Customs and Classics the other day, here it is.

04.01.2022 Opportunity to grab some of the best wheels made.

02.01.2022 Back when shows were a reality. Who’s Looking forward to events like this again. @hotrodandcustom #roofchop #genewinfield @ Rosehill, New South Wales, Australia