I make suitable holes in a block of wood and push them in.Has anyone found a way of painting new screw and bolt heads pre refitting loose panels?
Nick
Are the original, factory fitted bolts painted before manufacture, or are you trying to emulate some other commercial finish, like Japanning. Aren't most industrial machines with painted bolts painted after assembly? Perhaps if it's really high value work then masking and spraying individual fixings after assembly is the way to go.That is my only option at the moment but as you know, most of my restoration work is very comprehensive, to a high level and averaging currently £40k I was hoping someone had found a genius way of factory finish on fixings. I live in hope but for now can only touch them in which of course looks non factory. Bit akin to seam sealing new door skins. Dead giveaway if non factory.
Nick
The only problem with that David is how you get to weld the flange? I've tried to get factory finish for many many years with a variety of gizmos to no success. I can tell immediately if its a factory seal.Nick, I am happy to share my solution to the door skin seam sealer problem. I put seam sealer on both sides of the flange before putting the skin on and folding the flange over. Seam sealer oozes out which could give the game away. So it can then be trimmed off. Following with another coat of epoxy primer once cured. You would have to look very hard to notice.
It's not so much the low torque wings that are the issue as much as the higher torque doors etc.With the torque on them being low you could just 3d print a socket and it would work fine and not damage. You could also make it slightly oversized and then spray some plastidip for further protection.