am back now from the cross-country trip in bel!
was awesome fun..robo, i was looking out for you but never saw you.
have a few photos but can't be arsed posting them tonight so it will have to wait. i think i ended up taking nearly 300pics..
trigger happy :P
thanks jen...bel is a beautiful car!
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Got the GMH panel primer...was less than $60...yet to see what it turns out like...if it's no good atleast i can go over the top...being a primer.
Final sand today and then masking up...will post pics when it's done.
Had to pull one guard off...needs to be stripped...will have to take it to work
Damn,
$12!!! Know who you got it from? and was there any more?????
'Ah, whatever................'
sweet stuff kafer cant wait 4 the pic's good to hear they gave u the paint in the end too 😎
hey rob can u put a pick up of the pic ur talkin about ?
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I gave it to a friend to bring back for me, as soon as I get it Ill take a picture and post it!
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howdy rob...are you still there ?
im here 😉
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Just came up from masking up...
Should be able to put the first coat of primer on this afternoon...just a couple of marks to rub out after hitting with spray putty...
It's not perfect but wiil do the job...can't wait to see what it looks like black.
Thrn red wheels white walls and some flames (maybe).
It's like someone has jumped on the roof so if it shows up to bad black I will paint the turret gloss white...similar to the rat patrol beetle.
im sure it'll look sweet either way.
the matt black is pretty good 4 hiding dents and wobbles but, its the gloss one that shows em all up 😉
you are "roll masking arent you ? (not hard line-ing)
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Whats the weather like up there, not good down here. You might have to nick the heater from the lounge room to get rid of the humidity, before ya lay the paint on.
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good idea rob :thumb
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I'm using masking tape on a roll and sticking it to the bits I don't want black...sorry don't know what you mean pyro.
It's overcast here rob but not raining. Shouldn't worry the primer to much anyhow. If I don't paint till tomorrow that won'r bother me...probably won't be done intime for work cause the LH guard needs stripping.
I'll paint it separately then bolt it on.
What else is doing I see Bruce the postinf terrorist is talking about ratting his oval or is just taking the piss ?
sorry should of explained and asked a few more questions.
did you strip the car right back to like the bare minimals (no interior ect,ect) if so ignor what im about to say 😉
roll masking is used so when you put the paint on to area's such as a door thats closed, the sill inside doesnt develop a hard edge (a.k.a hardline)
to roll mask (i find it a pain in the ass todo) about 1/4 of the tape needs to be folded back on to its self (the sticky part) and the stick the sticky part down so that the edge thats folded onits self is pointing towards the area being painted.
for eg. if you were putting it on the sill part of the door, the edge of folded back over tape would go so its just touchin or even just before, the edge of the sill where the door meets.
ill draw up a quick diagram to explain a lil better.
also this isnt a nessesity but saves you having to sand out any hard edges 🙂
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yep...I know what your saying...but I didn't take any of the interior out this purely a semi quick job....just want it to be one colour...will do untill the day I can afford to get it professionally done...should be about time all the kids have been thru school...private school is bloody expensive let me tell ya.
I might post a couple of progress pics tonight...not that there's a lot to see.
ok the red is the folded over part and the yellow is the sticky part of the tape.
the black free hand line is ur sill and the purple line is indicating where the roll mask would go
the final pic is as if you were looking down at the sill and the edge at the bottomb of the creen is the side the door would close on.
i think this might help.....either that or confuse the hell out of us both. :duh
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[Edited on 30/3/2005 by pyr0]
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Not sure what he's doing with her.
Id still use a heater even with the primer
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Sorry pyro, but the link didn't work.
all the lights and bumpers etc are off...so it was really the windows only.
and as it's gunna be black made sure i had a small bit of rubber showing.
I'll change all the rubbers when i get the interior done so i'm hoping all the rubbers have shrunk and the new ones will go over the existing paint line...fingers crossed.
click the thingo its workin now 😉
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kafer69 wrote:What else is doing I see Bruce the postinf terrorist is talking about ratting his oval or is just taking the piss ?
I want a beetle i can rat and slam...if i cant get the right money for the oval, then i'll rat her...nothing that cant be returned to original...narrowed beam with adjusters, dropped spindles, lower the rear, wheels, etc...scuff the paint a little...
Should be sweet
What you think kafer? Im serious...
You mean I will no longer be looking for a white notch when I come to work???? But a black car just won't stand out in that carpark..... I mean, they are all range of colours in there, nothing as simple as black!!
Hows it going so far?
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Do it Bruce.....just don't tell Rob i'm agreeing with you.
Just ducked down to do some more masking...almost done now...think I need some more drop sheets though...will have to go and see my bro in law..
Rob wont mind, like i said we can always put it back to original...
Might end up with a white roof yet penguin...roof has plenty of ripples in it...can see marks where it used to have a roof rack too....but hey it's only a daily driver.
We'll have to work on Rob...he was pretty keen on the lowered beetle with flash kit in the photo with the spliity....there might be hope yet.
Pige would look awesome lowered...
Why is it that we're the only ones that can see that Bruce ?
Maybe we should talk Jen into it now she cleaned up at the Nats.
I'm sure Rob would think about it then.
Jen's beetle is sweet, looked mighty fine...
Bel would look good slammed...
Rob will come around, he will when he helps tim and i slam my ole girl
[Edited on 1/4/2005 by byronbus]
I thought it was good to have an older woman (who looks very young) and I thought it was good for a woman to have a toy boy....
sounds like a match made in heaven......:P
byronbus wrote:Jen's beetle is sweet, looked mighty fine, as did Jen, if i was a little older, id be chasing her...
hehe, your a bad man
Hey...you started it
Gotta go now...haveta finish off the masking so I can start painting.
Cool,
I have had the rust (well most of it) cut out and I am going to pick it up tomorrow morning and leave it at the mechanics.
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