Ok, so its still looks like og green though? Let us know when you want me to come pick it up.
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Damo - all the birch green vw's I've seen in OG paint have been lighter (not as bright) but admittedly after 40 years or more of UV exposure it is much lighter than when it rolled off the factory floor. The way I would describe it, its more pepperminty....however today when doing repairs and sanding through the high build primer in spots to original paint which happened to be close to the new paint the colour looked almost identical. Maybe its just because it is so glossy and bright?
Anyway, the dash and inside is painted as mentioned before - a halogen light was shining on it in this pic which makes it look a lot less green than it is, looks nice though.
Today saw some repairs to various dents, chips etc after sanding back the high build primer which showed up problem areas. This is Steve who is now working for me a couple days a week - his help has been most welcomed as it means things can be finished a lot sooner.
After the basic repairs were done the body was prepped again and reprimed in high build primer. This will be rubbed back tomorrow and painted in colour.
Damo, do you think a Wednesday pickup would be possible? Another splitty arrives tomorrow for resto so room is going to be limited. Cheers mate
Al
Dasdubber wrote:Damo - all the birch green vw's I've seen in OG paint have been lighter (not as bright) but admittedly after 40 years or more of UV exposure it is much lighter than when it rolled off the factory floor. The way I would describe it, its more pepperminty....however today when doing repairs and sanding through the high build primer in spots to original paint which happened to be close to the new paint the colour looked almost identical. Maybe its just because it is so glossy and bright?
sounds familiar Allan...........we had heaps of trouble doing the colour on mine (although it was an el cheapo job)..
........looks like the green one rust in the same areas too
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superb job, congrats to both of you!
yeah I remember doin a resto on a customer car way back when and it was real pepermint coloured not the washed look we were used to, dunno must be a colour that quickly fades.
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Al, i won't be able to come down Wednesday, Thursday would be the earliest, sorry. It's looking real good, thankyou so much.
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Okay lets shoot for Thursday Damo.
Cheers mate
Al
Well she is finally painted!
Being that I couldn't do it in the booth yet (if someone feels like giving me around $10K to finish it I'll happily accept!)....there was a bit of dust and the odd bug (one can be seen in this pic) that settled in the fresh paint.
The Devilbiss GTi Pro gun is working really well despite the underpowered compressor (if someone feels like giving me $5K for a second hand screw compressor I'll happily accept!)....nice and glossy off the gun.
The hoist is fantastic! (I won't go on about the cost of the hoist.....but people reading this can hopefully understand why such a paint job costs a bit, I'll happily work for half my current labour rate if someone wants to pay all my overheads) 🙂
The colour is more along the lines of the original (not quite as pepperminty as I first thought)....it is just much brighter and more glossy than the original.
The roof came out a treat (again I could have spent more time smoothing out the dents but the line had to be drawn somewhere (as per above discussions)).
Pic is a bit blurry unfortunately.
Now the hard and expensive part is out of the way Damo can finally work towards getting this beast back on the road (and on the strip hopefully!).
Al
Looking Schmick!👍
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OH my god, thats beautiful. The colours perfect, thankyou so much Al. I can't wait to see it On Thursday.
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perfect job Alan.
Looks awesome Alan. Got a Birch Green bug or two down here that would love that treatment.
Always a pleasure to watch. Can't wait for the next customer's car to begin.
Matt
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kombimatt wrote:Can't wait for the next customer's car to begin.
Thanks Matt, don't have to wait long, next customers car will be started by the end of the week!
Al
hey al
how u finding the PPG? did u use the Deltron or Cobra in the end?
steff..............
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Steff, this particular paint was just their single stage 2K range as they couldn't mix the Birch Green in a base coat. So far so good for the PPG (2 cars done in their solid 2K range) but no experience yet with the Delton or Cobra - although will be doing a quickie job on a mate's bay window in Cobra in the next few weeks so that will be a good test for the lower end products.
Looking forward to using their ceramic clears (but will wait till the booth is ready for that!).
Cheers again for your help to date.
Al
not a worry mate, glad i can be of some help.
I've had the PPG bigwigs up all this week with some new stuff and freebee's :o) let u know whats about when i get the chance to try/play....
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That turned out supoib Alan and Damo.
Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh (with a motor damo!)
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Thanks Dave 🙂
Although we didn't intend going this far (after all we started out only originally giong to do rust repair and not repainting.....then only painting the outside.....then only painting outside and underbonnet.....then outside, underbonnet, dash, door jambs.
Now after all that we were going to leave under the decklid and bonnet as is, but I just couldn't live with myself. Although each resto is different and I work towards the budget of the owner, at the end of the day I can't let something go out of the shop I wasn't happy with, thus I had to squirt some paint under the bonnet and decklid.
Tomorrow will see a bit of de-nibbing from dust specks, and a couple little runs to fix (can't wait for the lights when the booth is running so I can see what I am spraying properly!)
Damo will pick it up tomorrow night then I'm onto a trio of splits (different owners) - next to no rust repair in one (but a as high a show quality paint job as one can get), lots of rust repair in another (with no paint job at all = rat), and lots of rust repair in the third with a mid level paint job.
All on different budgets but all should be lots of fun....I love this job!
Al
I love watching you love your job!
As a teacher I love the work I do educating young minds but looking at your work Alan always makes me wish I had accepted the apprenticeship as panel beater I knocked back when I was sixteen.
Keep up the top work. Looking forward to the splits.
Matt
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Mods.
I think Das needs his own section on the forum.
Dasdubers corner or something.???
Watching his resto's are awsome and give people an excellent idea on what someone has to go through during the painting process.
Excellent work as always Al.
Damo, You would have to be chuffed with the way your car has turned out. It looks awsome.
cheers
jace
Damo that is looking very smick!!...Alan again another beautiful example of your work...you guys must be so happy with it...Max is looking so fresh now...!! Judy
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Thanks Judy, Jace, Matt and others.
I'm pretty stoked with how Damo's bug has turned out given I didn't spend too much time on the body work (rust repair was 70% of the hours spent on the project). Damo seemed pretty chuffed, and although I'm sure he'll find some of the blemishes/nibs/small runs as he spends more time with it....hopefully his chuffness will remain for a while to come!
Damo arrived tonight with his brother to pick up the bug so we lowered it onto the pan and bolted it down.
So with this picture my involvement in Damo's resto is over, he can now update the thread as it progresses (c'mon mate, get that stonking type IV built will ya!)
Best of luck with the reassembly Damo, have fun!
Al
Nice job Alan.
I notice you painted this one & choptop with the guards
loosely fitted. Do you have any drama when your spraying with the overlap
from the curve of the guards to the flatness of the side panels?
No dramas mate - just have to be more aware of the overlap when shooting the front quarter panels - each stroke is finished on the guard, so when I then shoot the guard I just do a quick pass on the edge that mates to the body.....thus avoiding runs in the quarters and guards.
I've been getting used to the new paint (PPG) and a relatively new gun (only shot a couple cars with it) so I'm getting a couple more "flow adjustment meters" (ie. runs) than I like, but fortunately in discrete places and relatively easily fixed.
these restos always end up a bigger job than first thought,lucky alan and i are vw nuts as anyone else wouldnt have given a sh#t and given it back to the owner with no paint underneath, always looks heaps better in and out,its hard to put a price on a good resto,on big jobs i would only doit for an hourly rate because of this,good work alan👍
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Is that paint a colour then clear or is it shiny paint straight off the gun?
Lovely work, I bet Damo slept in the shed last night 😉
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kkk - it is a solid single stage 2K colour straight off the gun (ie. no clear - the gloss is in the colour)
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