THE KOMBI KONNECTION

OberonViking · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

I took a photo of the offending tree today, and of the bus nicely kept out of the cold

Perhaps an hour or two of grinding and stripping left to get all the rust off. Maybe three hours since I want to go through the rain gutters again.

Then a little putty here and there and a coat of primer before August ends.
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1979 Bay Window Microbus (Restoration for daily driver due Xmas 2008 - well, some time in '09
1976 DC (daily driver - when it is running...)

Diddlie · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject:

You are going really well with this resto Robert,
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OberonViking · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Di.
I'll bring it over to show you one day, or at least I'd love to.

It's 9pm, I really should go back into the garage and spread some Rust Converter around the newly brightened metal.

But its cold out there.

and warm in here.

Okay, I'll do it - 'cos then I can look to the skies to see if I might have another day off tomorrow. Smile

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Robert and Emma (and 4 kids so far)
1979 Bay Window Microbus (Restoration for daily driver due Xmas 2008 - well, some time in '09
1976 DC (daily driver - when it is running...)

OberonViking · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject:

I did go out and paint the rust converter on Smile

Today I finished the roof. Here is an 'in progress' photo where you can see the surface rust before, and where I've hit it with the Strip It disc.

I then ran the wire bush through the rain gutters very carefully and methodically to remove all the rust and most of the paint. I've decided to paint the rain gutters on the inside with White Gloss Rust Kill (or similar) using a brush. I think that they are going to be a difficult section using a spray paint, and you won't see them, and the extra protection of Rust Kill is probably warranted here.

I've set up a practice run of the 'scaffolding' that I'll set up around the bus to paint the roof.

I've gotta get a new hose line for the air compressor so that I can use the sander I bought for it.
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Robert and Emma (and 4 kids so far)
1979 Bay Window Microbus (Restoration for daily driver due Xmas 2008 - well, some time in '09
1976 DC (daily driver - when it is running...)

OberonViking · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

So, it wasn't the hose that was the problem = my compressor isn't big enough to cope with a sander.

It did, however, cope with a sand blaster. I went through two buckets of grit ($15 each) cleaning up most of the places that you can't get at with a grinder, such as under the rain gutters, around the door hinges, around the jacking points, inside the air intakes, inside the seat holes.

Boy, what a mess it makes! I was black all over, the inside of the bus was covered in it, the engine bay had plenty, the dash, everything.

I've got to buy another bucket of grit to do the doors. I've removed all the panels and I have the body ready to cover in primer. Now to tidy up the doors, especially blasting the front of the front doors, where the air intakes are. Very dirty, very hard to get at.
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Robert and Emma (and 4 kids so far)
1979 Bay Window Microbus (Restoration for daily driver due Xmas 2008 - well, some time in '09
1976 DC (daily driver - when it is running...)

BJ · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject:

Good work, sounds like one of those jobs you'll only ever do once in a lifetime!
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OberonViking · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:48 am Post subject:

Piratekombi · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:16 am Post subject:

Excellent thread Robert and Emma - I have been watching it with equal parts enthusiasm and fear... Smile

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OberonViking · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:22 am Post subject:

Fear? There's nothing to fear. Even if the painting all goes horribly wrong I can rub it back and try again, or send it to the professionals. At the very least I am confident I won't have rust trouble for a few years.
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Robert and Emma (and 4 kids so far)
1979 Bay Window Microbus (Restoration for daily driver due Xmas 2008 - well, some time in '09
1976 DC (daily driver - when it is running...)

BJ · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:11 am Post subject:

I have question about your decision to sand the roof in patches (I understand that these were probably the areas with rust) but fear that you will have trouble getting this flat for paint.

I think paint stripping the whole lot might make that job easier......or can you enlighten me.

P.S. I have limited paint experience, so it is just an observation/query

Cheers Jamie

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