Then a guide coat. This was just a cheap can of black spray paint applied thinly all over. The idea is to use a sanding block, and on the high spots the black will come off first, the low spots will remain black. Then you can either keep rubbing till the whole area is back to Spray Putty beige, or you can apply some more Spray Putty to fill the low, another guide coat and try again. I'll wait to see how deep the low spots are.
_________________ 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...)
Here you can see that I didn't get much of the beige coloured Spray Putty inside the air intakes. I had cut some stiff cardboard about 2 feet long and the width of the bottom air intake. I shoved the cardboard and it covered most of the intake. I pulled it back out and carefully put some masking tape over the bits that the cardboard missed. Cardboard back in and let's get spraying.
The track cover - I just thought it might look good being all bare metal against the desert-cammo.
_________________ 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...)
The bus will stay like this for a while as I do the same to the doors. There is actually still a little bit of welding required for the floor and rear corners - some holes to fill, though we didn't have the correct welding wire last time we did some welding. _________________ 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...)
I wanted to add this link. It really inspired me, and gave me the confidence to do and to succeed.
http://forums.kombiclub.com/showthread.php?t=3896%22 _________________ 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...)
It's not a bad idea, call it The Tiger and be done with it. _________________ 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...)
I've spent the last few days sanding, the first work I've done since October. Sanding off the guide coat to find low spots in the paint, plenty to be found because of how I ground off the paint to get at any small rust spot.
It took two days to do just the roof, though it was probably only one days work really. 400 grit is very fine, and it took a lot of time hand sanding the whole roof. I've come away with three spots that need more work, little dings that need some little putty to fill it- and that is what I've been doing today.
I've also smeared putty along the window sills where there was rust pitting. And there was a long thin dent along length of the bottom of the slider (hands up who else has one of these ) that I have smoothed over with putty. I will post some photos soon, though I haven't taken many...
I figure that I need to have the colour on by the end of January because after that (probably Easter) it will just be too cold again. _________________ 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...)
errr, sorry.
Really quickly: I replaced the torsion arms with new ball joints on the weekend, and new shockies too. I've been doing some sanding before I put another few coats of spray putty on the sides to get them perfect.
I am working on it as much as I can so that I can paint before it gets too cold here again. By Easter it might well be too late. _________________ 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...)
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) that I have smoothed over with putty. I will post some photos soon, though I haven't taken many...
