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07-16-2007, 13:22
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Painting project
Wow, I'll second that 'Atta Boy'! Way to go Don. I don't have the
patience to be a good painter. Mike Bulriss 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan" San Antoni, TX --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, David Brady > > Looks like a million bucks Don, way to go. > > David Brady > '02 LXi, Smokey > NC > > Don Bradner wrote: > > > > Our ongoing lengthy project list since we acquired Blue Thunder in > > January includes replacement of old operational equipment such as > > batteries, shocks, tires, and alternators; physical changes to agree > > with our wants, such as washer/dryer, bookcase/desk/office chair, and > > bay slideout trays; and cosmetic items. > > > > The latter is/was primarily paint. Several years in the Arizona sun > > had baked much of the clear coat off on both sides and the back. The > > front cap is fine, but has likely been repainted at some point. I did > > the worst single spot (blue on the back cap) before we left for a > > month of travels in early May, and the rest has been my most > > time-consuming project since we got back. > > > > I'm pretty much a neophyte when it comes to spray-painting, so this > > has been a learning experience with a lot of picking the brains at the > > local Dupont shop, where most of the guys have body-shop experience. > > The bulk of the labor, of course, is in surface prep and masking. > > > > I looked through the pictures I have on hand to find a couple that > > were illustrative of the problem and tried to take similar "after" > > pictures. The first one, http://tinyurl.com/2w53e2 > > <http://tinyurl.com/2w53e2> was taken in February in Casa Grande. It > > is part of a telephoto shot, so there's quite a bit of > > fore-shortening, and the lighting was very flat which reduced > > contrast, but you can see the missing clear coat pretty well. > > > > Since the blue heats up more, it is much more affected than the > > stripes; in fact the side stripes below the bend are fine and were > > left alone. The area below the stripes (what do you call that piece, > > anyway? Looks designed to direct water flow from the roof outward) was > > a particular problem. It is a compound curve, making sanding with a > > block difficult. It was missing clear coat in oval patterns, with the > > areas over ribs still holding the coat. Trying to feather the edges > > didn't work well, as clearcoat kept peeling away, so it was > > essentially necessary to sand it all. > > > > The upper part of the gold and red stripes weren't as bad looking, but > > still had bad peeling. This picture: http://tinyurl.com/2w6ukx > > <http://tinyurl.com/2w6ukx> was taken in Phoenix by the inspector we > > hired pre-purchase. > > > > Here are the after links for roughly the same two views: > > http://tinyurl.com/2kjvqo <http://tinyurl.com/2kjvqo> > > http://tinyurl.com/2jv2lf <http://tinyurl.com/2jv2lf> > > > > I'm pretty happy with the results, although I did get a small, > > unpredicted, rain shower about an hour after I finished the other side > > late last week, and there are some pock marks in the paint on three > > panels. You can't really tell from the ground, so I'm waiting until it > > is cured a bit more to see what a bit of 1500-grit sanding and > > polishing does. > > > > Don Bradner > > 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" > > Eureka, CA > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.6/902 - Release Date: 7/15/2007 2:21 PM > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > |
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