Decisions

kroozzn62 · Post by **kroozzn62** » Sun May 25, 2008 4:42 pm

pest control , we kill all bugs lol that a good one for darren

cassa · Post by **cassa** » Mon May 26, 2008 5:51 pm

warb wrote:
cassa wrote:
CAFFINEPUSHERMAN wrote:so whats it say WE KILL ??????
exterminators ???
knackerers ????
kombi hired guns?????

We Kill Beetles
says he, who drives a glorified beetle.. ahah ..

Wash you mouth out! That does it, no more drives for you!!!!!

Roon · Post by **Roon** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:00 pm

Flipflop, what are you using to strip the overlaid paint off? I've got white paint on my cab roof which I'd like to remove to reveal the original turquise

Cheers

Roon

flipflop · Post by **flipflop** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:12 am

Hey roon

Depends how thick the paint is, I use graffiti remover #4 & #5 to get light stuff off with 000 grade wire wool, sometimes I use 0000 wire wool on anything with a edge. For the top layers I use Kwikstrip paint stripper, very mild, you can leave it on for 5 - 10 mins, without it going through to the metal, that's on my van which has more than enough paint to get through, yours may be a lot quicker to burn through.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:23 pm

Maybe you could take pics of the logos and have them put on the dove blue by a signwriter later and get a patina look.

flipflop · Post by **flipflop** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:47 am

I thought about that, but it's too time consuming. The upper layers of paint are rock hard and brittle, they don't seem to want to reveal the secrets, but original dove blue will suit me fine.

flipflop · Post by **flipflop** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:02 am

Thought I would do a quick update on my progress. After about 40 hrs work, it's getting there. It would be a lot quicker if I didn't work away during the week, but I'll get there eventually.

byronbus · Post by **byronbus** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:07 am

Looks clean as... thanks for the pics

Kombi Trip · Post by **Kombi Trip** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:47 am

Inspiring stuff. Hard to believe it is the same bus. Great work.

morts · Post by **morts** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:11 pm

Looking sweet - what product(s) and what technique are you using?

warb · Post by **warb** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:16 pm

fark, sweet as, keep it up!..

Shaven · Post by **Shaven** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:27 pm

sweeeeeeeet as

flamed splitty · Post by **flamed splitty** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:55 pm

After talking to you the other day i thought you said it was almost done, cant take that long can it?

Are you home this weekend? i wouldnt mind seeing it in the flesh.
Cheers Dean

flipflop · Post by **flipflop** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:10 pm

It is nearly done, you're obviously not looking from the right angle, staring hard and squinting until your eyes water while concentrating on the centre of the long panel certainly works for me.

flipflop · Post by **flipflop** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:28 pm

Decided to put the front wheels on and wheel it out so I could get the rhs door top off. Put some petrol in and gave it a start just to get the oil moving, the 2180 currently in it will be making way for a 2110 with dtm while I rebuild the 2180.

The nice thing about this is, as I strip the paint I get to see all the orginal panels. The lower front valance and lower nose was nice to see in original paint, not too often you see 51 1/2 year old metal there.

Quick video of the engine running.

Decisions

paint removal

Almost finished