57 SC **dove blau**

h · Post by h » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:24 pm

some of the orange peeled right off which was nice but not enuff

h · Post by h » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:30 pm

found some more rot after a good blasting and removing the door rubbers, or what was left of em..
this is ther engine lid that came with the ute..
not a fan of that shade of green and so on goes the magic oven cleaner..

h · Post by h » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:36 pm

turned out good.. easy peezy
thanks to ian68 for the 'how to' last sunday on the barny and the beers

h · Post by h » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:42 pm

the bestest surprise so far with the water blasting only was how the dash turned out.. stoked!
had a few hours free on sunday so gave the ute a spray with the devils hair spray and BAM!! the orange is gone.. dove blue so smooth

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:46 pm

awesome result

h · Post by h » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:50 pm

im stoked that only after a few minutes with the cleaner, i blast the orange off like peeling an orange..
i ran outta the devils hairspray and a storm was about to hit this arvo so i washed down the ute, hitched it up to the tractor n hauled it back into the shed for more washing on another day to come..

thanks for looking and I'll update with more info pics as i get a bit more done..

still looking for a rear ute bumper as i seem to just miss out on em but only like last week

FrankenCab · Post by **FrankenCab** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:52 pm

haha and now reality checks in and you realise you have to fix everything to be able to drive it ....utes suck to fix stupid utes ..but fk there cool ...keep going

Ian 68 · Post by **Ian 68** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:05 pm

H that has come up a treat mate, lucky to only have a layer or 2 thst looks sprayed on and not lathered on with a brush.

Dash looks Uber cool ..

Keep at it....I'm sure a bumper will turn up

h · Post by h » Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:05 pm

cheers for the encouragement..

cheers ian, stoked with the dash

yep klaus i get that, i did my 54 beetle like 15 years ago and now all the horror memories come flooding back

my plan is to get the paint sorted, fairly painless
get the rust issues sorted to the stage where i can drive it about, so that includes throw a motor up its rear, service and road test the gear box, re do the front end, upgrade to 12v electrics, suspension, brakes and some new tyres and use it as my farm ute on our place

till i finish the rust repairs for rwc standard then get it rego'ed
...and then park it next to the 54 and the beach buggy in the shed and just look at it whilst drinking a beer

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:36 am

Nice work on the paint removal!!! Looks sweet now

Frogsta · Post by **Frogsta** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:51 am

How come it's like michael jackson white on the inside?

68BUS · Post by **68BUS** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:51 am

Did you use oven cleaner to break the paint down?
If so is there any particular brand, or just whatever is in the kitchen cupboard?

How long do you leave it on for without damaging the paint below???

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:54 pm

nice looking shed too!

barny · Post by **barny** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:51 am

another happy customer! good work pauly

h · Post by h » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:33 am

hey
thanks for your kind words
thanks to rick for keepng me in mind in my search for a SC - sweet!
had a few more minutes to spare yesterday arvo so did a little more peeling of the orange
here are some more pics
here is the oven cleaner aka 'devils hair spray' works a treat
went to town on the interior and have basically got it to where it is back to dove blue where it counts