1968 Campervan conversion
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so... here I'm again :mrgreen:
After several years, we started the paint job once more.
The fitst task was to push the bus inside Hugo's shop... but when we were half way, it started raining... and it was the only time it rained during that weekend...what a shity coincidence :evil:
so much rain could only end badly:
... and Hugo was laughing like a mad. He even went to pick something that was missing: car shampoo!
Well, after so much rain and after a couple of hours of cleaning and drying, the preparation for tyhe paint job began.
First we started sanding all the bus exterior.. and this is André, a friend and a professional painter:
After several years, we started the paint job once more.
The fitst task was to push the bus inside Hugo's shop... but when we were half way, it started raining... and it was the only time it rained during that weekend...what a shity coincidence :evil:
so much rain could only end badly:
... and Hugo was laughing like a mad. He even went to pick something that was missing: car shampoo!
Well, after so much rain and after a couple of hours of cleaning and drying, the preparation for tyhe paint job began.
First we started sanding all the bus exterior.. and this is André, a friend and a professional painter:
and even after a while, there was still a lot of water to be dried:
... therefore my urge to dry it:
.... meanwhile, André was still sanding it:
and after sanding the Tie-coat, this is how the bus was looking:
... and this vaccum cleaner is a very handy tool. No more dust floating around the shop:
... therefore my urge to dry it:
.... meanwhile, André was still sanding it:
and after sanding the Tie-coat, this is how the bus was looking:
... and this vaccum cleaner is a very handy tool. No more dust floating around the shop:
André in action:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wMNOUZtOM&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZX2fL7pgIw[/youtube]
... and yes... it's really Hugo passing by!
8)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7wMNOUZtOM&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZX2fL7pgIw[/youtube]
... and yes... it's really Hugo passing by!
8)
After this acrylic primer, André started to apply some putty since my panels aren't as straight as they should be:
and while André was applying the putty, Hugo was watching... and how dandy he was! :lol:
and while André was applying the putty, Hugo was watching... and how dandy he was! :lol:
So... here I'm again. :mrgreen:
While André was sanding, some rusty areas appeared. They were beneath the Por-15 paint and already there. Hugo and Andre were scared with them and they tried to change my mind about removing all of the Por-15 paint:
But I decided to go on with the work (another bad decision):
While André was sanding, some rusty areas appeared. They were beneath the Por-15 paint and already there. Hugo and Andre were scared with them and they tried to change my mind about removing all of the Por-15 paint:
But I decided to go on with the work (another bad decision):
... and in the beginning of April this was the scenario here: fire-fighters helicopters flying over us constantly :evil:
meanwhile André ended the sanding task and started spraying the bus with an epoxy primer:
and all was going well until this epoxy primer started reacting with the tie-coat primer from Por-15 as the first one did. André was already afraid that this epoxy primer was also going to react but I told him to proceed anyway... :roll:
:?
meanwhile André ended the sanding task and started spraying the bus with an epoxy primer:
and all was going well until this epoxy primer started reacting with the tie-coat primer from Por-15 as the first one did. André was already afraid that this epoxy primer was also going to react but I told him to proceed anyway... :roll:
:?
Trikky2
Well-known member
Oh dear that doesent look good!
I think you need a sealer coat between the two types of paint normally.
Unfortunately, to be safe, all the new paint will have to come off since even the parts that have not reacted yet may do so over time I think.
I think you need a sealer coat between the two types of paint normally.
Unfortunately, to be safe, all the new paint will have to come off since even the parts that have not reacted yet may do so over time I think.
Hello Trikky2...
Yes it didn't look good so we had just one option: to remove it all... :mrgreen:
I finnaly followed André and Hugo advices and we started removing it all.
and we tried some paint remover but the epoxy primer was fighting us....
... so André decided to use another method:
and here, doing some "freestyle"... :mrgreen: ... One Hand Grinder:
(crazy :shock: )
... untill he brought the bus to this state again:
Yes it didn't look good so we had just one option: to remove it all... :mrgreen:
I finnaly followed André and Hugo advices and we started removing it all.
and we tried some paint remover but the epoxy primer was fighting us....
... so André decided to use another method:
and here, doing some "freestyle"... :mrgreen: ... One Hand Grinder:
(crazy :shock: )
... untill he brought the bus to this state again:
..and we kept advancing in this task:
... and while we were sanding the exterior, Hugo was joking and laughing while seeing us doing this tedious task:
~
(POR-15 is great. Thank you!) ... it's like a "I told you so!" :mrgreen:
... and while Hugo was enjoying taking picture and writing signs, we kept sanding it....
... and while we were sanding the exterior, Hugo was joking and laughing while seeing us doing this tedious task:
(POR-15 is great. Thank you!) ... it's like a "I told you so!" :mrgreen:
... and while Hugo was enjoying taking picture and writing signs, we kept sanding it....
