![]() ![]() I am going to spray the front mirror assembly and post a photo and see what you guys think. It keeps the matte color even with a very heavy spray of matte clear coat. I hit is with a grey 3m pad to matte out the color and it looks even better. Sprayed out nice and even no orange peel. ![]() ![]() Figured in for a penny of stripping paint in for a pound.Nice to know I can at least lay out nice spray paint. Looks like below. Its hot her and in a respirator it sucks.īefore I stripped it I had a bunch of rustolium paints around from other projects including the aluminum metallic they sell that I used once on a engine. I can block sand a hood and the small bits of black that are poking through everywhere else super easy. I will need to reprimer the hood and some other small areas I found today but not a big deal. So I stripped all the blue off I don't like the color and it looks odd on a 550. Congrats, I think.Still banging ideas around thanks for being a sounding board guys I do read everything even if I don't respond directly. It's your bus, but you are the first I have seen here trying to make your bus look worse. Only I've ever dug was Gibbs' jurassic bus: I had a guy contact me awhile back looking to have his brand new, custom built chopper done to look like it was just unearthed on an archeological dig and he even wanted texture added to sell the rusty finish. Adding some weathered graphics would really help sell the old, crusty look. If this was done just using acrylic paint I have to wonder how it will hold up. This truck was painted using the Rustoleum 50 paint job a couple o. You hear me, baby? Hold together!" -Han to the Falcon In this video series, I experiment with a fauxtina paint job on my 1977 Chevy C10 truck. After a few Canadian winters I can make it look like that for real.Hahaha. If you ever want the real thing I'd be happy to trade you for a while. The climate is so dry in Pheonix that you need to apply fake rust?!?!?!? How did you do it, what did you use? The runs under the headlights looks so real. Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!ĭid you also paint the wheels with acrylic paint? Location: Payette, Idaho the po dunk town!Ģ003 Dodge(It's really a Mercedes) Sprinter HAHA i looked at those pictures and thought you got the Before and after mixed up. Resident Off-Grid hippie and diesel advocate. But it is your bus and you can do whatever you want with it. I'll be honest and say that I don't like it. Drewbacca, previously known as Jimthegman. When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." "He who fights with monsters must see to it that he himself does not become a monster. But the reality is that phenomenal faux finish paint techniques do exist In fact, there are many of them. I understand that you were going for the rusty look, but maybe you went a bit too far with it. Photographer for HotVWs, AirMighty, VW Camper & Commercial, Hayburner, and more. I realize you like it, and that is what matters but I think it looks like crap now, and looked much better before.ġ977 Deluxe Westfalia - 2.0L FI Type IV, Completely Original if i'm gonna go all out with the rust, i'll have to offset it with some clean looking wheels "Aircooled VWs are like roaches in that if you let one in, they'll soon be nesting all around you in great numbers." can't say I'd ever do that to my bus, but hey-to each his own! Glad it worked out for you! reminds me of a toy I saw in walmart the other day. Just keep the tires black and the chrome polished and it'll look great.Īlthough, I've driven enough cars with 'real' patina to want a nice painted one now!ġ972 Bus - Westy converted to Adventurewagen (Bubbles) Its kinda like eatin cold soup.You only like it when you realize its supposed to be cold. ![]()
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