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#301 Post by Flyfisherman »

Pete

I hope you are going to send it for e-coating after all the paints been stripped off - would hate to to see all your hard work end up with tin worm (rust) in a couple of years down the line.

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#302 Post by lazeruspete »

A good coat of paint and liberal waxoyl should suffice surely?

plus there's alot to be said for doing it (properly) the old fashioned way.

I've heard bad things from companies such as that.
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#303 Post by shaunroche »

Hey Pete, speaking of e coating, I can recommend a company called Pro Strip in Nottingham........erm, if you want verbally abusing, to be threatened with violence, offer a crap service and be messed around.

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#304 Post by lazeruspete »

Yeah, i vowed never to use Pro-Strip considering the difficulties my Dad had. The guy who painted his had to doing quite a lot of restorative work on the "e-coating"(as in places it wasn't e-coated....) so what's the point?

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#305 Post by lazeruspete »

Hello All!

So, KLJ has made it back from the painters. And i couldn't be happier with the outcome. See below....

This is what it was like when it arrived. The patchwork quilt we all know and love(d)

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Other side....

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Stripped! he did it all by hand with paint stripper...

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Onto prep. A mammoth task.

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Primer!

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And now....everybody ready with their 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) ????
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We also had a mini car show in the yard!
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I hope you all like it :).

More progress will be uploaded soon, i feel even more motivated now its GREEN

Let me know your thoughts!

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#306 Post by Mahesh »

Matches my silicone hoses, 8)
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#307 Post by lazeruspete »

:lol:
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#308 Post by GTS290N »

Arrghh. I'm blind! :lol:
Looks good, you WILL be noticed.
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#309 Post by lazeruspete »

GTS290N wrote: Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:17 pm Arrghh. I'm blind! :lol:
Looks good, you WILL be noticed.
that's the point, I want people to go "wow!" when they see it, and i want kids to want to have pictures taken with it at shows.
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#310 Post by gregstubby »

are you putting a black vinyl roof on it? i think that would compliment it excellently
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#311 Post by Tony Burd »

Very nice, will be nice to see it parked next to mine when it is finished :D
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#312 Post by lazeruspete »

gregstubby wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:36 am are you putting a black vinyl roof on it? i think that would compliment it excellently
I'm not totally sure what I'm doing yet. Vinyl roofs do look good.
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#313 Post by lazeruspete »

Tony Burd wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:51 am Very nice, will be nice to see it parked next to mine when it is finished :D
who knows when that will be but i am also looking forward to it :)
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#314 Post by SprintMWU773V »

That's really very Green isn't it. I like it a lot though.
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#315 Post by bodgerben »

Wow indeed - that looks fantastic!
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