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Fri May 09, 2008 10:16 pm

After taking some damage this past winter (portable carport in the wind), I decided the 69 needed some body work and paint. I chose Lotus White for the sides and Royal Red for the rest of the car (69 VW colours). The white has a bit more of a yellow tint than what I expected. But, I think it will look real classy with the darker red.

Sat May 10, 2008 5:46 am

very nice!

Keep posting pics!

Sat May 10, 2008 11:20 am

Is that just in your garage?

Sat May 10, 2008 11:46 am

Yup! I made a panel to fit in the bottom of the garage door with a box fan pulling the air out and fresh air over the top of the door. I put a furnace filter in front of the fan to catch the excess paint in the air. Works pretty good. By the time I get the paint gun clean the garage is aired out enough to take off the respirator.

Sat May 10, 2008 12:05 pm

I went out this morning after the paint had some more time to harden and pulled the remaining bits of tape. With the hood down you can get a better idea of the colour combo. The red will be a bit darker when I get done with the respray. I was going to leave the top and front hood, and colour match, but decided to do the whole car back to vintage colours.

Sat May 10, 2008 6:59 pm

who makes the paint? ppg?

what are the ppg color codes?? this is exactly the paint scheme i was thinking of using on my 69
thanks

Sat May 10, 2008 8:01 pm

Yes, it is PPG. The supply shop just used there cross reference chart from the VW color codes...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodestype1.php

I used the Aug. 67 to July 68 chart because of the white I wanted, even though my car is a 69. That red in the pics is not the finish color. That is what the PO had it painted. The royal red is much darker.

Tue May 27, 2008 8:55 pm

All prepped and ready for round 2. Had to take care of a few small dents first. Tomorrow morning I start on the red.

Tue May 27, 2008 9:29 pm

Looking good....have you thought of taking the fenders off or pulling them out away from the car some . keep posting the pics :D

Tue May 27, 2008 10:34 pm

I have the paper pretty flat and it doesn't look like it will affect the paint spray. The fenders aren't as tight as they look in the pics.

Wed May 28, 2008 1:58 pm

The paint is still wet. I am going to wet sand and possibly put on a couple more coats.

Wed May 28, 2008 3:17 pm

What are all the bubbles on the hood?????????? J/K :lol: Looks great hurry up and untape it!!!!

Thu May 29, 2008 9:43 am

Looks very good! Good job!

Thu May 29, 2008 9:50 am

looks good man :D

Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:43 am

Painting with the doors and hood closed like that, is it hard then to come around the lips and pillars and blend it all? door jambs etc...

In my bug, i need to paint the dash and inside just as much as the outside.

Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:14 am

I wasn't real concerned with getting around the door edges. The PO had it sprayed at MACCO and they didn't do around the edges either. They didn't even fix the dents for that matter. The door edges are still, for the most part, factory red paint. So what I spray is going to blend pretty well.

I'm in the process of wet sanding (had a couple flaws in the paint) and I think I'll spray another coat or two to finish it off.

Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:00 pm

Very nice, I love that color combination and look forward to seeing the finished car.

Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:20 pm

The past couple weeks have been very busy. NOT with the car :cry: Hopefully I'll be able to get back on it this week. I'm wet sanding the red and spraying a couple more coats (when I get to it).

Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:42 pm

like the color combo!! hehe...

Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:25 pm

Any new progress blarneyman?