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Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:52 am

Finally I can now reinstall the engine as the painting rust repairs are done. I'll clean it up this weekend as time allows and install the newly recovered seats too.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:59 am

w00t

must be a good feeling...

Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:00 am

Ahhh fresh sage green paint.. looks great! Post pic of interior when you finish.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:47 am

A quick painting question (since mine is going to going to the paint shop in October)....

I want to make sure that my painter doesn't clog up the "weep holes" a tthe bottom of the flat body panels. He does nthis for a living so he should know what he is doing but how do you keep those open?

I am just trying to prevent future rust.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:08 am

sweet! mine's going in for paint on monday.
viva la sage green! 8)

Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:17 pm

Let me ask; you did this outside with no covering of any kind? I'm just wondering. I need to paint two buses, and have been thinking of building a temporary paint booth.
Your's looks great. Congratulations!

Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:44 pm

Randy,

Would it be possible to stick golf tees in the weep holes or maybe the plastic part of the cue tip? I don't think it is safe to say shaft on the samba.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:26 pm

randy~
unless your painter is using some crazy technique (like a roller) drains and such should not be affected by painting. the only thing that would plug something like that up would be too much material (paint) or a run/sag on the panel. you should have nothing to worry about :D

Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:02 pm

No, he will be spraying a single stage in his booth and will be doing interior and exterior.

I don't think it will be an issue, but I will ask him how he does it.

Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:08 am

You could put some non-paintable silicone caulk in the holes, then after painting remove the silicone - I've done that a few times to keep holes from shrinking...

Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:20 am

Sunshine_the_bus wrote: Let me ask; you did this outside with no covering of any kind? I'm just wondering. I need to paint two buses, and have been thinking of building a temporary paint booth.
Your's looks great. Congratulations!

Yes, I painted outside in the early evening when there isn't a breeze. Any bugs that do land brush off as its been in the high 70's when I paint and it dry fairly quickly.
I used a single stage PPG Concept Urethane, nice paint but pricey.
Lots of epoxy primer and sanding primer was used before the final coat as I sanded out and sandblasted rust spots. I didn't need to used much bondo as the body was fairly straight.

Its pretty easy to shoot the final color, its a bitch to get there doing all the prepwork.