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Sun May 01, 2022 5:57 pm

Sunday Fun Day 8)

The Blasted Rims 8)

The smaller rim for spare 8)

The Epoxy 8) 8)

The Setup 8) See what happpenes when the cup slips out of your hands :oops:

I never understood what a Rim Job was, guess its painting your rims :shock: :shock: :shock: :D :shock: :shock:

Mon May 02, 2022 6:11 pm

Rims Rims Rims

Dry Epoxy :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:

The inside :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:

The Urethane :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:

Next up. Black inside, thats inside the tire where no one will ever see except the insane who trys to make things perfect :shock: KOOKOO, KOO KOO KOO COO KUCU OOOKOOO :shock: ...and Silver out 8)

Sat May 07, 2022 10:03 am

Got this for $10 :D Works awesome for this paint 8)

Sweetness. At 30psi. Now Drop to 25 for the thinner urethane. Had it at 30 for the thicker urethane primer.

See the roll marks. Roll your rim while spraying, comes out beautiful 8)

A real wacko would color sand a buff this.....OOOBoy, Im not that KOOKOO :shock:

Lookin good. 8) 8) 8) Let it dry for a few and paint the rest. One side at a time or both at once.

Sun May 08, 2022 3:30 pm

Next up.

Door painting 8)

I have a gray door and I want to paint it red. OOOYeah 8)

Epoxy, poly fill than urathane. than red 8) 8)

Sand sand sand. I have an electron microscope in case I missed a scratch :shock:

The painting order.

Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:12 am

Hey Fredy! Any updates?

Hope all is well!

Sun Aug 28, 2022 11:52 am

Updates 8)

Moved out. A few ago.

On a Saturday, 5:30 PM. Some idiot tried to steal the Cat out of my car. I was watching cause I thought it was for next door, than I heard the saw. I went out and stomped on his ankle and scared the crap out of him. I was gonna beat him but there is cameras around, so I let him go. See the Van. They got it for three cats, cost $1500.

So I got 50 bucks for it for scrap :shock: 8) :shock: Hmmm

Ready for the 55 8) 8) :D 8) 8)

I will update, Beetle stuffing 8) How to stuff your beetles is small spaces. :D

Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:04 am

Update.

Beetle Stuffing.

See all the extra room. Guess who's coming to visit :?: :?: :?: 8) :D :D

Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:09 pm

Im feelin inspired 8) Why, watchin the Biggest Looser. Never watched that before. Seeing a bunch of really fat folk being tortured with exercise, gives me motivation. :D

Sometimes im so useless I can stare at wall for hours, scratchin and A pickin and be in joyland :shock: 8) :shock:

Ready to paint a whole beetle with this combo? :?: :?: :?: :arrow:

Witch gun??? The $10, $20 or $400 hmmmm 8)

Can it be done. Lets find out 8)

Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:36 pm

You are not in need of anybody's advice, specifically mine, so here's my thought on painting with a small compressor.

It will be running all the time to keep up with the gun, so the air will be hot and full of moisture. My solution was to run a 50 foot air hose up the wall, accross up to a peak in the middle of the garage, back down to the other wall, down the wall, and near the bottom tee'd off a drip leg with a ball valve at the bottom to let the water out. The whole run was shaped like an upside down U. I also had a tee'd off drip leg with ball ball valve at the compressor side as well, one at the bottom of each end of the upside down U. The idea was to give a long run for the air to cool down and moisture to condense out before hitting the filter at the far end of the run (like a moonshine still) From the filter I ran the 25ft air hose to the gun. At the gun handle, I also had a small clear air and oil separater to see the condition of the air at the gun and then one of those disposable orange ball filters between that and the handle of the gun.

I was amazed at the volumes of water that this long run was able to condense out at both ends. I still burned through filter elements even though the filter also had a drain.

I like the pressure to be 40psi at the gun, and then use the gun air control knob to fine tune it from there. Fan control basiically almost wide open.

I cant wait for it to warm up again over here. I've now got a toilet paper filter on my big compressor and I love it. The elements are almost free, single ply rolls.

Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:35 am

fredybear wrote: Update.

Beetle Stuffing.

See all the extra room. Guess who's coming to visit :?: :?: :?: 8) :D :D

Update.

Got a new shop 8) 8) 8) 8)

Dirty :arrow: :arrow:

Painted, Rolling 14 ft walls. The fun :x :x :arrow: :arrow:

$100 and hours of rolling. Time to transfer beetles and make it pretty. Than back to finishing. I did it, I did it 8) :D :D :D 8) 8)

Thu Apr 06, 2023 1:11 pm

Comin along 8)

Finish insulating the roof/ceiling, exhaust venting and :?: :?: :?:

Thu Apr 06, 2023 1:47 pm

fredybear wrote:
That right there is storage efficiency! Lookin smart.

Sat Apr 08, 2023 6:54 am

That shop is sweeeeet

Fri Jun 14, 2024 7:57 am

Buggeee wrote: That shop is sweeeeet

Thanks, Lets bring this back again. 8) 8) 8) The shop is good.

The only thing im confused about is AC. Should I spend $1000 or wait ta paint :lol:

I have to get this back on the pan :o I think :? :?

Since Ive been in the welding mood 8) 8) 8)

I will finish up all the welding 8) than re-prime and, um, :?: :?: :?:

Fri Jun 14, 2024 2:37 pm

SUBSCRIBED!

:popcorn: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thu May 15, 2025 8:01 am

Ready to finish this time. Im in Prime, Fill and Sand Mode :D 8) :D

Before its too hot, lets see what I got :D

Sands in minutes, its so tiny compared to the tank,

Reprime epoxy, weld some, again, urethane and ready? :?: :?: :?: :idea: :idea: :idea:

Thu May 15, 2025 1:13 pm

Motivation baby....How U Ask :?: :?: :?:

Drugs,

little sudafed for the sinus and U gots MoTiVation :shock: :D 8)

Beetle Booty 8) 8) 8)

Finish welding 8) 8)

Next Up :?: :?: :?: :idea: :idea: :idea: :arrow: :arrow: :bug_red: :bug_red: :bug_red: :bug_red: :bug_red: :bug_red: :thumbsup:

Thu May 15, 2025 5:15 pm

fredybear wrote:

fredybear wrote:

It's come a long way!

Making good use of the new space... and the Sudafed!

Bug on

Thu May 15, 2025 7:00 pm

Nice job Fast Freddy! Wondered where you ran off to. Found ya, again!

Fri May 16, 2025 8:18 am

VW_Jimbo wrote: Nice job Fast Freddy! Wondered where you ran off to. Found ya, again!

Yo Homie, Sup, Word 8)

You starting the body work on the 54 gave me hope & inspiration. :D

Lets see what I can do before july heat. Ready

Welded up. Came out good. 8) 8) 8)

Somethings wrong here. Why can I see through it, hmmm :shock:

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Buggeee
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fredybear wrote:

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It's come a long way!

Making good use of the new space... and the Sudafed!

Bug on How do people quote in quotes, cant figure,hhhmmmm :?

Awesome aint it :idea: :idea: :idea: trying again :? :o

Sudafed, bad for you, hmmmm 8) 8) 8)