What color green is this

[62kellison]

wow!.that came out nice.did u make a home made enclosed tent?,or right out in the open??!!...awesome

[2bugtony]

out in the open. I do have a few bugs that I hope buff out but i think that is fitting

[joescoolcustoms]

That turned out very nice Tony!
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Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

[rugblaster]

It looks killer......backyard paint job, I love it. Several years back I was painting the hood of a 500 SEL Mercedes we had, the clear coat had gone south and the body shops around here wanted more than the car was worth to repair it.

I befriended a local auto paint shop manager and used his knowledge to help me refinish the hood and blend it to the fenders. He explained the concept of color sanding and buffing and told me half the "professional" body shops had makeshift paint booths and nearly all of them sanded and buffed clear coat. The color goes on like primer and just put enough clear on to make color sanding viable......great job!
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[oprn]

Every time I try to paint outdoors there is an insect hatch of some sort timed perfectly to the same hour!

[SBD]

[2bugtony]

Thanks every one. I took it to a couple local body men to see if they would paint it first. They seemed not to be interested because it was fiber glass. So I just did it myself. I have painted a few other VW's that I had restored and I think this one has came out the best.
Now what about that Flat black stripe. Should I or Should i not

[finster]

do the stripe in vinyl, so that if you change your mind it will just peel off

[Letterman7]

^ Yep. Wait for the paint to cure out a couple more weeks, then stripe in vinyl. Any local sign shop can help you with that. Depending on your interior color choice, you might want to put a secondary pinstripe on either side of the main stripe in a matching color.

[Wetstuff]

As an 'outdoorsman' myself; 'Nice job', Bugs. Well done.

I also agree with the stripe ...and the use of vinyl. You might want to change the stripe color once a month - it's easier than paint.


Jim
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[2bugtony]

I never thought of vinyl. Good idea. I'm not sure where to look for that. Letterman7 you said a sign shop. I will have to find one

[rugblaster]

I might have laid out the stripe in paint and cleared over all of it. Not a huge fan of vinyl. I know there are different qualities for vinyl film, so get good stuff if you do it.
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'69 Karmy, '69 Camper, Meyers clone, '65 drag bug, 10.78 @ 128 (sold it) '51 Dodge farm truck,
'09 MB E350 '18 MB E400, '65 Plymouth Valiant convertible and a '19 Ford F250 King Ranch (nicer, but dirty, farm truck)

VWoA factory trained line tech 75 till 90 or so
ASE Master Certification
VWoA Assoc. of Quality Technicians inductee (One of 25 in the five state southwest region)
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (San Angelo Chapter)
TCU ......GO FROGS!!!!!!

[62kellison]

hard to say what it would look like.whether u would like it or not.maybe u can photo shop a stripe in your pic with your computer.then u may have a better idea whether U would like it or not.most computers have a built in app to do that.

[Letterman7]

[joescoolcustoms]

Tony, I had Fast Signs at the US RT 60 / Dunbar Bridge make some last minute Sponsor decals for my buggy when we ran the NORRA 1000 in April. They are vinyl and high quality.

They may be able to make the stripes you want off of a pattern. May suggest a line fade on the sides of the main stripe.

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Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

[2bugtony]

Thanks Joe. I will give them a call. Im not sure what a line fade is. What is that

[joescoolcustoms]

A fade is coming off of the edge 1/16 inch with open to green, then 3/4 inch black stripe. Then 1/4 inch green, followed by 1/2 inch black stripe. Then 1/2 inch green followed by 1/8 black stripe.

Makes it look like the main stripe fades into the base color.
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Bad News Racing 2018 NORRA 1000 3rd in Class
Best Day Ever Racing 2022 NORRA 1000 2nd in Class and first All Female team to complete the race

Everyone is gifted. Some just do not open the package.

Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

[2bugtony]

I forgot I used a 15 dollar spray gun to shoot that paint. Not to bad. I use them once throw them away and get another

[didget69]

[veeweeman]

Great color choice and love the body lines of your buggy. ..I don't think I have ever seen that style before...great looking paint job too!...I also agree on the vinyl stripes. ..way easier to just rip them off if you're not happy. ..FYI...make sure to tell the vinyl guy not to dig his exacto knife into your paint job...I originally trusted the Ford dealership as they bragged about how good their guy was...I came out looking like shit, so when we drove 5 hours to a quality vinyl guy and he informed me that the dealership guy dug his exacto knife clean down into the metal hood on our brand new 2005 Mustang GT...luckily the second guy was able to cover it up.
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