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lardawge Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2020 Posts: 355 Location: California
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Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2022 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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I don’t think the factory was going for meticulous. We are way more picky then they ever were. I have two cars with OG paint in the fender wells. Both have runs in the paint.
The set of rims I am painting, takes about 1.5 hours per rim to mask each section. I have done them twice because I didn’t like the first coat. I ended up sanding smooth with 400 and doing it all again. Time consuming for sure, but the results speak for themselves. It would be a lot faster cycle if I was using paint with hardener. _________________ 11/2/54 L227 Strato Silver Ragtop - Soon to be L41 Black - Build Thread
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7839 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:29 am Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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just posting this as it's a good reference shot for the wheel colours of an indiana red 1960 beetle that's original (not my car)
_________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect... |
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Busstom Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2014 Posts: 3790 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2023 12:01 pm Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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lardawge wrote: |
I don’t think the factory was going for meticulous. |
Totally true. Take a look at the factory overspray/offset in the paint on this original 1965 wheel of mine...note upper left quadrant, between 9 and 10...
_________________ My name's Steve and it's pronounced "Bust 'em" (cuz people think I'm Tom) 😏 |
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pastellgreen Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2012 Posts: 1036 Location: Germany
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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Busstom wrote: |
lardawge wrote: |
I don’t think the factory was going for meticulous. |
Totally true. Take a look at the factory overspray/offset in the paint on this original 1965 wheel of mine...note upper left quadrant, between 9 and 10... |
that was an automatic process, see following vid, starting minute 17:18:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblqNdlsjOI |
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Busstom Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2014 Posts: 3790 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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Neat video, thank you. _________________ My name's Steve and it's pronounced "Bust 'em" (cuz people think I'm Tom) 😏 |
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'64cal lookdub 1200 Deluxe
Joined: May 29, 2004 Posts: 1714 Location: TX
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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pastellgreen wrote: |
Busstom wrote: |
lardawge wrote: |
I don’t think the factory was going for meticulous. |
Totally true. Take a look at the factory overspray/offset in the paint on this original 1965 wheel of mine...note upper left quadrant, between 9 and 10... |
that was an automatic process, see following vid, starting minute 17:18:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oblqNdlsjOI |
Interesting, I’ve always been curious how that was done. |
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scottyrocks Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2016 Posts: 2645 Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2023 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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After looking at this thread many many times, I have decided to paint my wheels L87 Pearl White on the inside, and L41 black on the outside. Right now they are all plastidipped white which was supposed to be temporary. Well, I guess now it will be.
I may also attempt to paint the logos on the hub caps, probably black.
This is not stock for my '63 Ruby Red Beetle in either layout or colors, but it's what speaks to me. _________________ “If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
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pastellgreen Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2012 Posts: 1036 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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scottyrocks wrote: |
After looking at this thread many many times, I have decided to paint my wheels L87 Pearl White on the inside, and L41 black on the outside. Right now they are all plastidipped white which was supposed to be temporary. Well, I guess now it will be.
I may also attempt to paint the logos on the hub caps, probably black.
This is not stock for my '63 Ruby Red Beetle in either layout or colors, but it's what speaks to me. |
I understand what you mean, but why black and not using the darker red outside? That would have been what VW had done when they would have stayed with the inverse scheme. |
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scottyrocks Samba Member
Joined: August 19, 2016 Posts: 2645 Location: Long Island, NY
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: Show me your 2 tone smoothies! |
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pastellgreen wrote: |
scottyrocks wrote: |
After looking at this thread many many times, I have decided to paint my wheels L87 Pearl White on the inside, and L41 black on the outside. Right now they are all plastidipped white which was supposed to be temporary. Well, I guess now it will be.
I may also attempt to paint the logos on the hub caps, probably black.
This is not stock for my '63 Ruby Red Beetle in either layout or colors, but it's what speaks to me. |
I understand what you mean, but why black and not using the darker red outside? That would have been what VW had done when they would have stayed with the inverse scheme. |
That is a very good question.
I had been seriously considering the darker (cadmium?) red. But I've always had a thing for black steel wheels, especially on VW smoothies with silver brake drums and no hubcaps. I love that look.
But my car is not an oldspeed racer. And the black outers with white inners also looks really good to me, so I'll go with that. Or maybe I'll do one wheel that way, and another all black with the silver drum/no hubcap and see what I like better. _________________ “If you care for a thing long enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn't it? Mending old things, preserving them, looking after them – on some level there's no rational grounds for it.”
– D. Tartt, 'The Goldfinch' |
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