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TomWesty Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2007 Posts: 3482 Location: Wyoming,USA
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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A clay bar might take it off. I came out one morning to find that some mook had sprayed graffiti on the side of my work van. I went to the parts store and the guy recommended a clay bar kit. Now mind you this was a clear coat finish with cheap spray paint graffiti on it, but it only took less than 20 mins to make it disappear. Wash it first so the clay bar doesn’t catch any grit and become a sanding block. Might work, might not. Permanent marker on single stage is different than my situation was. _________________ If you haven't bled on them, you haven't worked on them.
Visit: www.tomcoryell.com and check out my music! |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12815 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:33 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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I like it, it adds personality to your bus. Our family friend’s three year old daughter used a rock to draw on their grandma’s car. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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LazyLightning75 Samba Member
Joined: August 02, 2016 Posts: 115 Location: Carmichael, CA
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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You might have the next Tim Burton on your hands with those drawings. I like it - gives the bus a whole new vibe. _________________ 1975 Riviera 1.8L FI |
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honestcharlie56 Samba Member
Joined: September 24, 2017 Posts: 87 Location: Houston, Tx
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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Mine went to town on my newly installed west interior with a red sharpie. The moments following the discovery were......interesting. _________________ 1982 Vanagon Westy
1974 Transporter
1971 Tin Top Westy |
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Wildthings Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2005 Posts: 50259
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:53 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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My daughters were given the job of painting my van before they took it to college. At some point they got into a spat and one walked off while the other painted a pissy looking face with its tongue sticking out on the van's nose. I painted it over a few years later, but sometimes I wish I had not. |
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ateneo Samba Member
Joined: June 12, 2008 Posts: 403 Location: Orange County, California
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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That will be a topic of many future conversations.
I guess you will need to include the bus with the "expressive drawings" as part of your boy's inheritance. _________________ 1966 Riviera camper Bus
1967 EZ camper bus
1971 Westfalia bus
1971 Deluxe bus
1969 Bus
1962 Bug
1963 Bug
"Rust free" means Rust is FREE. The rest is junk. |
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my59 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2003 Posts: 3781 Location: connecting the dots
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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I used to do side jobs drafting for architects. Went into my office one night where there was a drawing on the drafting table I needed to finish, to find the lower 6 inches all drawn on, with Sharpie markers. It was as far as the boy could reach.
Next day after I delivered the finished replacement, the office turned into the only room in the house with a lock, and every sharpie I could find got tossed. Gave the boy a big sketch pad and non permanent markers.
For years later my reflex on seeing a sharpie in the house was to throw it out. _________________ my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
Other:'12 Jetta, '77 Benz 300D, and a 74 MG Midget. |
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Glenn Mr. 010
Joined: December 25, 2001 Posts: 76760 Location: Sneaking up behind you
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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Its an improvement. _________________ Glenn
74 Beetle Specs | 74 Beetle Restoration | 2180cc Engine
"You may not get what you pay for, but you always pay for what you get"
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SGKent Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2007 Posts: 41031 Location: Citrus Heights CA (Near Sacramento)
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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jtauxe wrote: |
Indeed you must leave it there!
I have similar drawings on my office white board from my kids. They have been there for 15 years. |
the drawings or the kids John? Might be time to let them loose for awhile. _________________ “Most people don’t know what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” - George Carlin |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5778 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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Indeed you must leave it there!
I have similar drawings on my office white board from my kids. They have been there for 15 years. _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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elpres Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2010 Posts: 321 Location: Denmark
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:52 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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I kind of like it... I’ll leave it as is, for now _________________ Jakob |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Kids! |
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Thats Patina!! You can start a trend and save a fortune in paint!
A bit of acetone on cloth will take that off nicely _________________ .ssS! |
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elpres Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2010 Posts: 321 Location: Denmark
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:27 pm Post subject: Kids! |
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My 2 Boys were in the garage 2 minutes unattended!!
_________________ Jakob |
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