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    MORE STRIPPING !!




    note the damaged section where the roof Arial was installed.... more of that later !















    The beaver panel is in really good condition, 1 small rust repair to be done under side




    no bog or damage to either tailight section







    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 01:01 AM.
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    Heaps of work there mate. Top job. Will be a great van when its finished. i always love papaya. Papaya toranas look great too.

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    Looks like a good body underneath the paint did you use paint stripper or sanding

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    Loving the progress!! Good onya!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunna Do View Post
    Looks like a good body underneath the paint did you use paint stripper or sanding
    That was my Easter, 4 days on my back. I used wire wheel on a grinder, round brush type wheel on another grinder and a dense small brush on a drill.

    No sanding needed the wire wheels took it back to bare metal

    The paint I used was KBS rust seal http://www.kbs-coatings.com.au/kbs-rustseal The guy sho owns this company developed POR15, so the story goes. Its a self leveling polyurethane which I brushed on. Sticks very well and looks great. In the rear wheel wells I used paint on body deadner.

    Her is what KBS say about rust seal

    KBS RustSeal is a superior one part, ready-to-use, high-solid content, rust preventive coating / rust paint / sealer, that is actually strengthened by exposure to moisture. It is impervious to road salts and most every chemical. RustSeal flows out to a beautiful, rock-hard, tough coating that is tough to chip or scratch.
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  6. #36
    The time has come to thgrow some paint around. I hat leaving bare metal any longer than needed. I know everyone has their own thoughts on paint, pre etch. I mean your talking to a bloke who spent a week doing metal reairs and where needed only to read a few articles on lead and paint reactions. I went back and melted it all out again and chose a high quaility filler insted. These areas were skin coats to cover grinding marks etc.

    So back to the primer, my sparay painter usese De Beers products so on his recommendation I used the DeBeer sandable epoxy primer. I like it good coverage and sands easily.
















    nice to gert some help with the panel washdown before spraying











    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 01:05 AM.
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  7. #37
    the fun bit, blocking the body


    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 01:06 AM.
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    Here is that problem area above the windscreen. Some genius welded a patch there for some reason behind the body work, filled it uo with bog and drilled a roof Ariel. I cut it out and welded a new patch, job done


    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 01:06 AM.
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  9. #39
    This was a big day, time to turn her around and start on the other side









    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 09:32 PM.
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    not really up to this stage but this caught my attention, stabilizer support completely rusted through, doubt this would have helped handling

    Last edited by Grunt; 06-05-2017 at 09:37 PM.
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