Thursday, 16 June 2011

Geraldine VW Camper having paint put on.............



 Hi all,
Well the big day is here..... Geraldine is having her long awaited paint and lower body wrap !!!!! i am keeping secrete to what graphics are going on the lower section till shes all done...bellow are photos showing the strip down and preparation process...........ENJOY.....



Hear she is as we have all got used to seeing her............all the long hard work over the last year or two in cutting , replacing panel's and welding under side is now paying off............



The last time you will see her like this.......loll


We started by removing the beloved roof rack and all out side trim parts.


Head lights out , wires taped up and wipers removed with new ones ready to go on............


With the pop top canvas removed the hard job began...there was about 30-40 screws all very hard to remove....3 hours later top all of...................


Here we are with the help of Matt.........he is the bud that made this all happen.....cheers Matt


Parts removed............and parts to be used....primer / paint / and yes filler......


You can see the og paint..........red..... when we got Geraldine she was hand painted red............many hours if not weeks of scraping and sanding to get rid of this..........


This is the lower part of the pop top ready for a good clean and some TLC.


As you can see most of the grey primer has come of  ready for a barrier coat of paint then high build primmer.


Sand...filler....sand.....filler.....many more hours....................


The top ready for paint.........YYYAAAAEEEE


masked and lets get some paint on THE BIG DAY...................


Primed then flatted back then primed again...............


And there you have it.........well the top any way........more to follow.,


Look a great shine........me smiling from ear to ear...............keep looking for more photos

colin.

2 comments:

  1. great job keep it up....looking forward to the final look.....cool

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  2. I look forward to seeing what other goodies you have here. keep up the fantastic work!

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