Respray

[western uk]

Nice thread on the charger and beetle. The fine foam roller works well. I did a surf board with it recently and the finish was very flat and even. Great for coating up and wetting out of epoxy

[Paul1566]

I did me lame rover years ago with Tractol self leveling paint.....
Brushed on, dents and all, great finish....
Mind i think it only comes in tractor colours, john deere green, massey red, david brown white..........

[gary-r]

Im with brian here vince,awesome find.That hand roller, painted charger is out of this world.

when i was an apprentice they painted the buses across the road with that type of coach paint, amazing finish straight from a brush.

word of caution though - i tried it and just made a mess - its a trade on its own - i stuck to spray guns after that.

[Cooler]

im off to the motor factors tomorrow to see if they have or can get some rubbers. might just black them. i think the body will look rather good with tinted glass new rubbers and a good spray job. propbably wont stay clean for long though. think im going to need a new windscreen as mine has a square crack in the top left hand corner. may aswell replace. is the chrome strip easy enough to pull out and get back in without it looking like a dog though?

[J i m s t e r]

Depending on your budget, vinyl wrapping the car can be a decent alternative than new paint.

http://www.carbonskin.co.uk/gallery.html

[DaveHMS]

The chrome trim on my truck was/is bonded to the plastic subtrim & as such is one item. It's held in place with claws that form part of that trim. These tend to get well & truly stuck to the screen bonding mastic making the whole thing impossible to remove in one piece.
When Autoglass replaced the screen on mine, they supplied & fitted nice new shiny trim as part of the job.

[tintin]

Depending on your budget, vinyl wrapping the car can be a decent alternative than new paint.

http://www.carbonskin.co.uk/gallery.html

I very recently got a quote for a matt black wrap on my 3ltr (from a company that has a surf wrapped for its own vehicle)

Was amazed when they quoted £1200.


Alan

[Cooler]

might just get auto glass to replace mine then. i get free windscreens on my insurance. just been let down by the size of the truck too. its too big to get in the garage so we are having a rethink about the location to spray :-( stupid lift

[J i m s t e r]

I very recently got a quote for a matt black wrap on my 3ltr (from a company that has a surf wrapped for its own vehicle)

Was amazed when they quoted £1200.


Alan

Bag of sand seems about par for the course.

3 days labour for 2 geezers + their materials?

[tintin]

Bag of sand seems about par for the course.

3 days labour for 2 geezers + their materials?

Surely the hardest part is plotting the vehicle size and shape!
As they've already done thier own that shouldn't be a prob,
Should only take 1 man a day to fit, and the materials can't be more than 400
WAAAAAAY too much profit methinks!



alan

[Dixie.t]

Granted they do them in house but from driving in to rolling out fully wraped it take 2 people 4 hours.

[J i m s t e r]

Surely the hardest part is plotting the vehicle size and shape!
As they've already done thier own that shouldn't be a prob,
Should only take 1 man a day to fit, and the materials can't be more than 400
WAAAAAAY too much profit methinks!



alan

Yes, good point. I would put this logic to them... In these troubled economic times, they would be foolish to turn business away.