Slab Cab'n

[keith]

thanks man ,,,iam all ready pass pulling the window out,so i guess iam going to have to put the tin over the window itself,my bus is done..

[CVanDamme]

Good Luck with that one.

[CVanDamme]

The rest of the paint showed up today, long 3 day weekend ahead of us...
White roof and stripe painted already, and taped off...
Its GO time, pictures to follow sun-mon.....

[CVanDamme]

Heres the silver we're using for the stripe, and the tow hooks


and the silver stripe


the burgundy on the back of the bumper


and some loose pieces with burgundy on them.

[Seeria]

Looks good!

[BUSBOZO]

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS DONE!!

[CVanDamme]

And a bit more, tomorrow we pull the tape off.

Back bumper


Front Bumper


Nose


Front corner


Back corner


Back door sneak peak, and yes the bondo felt smooth, but the red sure shows up the bumps in it,,,
Burgundy, white, silver white, and a 14" burgundy bumper yet

[CVanDamme]

Well we had high hopes of peeling tape today, BUT when we backed her out in the light the burgundy was very blotchy, so on top of the 5.5 hours of painting we had into the burgundy we put another 5 hours into it today and have about 7-8 coats everywhere! Hopefully the tape comes off tonight.

[BUSBOZO]

Looking good. Too bad about the rear door. Next time what you want to do is hand block the filler with something straight and long with the sandpaper on it. Then when you think you have it as straight as possible. Shoot it with a coat of primer. Let dry. Then you want to hit it with some black spray paint out of a rattle can. This is called a "guide coat".

You don't need a heavy layer of the black. When that is dry, take your sandpaper on your block and use long even strokes across what you just painted.

All the low areas will still have the black paint in them. The high areas will have no paint (from being sanded off). This will tell you you need to add another skim coat of filler to the entire area.

Repeat process until there is NO black paint after sanding, indicating NO low areas. Reprime, then add color. This can be very tedious. All depends how picky you are.

If you want to fix the area, you will need to wait until the paint cures. Then sand down to the filler and start process above.

[CVanDamme]

What the main problem is with the back door is, when we first got the bus, the back door was in rough shape, and we decided to loose the bottom window. We only covered it with thin body metal and used the body to clean up the edges. We shoulda got some thicker gauge and riveted it to the outside to put some sturdiness into it. And yes you are very right as to how much work you want to put into it, and both of us don't like body work too much, so we'll live with it. But thanks about the info on the correct way to fix that issue!

[BUSBOZO]

Anytime! Good luck!!

[CVanDamme]

TAPE IS OFF....with minimal boo boo's

Tape off


From the back


New simulators, and dual 5" Chrome pipes


From the drivers side


Front simulator


Back simulator

[Stuff]

looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[M1031]

WOW I can't BELIEVE my eyes!!!!!!

[bus-ted]

Man, that's a fine job. Your hours into it sure show.

Busbozo- the long block technique you mentioned is gold. Thanks. Little gems like that make my time here well spent.

[CVanDamme]

Thanks guys...we appreciate it...learned lots on here over the years.

I think what I like about the paint job most is you barely notice the 2 rub rails any more!

[putterspitt]

Looks great, hard work really paid off.

[timbuk]

oh great now we are all gonna have to paint up our busses that nice.That thing looks great! i see many hours there.....timbuk

[Seeria]

Looks great!!! Even my picky daughter likes it, despite it not being pink and purple.

[BUSBOZO]

No problem Bus-ted! I eat up the same little tricks of the trade when I see them on here also.

WOW. Those simulators look great. Those really clean up a bus conversion!