The Under-Body is Primed
Yesterday i sprayed the under-body with epoxy primer. I used 1 quart primer and 1 quart activator (1/2 gallon) for this. Maybe it’s too much, but this is my first time to spray. Today my wife shot a few pictures. She must be thinking that my head is tilted 45…
Preparation for Priming the Under-Body
This week the temperatures will be 10 to 13 degrees. With a little help from the heater in the garage it will be 16 °C which is the requirement for minimal temperature. The under-body is stripped to bare metal, and net treated with:
Epoxy Primer, Polyurethane Sealer, TrabantWelt Order
I am waiting for a warm weather to continue with: I bought 2 quarts 2K Eposy Primer and 2 quarts Activator. 1 gallon should be enough for the entire car (under-body, the floor, the engine compartment, inside, outside) I never sprayed paint before. So i’ll repeat what i did with…
Preparation for Paint – The Metal Body
I continue with paint stripping of the metal part of the body. The under-body i stripped to bare metal, but then i realize that i am stupid – the original primer is very good. This is why i strip the rest to primer. Paint Stripping Under the dashboard i will…
Paint Stripping Under-body
Paint Stripping I continue the paint stripping of the under-body of the car. I use a saw of electric cutting machine (see the end of this post) to remove the top layer of the factory conservation without a heat, i.e., i am scratching it out. The tracks are visible. These…
Weld the Left Rocker Panel (part 3)
I’ll drill a hole Ø22 mm, clean the welding with the grinder, prime and isolate with polyurethane sealant. This welding tells me that my hands shake (open another beer to fix this) or my eyes are too weak. Most likely the light around me is not sufficient while i work.…
Paint the Cavities Inside
Before welding any cavities, they need to be rust-proofed. I use a zinc primer. It can be welded. After that i will paint with an urethane paint. While uploading the images to the last 2 posts, i was looking at the background and i felt like an investigative dog 🙂
Zinc Primer and Paint for the Floor
I bought zinc primer and paint for the underside of the floor. I need to prime and paint all the cavities (inside and outside) that i am welding now – the rocker panels. I hope that these are good quality paints, because of the crude climate in Quebec.
Trabant Gletscherblau = VW Beetle 1974 Olympic Blue (or Marina Blue or between these two colors)
The Meeting Today the Montreal’s Trabant club had a meeting. Very nice and friendly people. My friend gave me his car to drive. I didn’t do this since 1999. Four more “known” cars were missing – mine, 1.1 Universal and other two 2-strokes. One of the Trabant owners also owns…