Maddie worked super hard helping me strip
the fenders.
Me stripping the back apron.
Fenderless Bug, minus windows, and everything else.
Maddie stripping the tail light covers.
Bug stripped bare. Messy, messy garage.
Doug was able to strip the entire Bug with a $10.00 socket and screwdriver set
from the Home Depot.
The last thing to take out was the back seat.
Last little bit.
Interior view of the stripped Bug.
Original green Bug painted white, then black.
More of the interior.
Interior with the rest of the back seat taken out.
In order to star painting, Doug had to take all the interior out, the windshield (which broke $70.00 to replace) the rear windows, side windows, all the fenders, the chrome molding, the seals and the handles.
After that was done, Doug and Maddie had to sand the entire bug (minus the fenders because Maddie and I sanded Bondoed, and prepared them). I didn't get any pictures of them sanding, but I did get pictures of them after they finished.
Dirty hobo Doug
Like dirty hobo father, like dirty hobo daughter.
After the sanding, they rubbed down the Bug with a towel, then mineral spirits, then a tack cloth and then they were ready to paint.
Doug used the roller to put the paint on, and Maddie
followed after making sure that any bubbles made by
the roller popped.
After the first coat, they had to wait until the first coat was dry to add the 2nd (of 8 total) coat. Finishing this coat was the end of yesterday June 12th, 2011.
Today
Maddie and Doug finished the 2nd coat. I thought it looked the
same until Maddie showed me the before and after photo she took.
It seems like this has already taken forever, but it's just been over a week. Hopefully we will be near finished with the painting and be able to see some real progress by the time we leave for Utah next Monday.
Tomorrow Doug will be wet sanding the 2 coats they put on yesterday and today. after that dries, he and Maddie will be able to paint the 3rd and 4th coats in the next couple days....
STAY TUNED!
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