Freshly Painted Blue VN

[308vkcalais]

a couple of pics of my son's Ser 1 VN recently resprayed in the VL Walkingshaw Blue.I used 16ltrs of Panarama Silver(Blue) & 18 ltrs of Clearcoat.That was everything thou, inside the doors, bumpers & inside the bootlid etc..

[Wagon_Wheel]

Looks good, but how the hell did you use 16ltrs of paint and 18 ltrs of clear, paint must be an inch thick lol

[UNKNOWN]

Looks nice but I think you should have painted the door handles and the black on the sill panel and the bottom of the bumpers.

[88GreenVN]

Was that 16 mixed? My Wagon only use 4 lts base coat and 4 lts clear. You must have painted inside the roof too.

Should look ace in the sun light. Photos arnt the best

[Tom_1569]

LOL how did u manage to use so much paint, and more clear then paint.
If you didnt mix it, what gun and pressure were you using, as its bloody thick unmixed, didnt your paint supply ask why you were buying so much paint.

Either way its still come up nice, and im sure its better then before, good job.

[levymetal]

this may be the longest lasting paint job in the world. 50 years it will still look brand new . nah that's a fantastic job, i might be buying a hz wagon soon so i hope to replicate some beautiful results like this!

[89 vn]

Looks alot like the blue in my car except im sure mine isnt walkinshaw blue

[308vkcalais]

LOL..mmm yep did go nuts a bit hey..??Call me Micheal Angelo, he too was neva happy with his painting of the ceiling on the Cisteen Chapel.I neva liked it once i'd 1st applied the very 1st coats of blue, Paranoia sets in...Been watching too many of them classic resto shows on channel 31 i'd put it down 2 & seeing the paint jobs on sum of thoz wickerd machines make me passionate a little.Seeing as thou the original paint was all but rubbed back 2 metal i wanted 2 make sure it was betta than the original.The bonnet, boot & roof i painted seperately.I made easels outa ladders, painted the boot & bonnet on a slight angle to get it rite.They have most of the paint on.I've rarely seen an original blue mettalic except perhaps the few that were painted on a monday & not half an hr before knock off time fridays when no1 gives a toss..The rest i painted panel by panel.That was mixed blue, going by wat i've left in my 20 ltr tin.All the stuff we got cheap & i have the compressor & guns.I think it was around $500 4 everthing off hand atm.I mixed the base coat as it says on the tin 4 trs = 6trs of R-102 thinners.Same with the clear.The handles & miriors i painted black but they have the slighest tint of metal flake in..I was trying to do sumthing original.Just sumthing diffrent.It is way too slight 2 bring up on pics, only sumthing u can see in full sunlight.The sill now is black.The shots in my 1st post i knocked it up, that explains why the bumper is hanging down awkwardly at the front...Sorry u got me raving...

[VPCalais38]

Nice work. Looks good from the pics at least.

Did you colour sand between coats to remove orange peel?

Just need a Turbo now to haul that extra 35kg of paint around :P
Nah she looks good. Well done. I wish I had the gear to paint.

[Reaper]

Looks great. Won't the paint crack more easily being so thick though???

Reaper

[needwork2-4fillhabbit]

Ok im in first for a spray at tonys house!! good job mate.

[electro cruiser]

goood job! do u have any experience in spray painting?? because it looks good.

[89 vn]

308vk im still intrigued about the colour compated to mine, would you know what colour this is?

[88GreenVN]

308vk im still intrigued about the colour compated to mine, would you know what colour this is?

Is it the original colour? - Whats the paint code?

[89 vn]

im not sure, ive read it under the bonnet i think but the door handles etc are all blue so im assuming its been resprayed at sometime years ago..but i wanna know cos i like the colour alot !

the paint code is on a plaque near the engine under the bonnet right? if it is ill post the code up later

[88GreenVN]

im not sure, ive read it under the bonnet i think but the door handles etc are all blue so im assuming its been resprayed at sometime years ago..but i wanna know cos i like the colour alot !

the paint code is on a plaque near the engine under the bonnet right? if it is ill post the code up later

Build plate has the paint code.

Is the inside of the car the same as the outside colour?

AZURE SILVER 4B014
GTS BLUE 20703
IMPERIAL BLUE 20386
NILE BLUE 1B130
STRATA BLUE 1B099

Some of the 89 VN colour range codes

[89 vn]

2B053 it says..and the insides of the doors on the are blue as well. infact every single part is blue basically

[88GreenVN]

2B053 it says..and the insides of the doors on the are blue as well. infact every single part is blue basically

PANORAMA SILVER 2B053 1988 1990 METALLIC

That is it

[89 vn]

Awesome, thanks for that..lol 4 minute reply