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| | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,820 veteran | OP veteran Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,820 | how about a little tease , we had a police command post truck come into our shop today with a really cool shade of a dark blue metallic stripe down the side , and i thought , that would really nice on my van with my nice shiny chrome 10 in wheels , so could there be another blue van in the making ? lol | | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 12,847 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 12,847 | Agreed! If you are just painting, wait until you are ready to paint before sanding. Big time ! Proud member: Shenandoah Valley Vans ............" REALITY IS JUST AN ELABORATE ILLUSION".................. | | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 Madman! | Madman! Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 | That blue stripe prolly had reflector beads in it as well. | | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,820 veteran | OP veteran Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,820 | yes ken i think they did .
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| | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 Madman! | Madman! Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 | Would be wild to see a whole paint job done with that! | | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | you really need to look close at the stripes. see if they are paint or decals. Allot of conversion companies use decals. some even used both. Unfortunately if the stripes are painted they will have to be sanded down to bare metal to get them right. A good heat gun will lift decal stripes.
Good luck with your project.......
.......Wookee
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| | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 9,428 Likes: 2 | The stripes on my van were painted on and the body guy did not sand them all the down. Even now if you look real close in the right light you can still see where the stripes were. Good luck on the rebuild! (blue always looks good on vans)
Loonie Toon Truckers... New Jersey Chapter | | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,820 veteran | OP veteran Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,820 | yea wookee , the stripes are painted on , ive already smoothed out some of the edges . Think Im just gonna stick with solid gold , might be easier to paint right now , and I havent done much to it lately , its been to hot here . I think ive come up with a good name for my van ,what do you all think about " Hillbilly Express " or has that been used?
| | | Re: My 81 g20 | Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,182 veteran | veteran Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,182 | My brother bought some kind of paint a while back that comes as a powder. And one of the colors he got was a glow in the dark powder. We havnt got to use it yet but how cool would that be to have your paint job glow in the dark. | | |
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