Have missed you, Ben 
Builds Mouldy Mario gets defoliated. (1 Viewer)
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Thanks man. Its a slow process.
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Cheers, It's good to be back.Have missed you, Ben
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Can you have it assembled by August? There's a 40 series run happening that I need a +1 for. This year 91 40's turned up!
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Hey Cult Man, Yep, I reckon August is doable. Lets lock it in, what do you reckon? Cheers, Ben
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It's really coming along nicely mate, love the extent that your going to on the body, i reckon it'll pay dividends when it's all said and done.
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I'm mustard. Last one was in Vic High Country. Trying to find out where the next one is.
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A quick update - I'm getting ready to flip Mario onto his back and spray some Raptor liner. I've also started to do some seam sealing.
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A couple more pics......
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Hey All, Well, I finished the seam sealing the cab. It was actually a bigger job than I imagined and I ended up going through about a tube and quarter of sealer. I then flipped the cab onto it back and masked it off and shot a couple of good coats of tintable Raptor Liner.
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Roast Raptor Liner: 750 ml liner, 250 ml hardener, 100 ml of colour - bake in a moderate over for 45 minutes until tender. Allow to rest for 10 minutes and then carve.
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The schutz gun comes with the kit. The kit consists of four bottles of liner (750ml each) and 1 litre of hardener. Spraying the bottom of the cab I used two bottles. This enabled me to do two coats. The rest of the kit should enable me to do under the guards and the side steps.
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More Raptor action shots..........
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The Raptor Wrap
Texture & Air Pressure: I watched a couple of U-Pol videos on Youtube before I started. They suggested that the liner can be sprayed at anywhere from around 40 to 50 psi (3.0 to 3.5 bar) up to around 70 psi (@5 bar) and that if you want a smoother less textured finish, spray at a lower pressure. So the higher the pressure the more textured the finish. I wanted a reasonably smooth finish and set my regulator to 3.5 bar and it is still pretty textured.
Mixing tip: I mixed three products - liner, hardener and colour, in a separate container and then poured this back into the bottle (The bottles are designed to screw straight onto the bottom of the shutz gun) . This was a little messy, but I don't think you could adequately mix them together if you tried to mix the products together by pouring the hardener and colour into the bottle and shaking. This was also a U-Pol tip and worked pretty well.
Overall reasonable happy.
Texture & Air Pressure: I watched a couple of U-Pol videos on Youtube before I started. They suggested that the liner can be sprayed at anywhere from around 40 to 50 psi (3.0 to 3.5 bar) up to around 70 psi (@5 bar) and that if you want a smoother less textured finish, spray at a lower pressure. So the higher the pressure the more textured the finish. I wanted a reasonably smooth finish and set my regulator to 3.5 bar and it is still pretty textured.
Mixing tip: I mixed three products - liner, hardener and colour, in a separate container and then poured this back into the bottle (The bottles are designed to screw straight onto the bottom of the shutz gun) . This was a little messy, but I don't think you could adequately mix them together if you tried to mix the products together by pouring the hardener and colour into the bottle and shaking. This was also a U-Pol tip and worked pretty well.
Overall reasonable happy.
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We have paint. Beige paint. Beautiful, sexy beige paint!
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Okay - those pics were just primer. This is paint.
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Some close ups!
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It's a bit hard to see in the photo, but In keeping with the restoration theme, the painter shot a the dash with a hint of 'orange peel' like the factory.
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The obligatory before and after shots. After is better.
