Pics on wall.jpg (53846 bytes) Scott's new Paint

Scott has owned his coach for 18 years and had kept her in superb condition.  Years had caught up with the exterior and as much as he had kept her as close to original as possible, times have changed and if he was going to spend the money to refinish his pride & joy we may as well update the looks.

Pardon us while we pick interior colors

cab 1.jpg (65722 bytes)  cab 2.jpg (67220 bytes)  cab 3.jpg (68815 bytes)

Front overhead cabinet damage

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Strip 1.jpg (60519 bytes) Strip 3.jpg (64444 bytes) Rail off.jpg (58553 bytes)

Prep is everything so we first had to break a few eggs to make the omelet! Sand 1.jpg (55196 bytes) Sand 3.jpg (49412 bytes) Roof sand.jpg (54418 bytes) Sand 2.jpg (51453 bytes)

Body damage repair and custom body work is next.  We are modifying the tail lights to Dodge van "wrap around" assemblies.

Grill valance.jpg (55063 bytes) Tail light cut.jpg (56249 bytes) Tail light open.jpg (57708 bytes) Tail light mold.jpg (56046 bytes) tail light fit.jpg (57190 bytes) Rear finish.jpg (72463 bytes)

After all of that messy stuff comes what we've all been waiting for, the paint!  Base is first, we shoot a layer of base then wet sand that before 3 more layers.  This gives an extremely smooth surface for the clear.

Base black 1.jpg (56207 bytes) base black sand 2.jpg (72414 bytes) base sanding 1.jpg (68678 bytes)

Laying out the stripes can make or break the job so a great deal of effort goes into striping and bagging

Clear done happy.jpg (79388 bytes) The big day has come and the guys are happy! Clear done corner.jpg (76817 bytes)

 

The main portion of Scott's coach is in clear.
The coach is pulled from the booth for the first time with its new colors! Clear done side.jpg (81537 bytes) Another custom paint refinish with another similar 23' coach coming next. Clear fuel door.jpg (55209 bytes)
out of 1.jpg (78970 bytes) Out of the paint shop and ready for reassembly inspect top.jpg (66035 bytes) Pointed toward the gate & ready to go home

 

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