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Old 04-06-2008 | 10:36 PM
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Surf Wagon's New Painted Bowties

Not a big fan of the gold bowties from the very beginning so decided to go ahead a paint the bowties a body matching Summit White this last week.

Started taping off the bowties...
but after a bit of concern of possible overspray...

I decided to wrap the ENTIRE Surf Wagon in plastic...

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After numerous light sandings and light smooth coats of paint and clearcoats...

I'm extremely pleased with the results!

Here are a couple shots...

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Old 04-06-2008 | 10:39 PM
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SWEEEET! Much nicer than the factory gold!
Old 04-06-2008 | 10:39 PM
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Looks good i just did mine black .
Old 04-06-2008 | 11:29 PM
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Did you just scuff and shoot them?
Old 04-06-2008 | 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by saltyfishguy
Did you just scuff and shoot them?
Multiple scuffs of very fine grade sandpaper from the start, and continued very light sandpaper scuffs between each coat of paint and clearcoat...

Deep looking final glossy results...
Old 04-06-2008 | 11:55 PM
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Looks good.
Old 04-07-2008 | 12:05 AM
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Old 04-07-2008 | 07:55 AM
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Can't wait to see it in person Saturday!
Old 04-07-2008 | 09:11 AM
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that looks great!
Old 04-07-2008 | 09:20 AM
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Super job BK! Chevrolet should have body colored bowties long ago. If I was better at that stuff, I'd surely do mine too!



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