1976-VW T2/Latebay

now the spraying is over
whole circle is done
but its far from being ready not the whole bus, but even paint job is not finished

this picture was already but why not again
rear end with removed tapes



and view from front
with removed tapes

now the brush is right tool


scroll and coachlining

October 2018
and after long time outside again

first time 360 look
and look from distance

the surface is matted
that's why the pictures don't have gloss either.
the next step is clear coating and gloss will come.

and bus got its "name"

"Turfamaze" - /turf a maze/ - /turf amaze/ ...
word game

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turf_maze

now in paint booth
searching faults



repairing white areas

and then second stage was body
same thing for starting only first layer

after the doors and hatches sides are covered with clear coat
and doorways also
then doors went to their location to make it easier to proceed

only slide door is separately and engine hatch

and then it goes

sanding down, matting and covering next layer
sanding and covering new layer
......

again
again
....

(last pics in this post are after 3rd layer)

each covering means 2 layers at the time
finally total was 6 times so the 12 layers clearcoat
sanding between each time

to sum up honestly

after 1st time we saw some holes in clear coat - ok next layer will cover.
after 2nd time they still were there - wtf.
after 3rd covering little less holes but they were there - damn what is goin on .... (you can think bad words here)

and this was problem what needed to work out.
painter made tips and tricks but nothing. nothing at all.
different paint shops and painters thinking solutions till one came to idea use some chemical in clearcoat
sry i don't remember what it was but it was something what was not available in our market.

but we got it and....

....it works.

Holes are vanishing.

So procedure continues multiple times.

time - nov. 2019

and out from painters place.