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Post by woddaquest on Mar 8, 2009 11:54:49 GMT 10
Okay ,thanks Dave ,I am now a fully fledged member I think, How do I go about getting a couple of those fantastic stickers ,well 4 anyway ( for each of my vehicles). Now to the van you called a little honey ,maybe thats what we'll call her, HONEY . It is a Quest 10 or 11 footer they told me ,it has an alloy roof the front and sides are moulded fibre glass very thin in the same pattern as most other vans with alloy sides, it has Quest also moulded into the front and rear panels. The old fella I got it from can't remember what year it was but can remember how much it cost him. It was last used in 1980 and been used as a spare room ever since under the carport. The old house got painted green many years ago and so did the van so the outside will be getting a fresh coat of paint and if anyone can tell what style that would have been originally would be great. The inside is not too bad also will need a coat paint and some work on the draws and cupboard doors,some new curtains , and a lick of paint and new floor coverings . The way things are going I might be able to get HONEY up and done Before my tow car a KB Centura 245 auto has it's resto finished,well it would help if the painter was ready for it when he said he would be, 3 months ago ,and it's still in my shed waitng but thats another story . So if anyone can give me any help it would be greatly appreciated. Regards Wayne
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Post by woddaquest on Mar 8, 2009 17:09:36 GMT 10
Dave ;D can you put up a pic of the cupboard door and draw fronts ( thats draw fronts not Y fronts) in my van for me to see if anyone might know where I can get some 2nd hand as I don't think there would be any new stuff around. Thanks
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Post by woddaquest on Mar 20, 2009 17:10:14 GMT 10
???Still don't know how old my little van is ,but i will one day ,I am bringing it home next week and want to get started on it as soon as,the green painted areas are fibre glass and i want to strip the paint off,is normal paint stripper okay to use. It was orig cream in color and that is what I want to do it again ,once I have the green paint off is there any special thing I need to do B4 I paint it.
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Post by atouchofglass on Mar 21, 2009 11:42:16 GMT 10
To take paint off fibreglass I'd be talking to the marine/automotive paint shops you are going to buy your paint from
Have some paint to remove from the lower section of my van and will be doing it by sanding
Perhaps JBJ can help
Cheers Atog
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Post by JBJ on Mar 21, 2009 17:45:13 GMT 10
Hi,
The difficulty I've found removing paint with strippers generally seems to relate to being able to penetrate the surface skin of the paint.
Doesnt seem to matter a lot what the substrate is ,so I normally see what effect the stripper has on a small area. If the paint is continuous & with a good surface, I 've had success with using things like rotary wire brushes ( not that heavily to remove paint, but to heavily scratch the surface skin). once the stripper starts to cause the wiggly effect under the surface, you can generally get the rest to lift. I've also used stripper using heavy rubber gloves & long sleeves, & stainless steel wire scourer pads. This works good on aluminium I've found.
At times I also use sanding discs instead of stripper. Normally on timber. Aint no easy way, but being careful & patient seems to work.
JBJ
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Post by Franklin1 on Mar 21, 2009 20:56:03 GMT 10
Hi Wayne, Have look at the tail-lights on the van and see if they say "Hella Made in Australia" and whether they look to be original or not.
Hella started in Australia around 1964 and by 1966 were claiming to be a "rapidly expanding company". Given that they supplied a lot of this shape tail-light to caravan manufacturers, then they would have probably started supplying them around the mid-1960s. I've seen this Hella tail-light on vans up to 1977 (and I have a set dated 1976). If you ever have to take the tail-lights off the van, there should be a date stamped on the rubber backing plate.
If you decide to use paint stripper to remove any paint, another option for cleaning the stripper/paint gunk off is to use sawdust and a coarse cloth. Take a shopping bag to your local timber outlet and ask them to fill it with the sawdust from their timber cutting saw.
After you've painted the stripper on the surface and let the paint bubble, throw a handfull of sawdust onto the stripper and use a coarse cloth to rub the surface down. The more sawdust that sticks to the stripper the better. The sawdust acts as a scourer and won't scratch the fibreglass surface. Fold the coarse cloth into a pad in your GLOVED hand and put a scoop of sawdust onto the pad. Then rub the gunk off with your cloth and sawdust. (old singlets or terry-towelling tea towels are ideal coarse cloth).
Wash down afterwards with warm soapy water to remove the sawdust residue and to neutralise the caustic stripper.
Did I mention that you should wear CHEMICAL GLOVES when using this stuff?? Burns like crazy!!
cheers, Al.
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Post by woddaquest on Mar 22, 2009 5:50:51 GMT 10
;D I would liketo take this oppertunity to thank you all for your input , I feel like I have a world of new mates out there and hope that one day I get to meet you all,thanks again for all the info and help.
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Post by boblor on Mar 22, 2009 20:57:55 GMT 10
Hi All A word of warning , -- Not all paint strippers are suitable for use on fibreglass, I had a can the other day I planned to use, --but after I got home found in small print "do not use on fibreglass" and it was a popular brand. I wasspeaking to a paint rep. later and he stated most are not suitable but I can get you one that is suitable but we do not make it. To me this means there would only be a few suitable. Cheers boblor
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Post by woddaquest on Mar 22, 2009 21:55:37 GMT 10
Okay ,thankyou.
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Post by quest76 on Mar 22, 2009 22:06:25 GMT 10
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Post by woddaquest on Mar 26, 2009 20:25:13 GMT 10
Thanks Ian.
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Post by woddaquest on Apr 2, 2009 17:45:35 GMT 10
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Post by woddabugger on Apr 4, 2009 6:10:13 GMT 10
I'll give it a go , also thought I'd give ETSA a call to see if they have any records of the ETSA permit numbers,I can see the permit number but the date is gone. [glow=red,2,300][/glow]
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Post by woddabugger on Apr 4, 2009 6:28:50 GMT 10
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Post by woddabugger on Apr 4, 2009 15:05:01 GMT 10
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Post by woddabugger on Apr 4, 2009 19:09:36 GMT 10
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Post by bobt on Apr 4, 2009 23:36:05 GMT 10
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Post by woddabugger on Apr 5, 2009 5:08:09 GMT 10
;D Even though it is 8-9 years younger tha n my Centura it should still look good when paired up to it,don't you recon
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Post by woddabugger on Apr 5, 2009 13:12:24 GMT 10
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Post by DC3Td on Apr 6, 2009 8:05:40 GMT 10
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Post by woddabugger on Apr 10, 2009 8:03:02 GMT 10
Saw that one ,man I don't know how you would hold it on the road, mine is only a 245 auto and when I planted my foot it just sat there a smoked the rear tyres easy as , now B4 you say anything I'm 55 now and grew out of that a long time ago ( but hey it was good fun ;D anyway ) so now back to being normal as I don't want my car impounded.
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Post by davenq on Apr 21, 2009 20:39:53 GMT 10
hmmmm...67 ...maybe should have a VC in front of it.......hey is all good... how big is the van? .the windows make it look bigger..
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Post by woddaquest on Apr 29, 2009 7:41:40 GMT 10
I know ,I have had every model and shape of VC in the last 9 years as well ,but it will still look ok behind the Cenny as well.The van is 10' 6" at the longest part and 6' 1" at the widest part.
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Post by woddaquest on May 2, 2009 23:15:35 GMT 10
Okay ,thanks Dave ,I am now a fully fledged member I think, How do I go about getting a couple of those fantastic stickers ,well 4 anyway ( for each of my vehicles). Now to the van you called a little honey ,maybe thats what we'll call her, HONEY . No change of plan ,we are calling the little van "HERME", get it her and me It is a Quest 10 or 11 footer they told me ,it has an alloy roof the front and sides are moulded fibre glass very thin in the same pattern as most other vans with alloy sides, it has Quest also moulded into the front and rear panels. The old fella I got it from can't remember what year it was but can remember how much it cost him. It was last used in 1980 and been used as a spare room ever since under the carport. The old house got painted green many years ago and so did the van so the outside will be getting a fresh coat of paint and if anyone can tell what style that would have been originally would be great. The inside is not too bad also will need a coat paint and some work on the draws and cupboard doors,some new curtains , and a lick of paint and new floor coverings . The way things are going I might be able to get HONEY up and done Before my tow car a KB Centura 245 auto has it's resto finished,well it would help if the painter was ready for it when he said he would be, 3 months ago ,and it's still in my shed waitng but thats another story . So if anyone can give me any help it would be greatly appreciated. Regards Wayne
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