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[KTS]

..may as well be called Lord Lucan Grey; proving about as difficult to track down..

 

nice job Ben. cheers

[Ben_O]

Right back to the pick-up after a short break whilst trying to arrange a new colour for it.

The decision has now been made and now the PUP will be painted ROV706 Rover dark grey.

 

Before I can start painting it, I needed to tie up a few loose ends.

 

First up, I fitted the metal plugs into the floor pans

 

 

 

And then into the booth for a wipe down and mask up

 

 

 

And as the sills are only being top coated, they were masked off too.

 

 

The owner of this truck has requested that I use Upol Raptor as an underbody coating so that's what I got

 

 

I have not used this before so I had a read over the instructions. It's a two part PU coating and the instructions simply say 'fill, shake, shoot'

All you do is measure out the activator in the provided measuring cup, add it to the bottle of coating and then shake for 2 mins.

 

After prepping 2 bottles, I applied it

 

 

 

 

 

That was 1 light coat...

After it had cured, I applied the first of the topcoat.

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow, I shall top coat inside the cab and then it can come off the spit to allow me to finish painting the rest of the shell.

 

Cheers

Ben

[KTS]

very nice 

 

cheers Ben

[myredmini]

Very nice!! What brand of 2k DG do you use?

[Ben_O]

Very nice!! What brand of 2k DG do you use?

Cheers!

 

I use Standox mate

[Ben_O]

We now have top coat inside the cab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers

Ben

[nick@dunsdale]

Looking good

 

Are you aware you can also get tintable raptor it would eliminate the extra visit to apply colour

 

I just did a the underside of a series 2 Landrover with the tintable version

[Ben_O]

Looking good

 

Are you aware you can also get tintable raptor it would eliminate the extra visit to apply colour

 

I just did a the underside of a series 2 Landrover with the tintable version

I did look at the tintable Raptor but was concerned that there might be a slight variation in colour match if I went that route and not having used it before, didn't want to chance it.

 

Cheers

Ben

[KTS]

..that is looking superb Ben - really pleased with that.

 

can't wait to see the whole thing in paint !!!

[cooperd70]

Looks absolutely amazing! I know I shouldn't say this, but want some excuse to book my car in...mmmm let me think {drums fingers on table}

[REVVIT]

Since when have new pic up shells been available..Beautiful...

[Ben_O]

It's now off the spit for the final time

 

 

And then back into the spray booth to have the engine bay painted

 

 

 

I mixed up a tad too much paint and didn't want to waste it so wiped down the bonnet and painted the inside of that too

 

 

Later on once that had all cured, I prepped and masked the load bed floor

 

 

And then on with the Raptor

 

 

It seems that the Raptor should be very hard wearing. It is nothing like regular stoneguard and actually once cured, feels like one of those textured load liners that you see in modern pick ups

 

 

And then of course, the load bed was painted

 

 

 

Again, I had a little bit too much paint leftover to waste but just enough to paint a bonnet 

 

 

And that brings us up to date.

I plan to paint the outside of the shell early next week.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[KTS]

..running out of superlatives here Ben 

 

load bed looks fantastic; I was considering raptor on the side panels and bulkhead as well as the load floor, but glad I didn't now. and the finish on the bonnet - i take it that's straight out of the gun !?!?

[Ben_O]

..running out of superlatives here Ben 

 

load bed looks fantastic; I was considering raptor on the side panels and bulkhead as well as the load floor, but glad I didn't now. and the finish on the bonnet - i take it that's straight out of the gun !?!?

Cheers Pat.

I did actually think about Raptor on the side panels and bulkhead myself when I was masking it up but I then thought it would probably look a bit silly and I too am glad that just the floor was done. It looks just right IMO.

And yes, the bonnet paint is straight out of the gun. The photo was taken about 5 minutes after i put the last coat on. I moved it against the wall because I didn't want it too close to the heater vents in the booth.

 

Ben

[blueovalcraig]

Ben, fantastic work as always. I take it that the raptor stuff can be painted over once fully cured without any other work?