Re: [T3] The Baroness gets a makeover

[DGaries808@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/4/02 2:17:42 AM Central Daylight Time, 
ben_d@clear.net.nz writes:

<< Subj:     Re: [T3] The Baroness gets a makeover
 Date:  10/4/02 2:17:42 AM Central Daylight Time
 From:  ben_d@clear.net.nz (Ben Doughney)
 Sender:    type3@vwtype3.org
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 on 4/10/2002 5:03 PM, Fiesta Cranberry at FiestaCranberry@webtv.net wrote:
 
 > So they're gonna fix her up and put on primer.  Then I'm gonna take her
 > someplace cheaper and get a full body paint job.  So my question is, is
 > it sacrilege to change the color?  She's (mostly) Marina Blau right now.
 > I'd love to paint her purple.  What do you guys think?
 
 It is really up to you, but I think Marina Blue is a nice colour. Keep in
 mind that primer doesn't fight rust for very long, so plan on getting it
 painted in topcoat as soon as you can.
 
 HTH,
 Ben Doughney
 
 '75 1200L
 '63 1200 - Ringo
 '71 1600TL

You know the old saying ... don't change the color if you want it to look 
good. There are a thousand nooks and crannies where the paint maybe didn't 
get sanded too well,
and you can mess up an otherwise good paint job by simply changing colors.

If you are going to change colors, sand her down to bare metal and reprime 
the car.
That's the only way to get an absolutely perfect pant job with a new color. 
You should 
use standard colors, too. I don't believe that there is a standard "purple" 
color. When you go to get a can of touch-up paint, you'll have a hard time 
matching the purple (unless you have an ash tray or something like that that 
you can leave with the paint supplier for a coupla days for matching 
purposes). I have one car that I changed colors on, and I can't get it 
matched properly. It's always a tad outa shade. If I had used the L-codes, 
everyone could have matched the paint all of the time.

Don Garies
dgaries808@aol.com

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