Picture Update

[buddydawg]

Repainted front of bus and 5ft or so down each side.  I am doing/redoing it in sections.

[buddydawg]

Polished Aluminum, New LED turn signals, painted bumper

[buddydawg]

New Mirrors

[buddydawg]

Sand blasted and painted rims plus new Sumitomo tires

[buddydawg]

Oak Entry Steps

[buddydawg]

More work ahead!!

[scanzel]

Looks GREAT from the pictures. Are you painting it outside? I just got a preliminary estimate for mine. $10,000.00.

[robertglines1]

Lookin good keep picture update's comming!   bob

[Kevinmc5]

Great start The stairs look really nice. love bus porn.

[buddydawg]

I am painting it outside.  Also I have improved my technique greatly since I started.  I did not want to chemically strip it. Initially I used what seemed to be umpteen thousand ways to sand and grind especially around the rivets.  I finally found the best way to get down to metal was with a sandblaster using a 80 grit garnet which is used in waterjet machines.  The garnet is fine and uniform and leaves a perfect texture on the bare metal.  It does excellent around rivets and is not overly aggressive on the aluminum.  I primed with 2 coats of epoxy primer 2 coats of base and 2 coats of clear.  The areas where I sandblasted are absolutely beautiful, the areas where I did more with the sanding/grinding, not quite as nice.  Overall I am happy with it.  I also sealed all the seams where the metal overlaps with a product by PRC-DeSoto.  It gives it a nice smooth look.  If you look in the pic of the mirror you can see how the seam where the rivets are by the door looks.  It really takes away the edge.  

[jackhartjr]

Brandon, you are doing a GREAT job here, looking forward to updates!
Jack

[jackhartjr]

Everyone told me it could not be painted in sections, that it HAS to be painted all at one time.  I am glad to see that is not true!
Jack

[chev49]

of course u can paint in sections.. just keep things taped off and always have your paint mix the same. And its a good idea to have the outside temp and humidity the same. you can clear coat and color sand in sections as well..And the bus looks great.. However Red at the automotive paint store is really getting pricy now days...

[Seville]

Very nice work ! Is that an old New York Bus Service fisbowl ? They were still in service as recent as 2003 or 04 ?
I was always impressed at how well they kept them up.
Looks great now.

[Busted Knuckle]

Brandon,
Look'n great buddy! Nice job.  Looks very nice! (even if I'm not fond of red!)

  BK