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carby
17th April 2011, 07:36 AM
Anyone attempted a bare Alu finish?

< Edit - cant seem to post a pic of the bugger! >

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smenzel/135267105/
peterg1001
17th April 2011, 03:28 PM
Try

YouTube - landrover polished aluminium

Peter
carby
17th April 2011, 05:36 PM
Woa. Too Bling for my tastes. Interesting perspex panels, must have been some sore of showcase truck.

I was after more of a simple, paint stripper and 1200 grit and let nature turn her grey.

c
The ho har's
17th April 2011, 05:50 PM
Woa. Too Bling for my tastes. Interesting perspex panels, must have been some sore of showcase truck.

I was after more of a simple, paint stripper and 1200 grit and let nature turn her grey.

c


PM 'killer' on this site he has one..not as shiny as that last one though:o...there are limitations on the 'shinyess' though for rego in QLD, not sure about other states;)

Mrs hh:angel:
HangOver
17th April 2011, 08:18 PM
nice !

I wouldn;t want to have to clean it again after a day out in the mud
raskol
18th April 2011, 10:43 AM
Quite cool!:)
isuzurover
18th April 2011, 12:36 PM
PM 'killer' on this site he has one..not as shiny as that last one though:o...there are limitations on the 'shinyess' though for rego in QLD, not sure about other states;)

Mrs hh:angel:

Yes - ask killer for some pics of the "Silver Bullet" as he has christened it. I don't have any in electronic form.

Actually I have this one. The yellow bonnet and blue/green other panels (and the fact that dad was too tight to pay for some paint) are the reasons we stripped it:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p29/isuzurover/LR_PICS/LROCB_etc016.jpg

I suspect what you are looking for is a "brushed" finish - like Mal's Sidewinder
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p29/isuzurover/LR_PICS/LROCB_etc012.jpg

It is a LOT of work on a previously painted vehicle - and you may find a few surprises under the paint. The worst part is small dints where they have ground the panel with a coarse sanding disc. The dint itself doesn't look to bad in a brushed finish, but the grinding marks are almost impossible to sand out.
Killer
18th April 2011, 12:48 PM
I don't have any photos of it yet either Ben. I must get the camera out and start posting.

Cheers, Mick.