Brumby Taigate rebuild

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:35 pm

darn bugs thought my tailgate looked like a nice place to land while the paint was still wet.

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:30 pm

Yeah they seem to like the smell, acrylic = easy fix, 2 pack = aghhhhh, house paint = you should be shot.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:26 am

neighbour whose dad inlaw was a motoring genius all rounder (turbos, SC, NOx to things like his brothers HR for towing caravan, designed and built his own efi SC Rover in late 70's early 80's dyno shop, tech teacher etc) had a theory for backyard painting, need to spray before the neighbours work out where the stink comes from, there are day bugs and night bugs, need to spray when night bugs gone to bed and before day bugs get up

1111giles · Post by **1111giles** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:40 am

Like your repair mate ! Did a similar job on one of mine last year but about a 1 quarter section.
You could always have waited for my copy GRP gates ! lol
tip when you are completely finished - and I mean finished spray the inside at the bottom liberally with Lanotec rust preventative let it tack off and then do it again - make sure you hit all the exposed internal metal (make sure drain holes are still there if you cut them out in 1st place and ensure they are not blocked with dry Lanotec) - it will never rust again !
Great work btw !

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:14 am

LOL at the three of yas.

Giles. I am keeping a carefull eye on ya tailgates.
Mate I sprayed probably 300ml of 2K primer from all angles and sloshed it around inside the gate til it was dribbiling out all orifices

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:32 pm

Painted , fitted and working.

The internal pannels still need painting and fitting.
I will rub the bugs out next week.

Remember what it used to look like.

purp · Post by **purp** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:50 pm

Looks exceptional. No tow bar?

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:55 pm

Looks great, now for the canopy and you have a great weekend camper.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:05 pm

purp wrote:Looks exceptional. No tow bar?

Now that would be awesome to see! Especially if you knock up another brumby trailer!

Cheers

Bennie