Gas Pump Restoration Experiment - Wed Jan 15 2014 12:42 AM
I finally got around to an experiment that I have been wanting to try for some time now. Vinyl wrapping a gas pump. I got the idea from a couple of places, NASCAR...they don't paint the cars anymore, they wrap them. Also The Wayne 511 blend pumps used a vinyl wrap when they went from yellow doors to blue doors.
Now I must say that the use of the word "restoration" does not fit my definition for this project. Trust me..it looks better in the picture. I knew going in that any surface imperfection would show right thru, wow, do they ever. But my goal was to do the job a cheaply and as quickly as possible and then review the results.
Last Saturday morning about 11:00am I went to my pump yard and and hauled up this 505. I considered all the different models and thought the 505 would yield the best results because of the overall squareness. Besides, I have a boat load of 505's and have been looking for a good way to move them. Of course everything did not go as planned. The top and the 2 top ad panels had too many compound curves for me to master. After wasting some good vinyl I knew when I was beat...I spray bombed the top white and the ad panels red. All the other panels are wrapped. Since I needed this done by Sunday night I did not have time to take out all the surface imperfections, besides, if I was to do that then why not do a nice job and prime/fill and paint.
I did get it done mostly by Sunday evening and just had to apply the logos tonight because the shop just got them done. I have restored a pump in Platolene before and thought this Wayne 505 would look good in red front panels and white sides and top.
Anyway I will be taking this pump to It's a Gas and see if there is any interest in it. To sum it up I say it looks good at 10 feet but when you get a real good look at it is what it is..... And nobody will hurt my feelings if they think the vinyl makes it look cheap. Maybe cheap is not the best word right now, I spent some cash on vinyl only to peel it off, wad it up and try again. Maybe I will ponder this for a while and tweek a little here and there. Not all ideas are good ones, just because I can, does not make it a good idea.
Now I must say that the use of the word "restoration" does not fit my definition for this project. Trust me..it looks better in the picture. I knew going in that any surface imperfection would show right thru, wow, do they ever. But my goal was to do the job a cheaply and as quickly as possible and then review the results.
Last Saturday morning about 11:00am I went to my pump yard and and hauled up this 505. I considered all the different models and thought the 505 would yield the best results because of the overall squareness. Besides, I have a boat load of 505's and have been looking for a good way to move them. Of course everything did not go as planned. The top and the 2 top ad panels had too many compound curves for me to master. After wasting some good vinyl I knew when I was beat...I spray bombed the top white and the ad panels red. All the other panels are wrapped. Since I needed this done by Sunday night I did not have time to take out all the surface imperfections, besides, if I was to do that then why not do a nice job and prime/fill and paint.
I did get it done mostly by Sunday evening and just had to apply the logos tonight because the shop just got them done. I have restored a pump in Platolene before and thought this Wayne 505 would look good in red front panels and white sides and top.
Anyway I will be taking this pump to It's a Gas and see if there is any interest in it. To sum it up I say it looks good at 10 feet but when you get a real good look at it is what it is..... And nobody will hurt my feelings if they think the vinyl makes it look cheap. Maybe cheap is not the best word right now, I spent some cash on vinyl only to peel it off, wad it up and try again. Maybe I will ponder this for a while and tweek a little here and there. Not all ideas are good ones, just because I can, does not make it a good idea.