Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: BryanH on January 27, 2007, 05:44:02 pm
Some more pics in the SMC Photo Gallery
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: Ltransam on January 27, 2007, 07:05:10 pm
Looking Good !!! Very nice Job !!! Even if it is Pepsi 
Ltransam
Ltransam
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: bubba on January 27, 2007, 07:37:47 pm
Bryan... that looks excellent! I like the light blue so much better than the navy...
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: coke_and_stuff on January 27, 2007, 08:19:10 pm
Looks great, ive been doing a ton of work on ine over that last week or so. Im in the process of getting it sandbasted right now and then she will get a new paint job that she deserves.
Joey
Joey
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Post by: rogerz on January 27, 2007, 09:49:43 pm
(bubba @ Jan. 27 2007,4:37)
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I like the light blue so much better than the navy...
me too! That looks great Bryan
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: sodaworks on January 27, 2007, 11:39:56 pm
Bryan, Nice job buddy.
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Post by: aspbear1 on January 27, 2007, 11:58:03 pm
Very nice....and I like the fact that it is pepsi..
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: ZMonet on January 28, 2007, 07:59:10 am
It looks amazing. I thought the baby blue was a real ugly color on the machine, but after seeing it on yours I'm jealous.
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: Jim on January 28, 2007, 08:02:16 am
Bryan,
Awesome job!
I also reviewed the photos in the SMC Gallery.
Awesome job!
I also reviewed the photos in the SMC Gallery.
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: globalcompressors on January 28, 2007, 12:23:30 pm
Great job!
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: beazle00 on January 28, 2007, 12:54:27 pm
looks great!!
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Post by: collecture on January 28, 2007, 01:09:54 pm
Great Job Bryan!
Looks like you took a lot a care in the restoration.
I think it looks purdy too.
Looks like you took a lot a care in the restoration.
I think it looks purdy too.
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: davethebirdman on January 28, 2007, 02:23:26 pm
Bryan It looks great. Do you know the colour code for the baby blue. I'm going to give my Jacobs a crack in the near future and I was going to go double dot blue but yours has changed my mind.
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Post by: Yarochrehc on January 28, 2007, 02:30:40 pm
Bryan,
That's really a nice looking job!!
What color of paint did you use?
That's really a nice looking job!!
What color of paint did you use?
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: Pat Pixley on January 28, 2007, 05:47:34 pm
Look good Bryan , I'll bet the inside looks just
as nice, got to see the inside of that
Pat
as nice, got to see the inside of that
Pat
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: BryanH on January 28, 2007, 11:44:45 pm
Thanks all... I've posted lots of pics of the cooler (inside and out) in the SMC Photo gallery.
Believe it or not, I wanted it to be dark blue like audiobeer's. Both machines I've done have been Pepsi. The fist was a VMC56 (also in the SMC gallery VMC56 pics) that I painted with a paint cross referenced to DuPont #95605. It came out really light. So I assumed that the only other Pepsi code I've seen posted would get me the dark blue. So I did the Ideal in DuPont #96581. Came out darker than the VMC56 but still light. If I do another Pepsi machine, I think I'll just pick colors from chips.
Believe it or not, I wanted it to be dark blue like audiobeer's. Both machines I've done have been Pepsi. The fist was a VMC56 (also in the SMC gallery VMC56 pics) that I painted with a paint cross referenced to DuPont #95605. It came out really light. So I assumed that the only other Pepsi code I've seen posted would get me the dark blue. So I did the Ideal in DuPont #96581. Came out darker than the VMC56 but still light. If I do another Pepsi machine, I think I'll just pick colors from chips.
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: BrianB on January 29, 2007, 07:30:47 am
That machine looks stellar! Great job Bryan!
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: Pat Pixley on January 29, 2007, 10:26:09 pm
Bryan, It looks real nice you should be real
proud of that A job well done.
Pat
proud of that
A job well done.Pat
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: jasmine64too on February 04, 2007, 08:40:22 pm
Nice.
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Post by: ZMonet on February 05, 2007, 05:48:55 am
Bryan, How did you paint the embossing? Whoever did it did an amazing job.
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: BryanH on April 03, 2007, 01:01:34 pm
(ZMonet @ Feb. 05 2007,3:48)
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Bryan, How did you paint the embossing? Whoever did it did an amazing job.
Hey Josh - a friend of mine manages an auto body shop. I asked him to recommend a hand / detail painter. The guy was amazing... He is a formally trained artist that got into detail work as a sideline while in school. He found that he had a knack for it and was making more money in a day then most 'artists' in a week. Anyway, he drove out to my house, painted the embossed logo in red and left 45 mins later with $75. Money well spent given that I can't even color inside the lines with crayons
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Post by: ZMonet on April 03, 2007, 03:37:42 pm
I agree. My mother is an artist and she said she had new appreciation for sign painters after trying to paint the embossing on mine. Granted, my embossing had been pushed in from having a sign placed over it, but still. You got a steal at $75. I need to see if I can find some starving sign painters in my area 
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: BrianB on April 04, 2007, 08:25:59 am
WOW! Awesome looking 55, Bryan! I love that paint job. I too need to find a guy that has that kind of raw talent/expertise to hand paint embossing. That's one thing I haven't tried to mess with. I'm definitely no artist!
Title: Finally finished my Ideal55
Post by: sodaworks on April 05, 2007, 05:43:30 pm
I'm with you Bryan, I can't do it either.