Would this devalue my REO

[Andre]

dankie

How far do have to strip the Reo?

Personally I would not think of stripping my anodized Reo. The other finishes no problem, but not the anodized. And mucking around with caustic soda is not my idea of fun.
Anyhow, maybe you have compelling reasons to do so. Imo, you must get all off, inside and outside - leaving some inside might not be visible, but could affect resale value.

 

[kimbo]

Until you see the bare aluminum and then quickly rinse in clean cold water - do it outside and use gloves. NB: the fumes are toxic!

Thank you

 

[kimbo]

Personally I would not think of stripping my anodized Reo. The other finishes no problem, but not the anodized. And mucking around with caustic soda is not my idea of fun.
Anyhow, maybe you have compelling reasons to do so. Imo, you must get all off, inside and outside - leaving some inside might not be visible, but could affect resale value.

No i like the black, me and @hands are working on a deal so i just needed to know for future reference if i want my door done

 

[Andre]

No i like the black, me and @hands are working on a deal so i just needed to know for future reference if i want my door done

Ah, that makes perfect sense. You could of course just get a raw aluminium door for that purpose.
I have been thinking hard of something to ask @hands to engrave on my Reo, but am afraid I was last in line when it came to creativity.
EDIT: Sorry @Philip, we are hijacking your thread. Will desist now.

 

[johan]

Ah, that makes perfect sense. You could of course just get a raw aluminium door for that purpose.
I have been thinking hard of something to ask @hands to engrave on my Reo, but am afraid I was last in line when it came to creativity.

" 'n Koring-aar of 5, met berg in agtergrond" should make a nice engraving for you Andre

 

[kimbo]

Ah, that makes perfect sense. You could of course just get a raw aluminium door for that purpose.
I have been thinking hard of something to ask @hands to engrave on my Reo, but am afraid I was last in line when it came to creativity.
EDIT: Sorry @Philip, we are hijacking your thread. Will desist now.

Last one from my side @Philip
It was the plan but the send a SL door with the last Reo order

 

[Keyaam]

Ive done both. First I removed the paint and then had it converted to LP. I actually got more for the reo when i sold it


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[Imthiaz Khan]

So guys, any idea who can do all the modifications for Reo's?
@JakesSA, @jtgrey

 

[Genosmate]

So guys, any idea who can do all the modifications for Reo's?
@JakesSA, @jtgrey

You can add me to your list if you like.

 

[Imthiaz Khan]

Great, thanks @Genosmate
Do you do all modifications to Reos?

 

[Genosmate]

Great, thanks @Genosmate
Do you do all modifications to Reos?

Could do most things I guess,heres what I'm working on at the moment ;

 

[Imthiaz Khan]

Great news @Genosmate

So just to confirm, the list will inlcude:
Shaving of High Profiles
Converting to Super Light Profiles (Body + Door)
Changing the color

 

[Andre]

Great news @Genosmate

So just to confirm, the list will inlcude:
Shaving of High Profiles
Converting to Super Light Profiles (Body + Door)
Changing the color

Have never seen a conversion to Super Light (SL) done by anyone?
Are we not just talking of shaving and stripping finishes?

 

[Genosmate]

Great news @Genosmate

So just to confirm, the list will inlcude:
Shaving of High Profiles
Converting to Super Light Profiles (Body + Door)
Changing the color

Converting to low profile shouldn't be an issue.Never done one all I need is to confirm the amount of material to come off,easy enough to find.
Changing a solid Grand or Mini to an SL can be done but I doubt its cost effective,its a lot of work on a manual mill.
Sorry don't have any equipment to do colour changes.I can get some quotes though from a local paint shop.

 

[Genosmate]

Have never seen a conversion to Super Light (SL) done by anyone?
Are we not just talking of shaving and stripping finishes?

Hi Andre you've probably seen my last post.
I plan to mod a solid body to a type of SL for myself (need a REO to do it though) but I'm not planning on following the pattern of a standard SL it will be more personal with some shape to it like the attached.
Probably should have said in my post that I can strip paint finishes,but I guess most can do this themselves,but I'm not getting involved with that story of trying to strip anodizing

 

[Imthiaz Khan]

@Andre, I thought @jtgrey converted his Reo to SL. Tried searching for the post but cannot find it. I might have read incorrectly though

 

[Imthiaz Khan]

Apologies to all if I got this wrong

 

[Andre]

I plan to mod a solid body to a type of SL for myself (need a REO to do it though) but I'm not planning on following the pattern of a standard SL it will be more personal with some shape to it like the attached.

That shaped Reo is most stunning. Looking forward to see your handiwork.

 

[jtgrey]

Apologies to all if I got this wrong

I can do it , the only problem is that I am not home all the time . That being said I think @jakesa is the best bet

 

[Genosmate]

Apologies to all if I got this wrong

None necessary,I can easily do a solid to an SL but it would cost too much to be viable,I think anyone wanting this would be best to sell a solid body and get an SL.

 

[jtgrey]

None necessary,I can easily do a solid to an SL but it would cost too much to be viable,I think anyone wanting this would be best to sell a solid body and get an SL.

I agree with you I do have my own cnc machine at home but if you have to ask someone to do it then it would just cost to much

 

[jtgrey]

Going to make my kui a sl as soon as I get home again

 

[Genosmate]

I agree with you I do have my own cnc machine at home but if you have to ask someone to do it then it would just cost to much

Well that should certainly convince everyone.
If you think its not viable on a CNC mill,mines all hand,eye,measure,measure stuff

 

[jtgrey]

Well that should certainly convince everyone.
If you think its not viable on a CNC mill,mines all hand,eye,measure,measure stuff

The problem with the cnc mill is that if you ask a place to do it for you then they are going to charge you per hour and most of them will charge you to write the program for the cnc as well .

 

[jtgrey]

So I guess it will cost you very close to a R1000 or even more but if you have your own machine it will be peanuts to do