Paint Your Wagon - with a roller!

Post by **pedro100** » 13 Jun 2008, 06:57

hopefully ill be able to add second coat this weekend gonna try and flat back tonight and prep everything up! pictures will follow on monday i hope weather dependant of course! first coat has now dried really well not to orange peely either so hopefully the van will look spanking this time next week!!!!

Post by **buteux** » 13 Jun 2008, 08:05

I read this forum a year or so ago, eventually i bought a tin of paint...
After applying it i decided on a slightly different shade, so i bought another tin..
Anyway eventually i got a can mixed from the guys mentioned on the wiki, an excellent colour match, one coat and ive yet to go back to it.

I thought about mentioning this because everyone says "do it in nice weather, warm(ish) etc" I did all my coats between November and February. One day i was watching the thermometer, ready to go out when it got to 5 degrees.
All my coats went on without orange peel effect, and all dried really smooth, still driveable in a couple of hours too. No bugs due to time of the year, just cold hands.
Anyway 4 months since the last coat and im yet to do any polishing or flatting.
I will do more and try for a perfect finish but instinct tells me to wait till after summer (!?)

Post by **AngeloEvs** » 14 Jun 2008, 23:07

I second that, found the best finish when applied in very cool conditions and dried too quickly in warmish temperatures even in the shade. Did sections of mine in March when temperatures were about 8 degrees.

Post by **cozmik** » 15 Jun 2008, 20:12

I think when the paints a bit cooler it's more forgiving if you're not exactly van Gogh with a roller.

That Banksy offered to paint my van but I said nah I couldn't stand driving around being ironic all day.

Post by **pedro100** » 16 Jun 2008, 06:57

second coats now on looking good, still needs another to cover all the manky blue up! 2nd coat went on alot easier and managed to do most of the van in a few hours till sun got too hot!!! pics up tommorow

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 16 Jun 2008, 18:43

Very cold weather can change the properties of many paints and cause 'blooming' if its damp but if you're getting away with it then the paint is obviously very forgiving. I'll update the WIKI based on these comments.

Cheers

Post by **pedro100** » 17 Jun 2008, 07:37

pictures of the bus are in the garage! couldnt work out how to post them up on here, any tips would be good! the pictures are of the 2nd coat without being flatted back! starting to get there!!!

Post by **westyguesty** » 17 Jun 2008, 10:07

Hi there,

Been watching this thread for ages, and couldn't make my mind up what to do, but money short at the moment, so going to give it a go.

I think I can get the camper in the garage, if not might be picking a few bugs out.

Probably going to go for a red, but wondered if anyone has experienced any fading yet of colours.

Post by **pedro100** » 17 Jun 2008, 11:46

mines red its getting brighter!!!

Post by **wackos00** » 18 Jun 2008, 09:14

is there a more satisfing job than rollering on new paint and covering up loads of primmer, scuffed paint, primmer etc etc and it coming up soooo goood!

Post by **DivingDaisee** » 19 Jun 2008, 22:34

Okay, I've read the Wiki and the entire forum (which took a while

)

I'm a complete novice to any of this 'ear body repair / paint work thingy, but I really wanna have a go at the old rust bucket

Right, my questions are -

White spirit is mentioned, do you buy the Rustoleum thinner or just use white spirit?

Can thinned paint be stored and used later?

How are people finding painting their hightops with rustoleum, someone mentioned using "truck coat" cos it stays soft and bends! Any negative issue with rustoleum?

Interior - Mrs DD wants it painting Sky Blue! Currently it's baaadly painted posty Pat Red

, before that it was burgandy

. The interior is still burgandy. Trying to convince her that burgandy is a good idea as I don't have to worry about the interior! Has anyone moved to the inside paintwork? How much effort is it with all the fixings and stuff?

Mr DD

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 20 Jun 2008, 09:15

Ok here goes

Yes, plain old white spirit and thinned paint seems to store OK although I only mix as much as I need in one session.

Yes you can do the fibreglass top no prob and its a flexible UV-resistent paint.

Sky blue not a prob. Check last pic in my WIKI article:
https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Bo ... r_painting

Post by **DivingDaisee** » 20 Jun 2008, 12:37

Thanks CovKid, yeah I know that the colour is available (think that's the picture that's set her off

) I was just asking cos so far nobody has said much about the inside painted areas. I'm sure it's all possible, just gonna be a proper labour of love getting to all those fiddly bits. It might look a bit of a dogs dinner if the outside is blue and the inside is burgandy.

I suppode you could do the inside while its raining - provided its well ventilated of course!

...Now then how long before its safe to sleep in after painting...questions, questions, questions!

Working on the rust right now. Ordered the RAL card (quoted price for a non-standard colour is £24.99 plus vat per 2.5lt (21.99 standard colours) - www.combicolor.co.uk). Got my key weapon lined up (my painter and decorator brother-in-law who has actually painted two coaches before

). Probably won't be ready til next May/June anyway, so will have a VERY patched van til then. Hay Ho

Will get the pictures of the various states!

Thanks CovKid and everyone for this fantastic thread and Wiki

Post by **ashman** » 20 Jun 2008, 14:57

It's certainly going to be fiddly painting the inside exposed metal, but more than do-able. You can get most of the 'dogs dinner' bits covered when you paint the inside of the doors, door shuts and inner arches. These bits can be done fairly easily when you paint the outside, but the time and patience will come when trying to get into places like the door hinges and the window pillars!
I may look at doing the inside at a later date, but for now getting the outside done is the main priority.
Have fun
Ash

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 20 Jun 2008, 17:29

Must admit, the bit I enjoyed most was painting the top of the arch - a very satisfying run down to the step that one.

Other exposed areas can be done with foam brushes as and when you have half an hour spare. I did many of those areas parked outside the local school waiting for my kid to come out. Just keep a small tin of ready mixed paint handy.

Allow at least a day for fumes to go. And if you're planning on sleeping in a painted interior, give it a week certainly. Its nowhere near as bad as the old cellulose though.

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