Paint Your Wagon - with a roller!

Website · Post by **syncrosimon** » 24 Jun 2008, 16:27

I must confess to having got carried away with the rustoleum combicolor spay cans. i have used 5 cans to do the side.

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:17

If that doesn't inspire others to get out there I don't know what will. Thanks for posting up the photos - looks the biz!!!

Post by **ding-dang-dhu** » 24 Jun 2008, 20:40

I second that, it looks mint,although it should be in the thread 'Paint your van with a spray' hehe

Post by **HarryMann** » 24 Jun 2008, 21:48

Combicolour in spray cans, nah, you're having us on
Now you've blown it , seriously running out of excuses if Jenny sees that

Post by **ding-dang-dhu** » 24 Jun 2008, 22:55

just how many did you buy to do such a cracking job?

Um the answer was there all the time........

Post by **Joloke08** » 25 Jun 2008, 08:36

syncrosimon wrote:I must confess to having got carried away with the rustoleum combicolor spay cans. i have used 5 cans to do the side.

Hiya
ive been reading this for ages and keep checking back to see progress

I plan on getting a t3 in the future when finances allow but me an my other half are getting an old shape classic mini first and want to use the same method on that first(start small get practice for rollering a bus).

Anyway just my thoughts but yes it looks fab when put on with a rattle can but its got me wondering?

Granted the rattle cans only come in standard colours but if your going to do a repaint in the standard rustoleum colours why not use both rattle cans and rollered paint?

As said above it took 5 cans to do one side so at a guess 15-20 cans to do a whole van which would work out very expensive!!

So why not put a couple of coats on with a roller first,not perfect but to get a build up and a dense covering to act as a decent undercoat.

then use a fraction or the number of rattle cans to lay down the final coats?

Im assuming the stuff in the rattle cans is compatible with the stuff in the big 2.5 litre cans you put on with a brush or roller so therefore there wont be any reaction issues?

has anybody ever tried this?
I know others have used the rattle cans to do the bits a roller cannot reach but has anybody put the bulk on with a roller flatted back then put overall final coats on with rattle cans?

i know others have rollered on the bulk and done the finishing with a hlvp sprayer,if that works i see no reason your cant spray the final coats on over flatted down rollered paint with rustoluems own rattle cans?

incidentally if your interested another forum i visit has been covering the same thing on a mini if anybody wants to check out the results on that heres the link

http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/in ... opic=29632

Huggz
Jodie

Post by **Poseidon** » 25 Jun 2008, 12:43

Right... that does it... I can't ignore the absolute genius of this any longer!
I'm gona do it... Looking at the options... £1500 for a respray or a couple of hundred to roller.... seems an obvious choice to me...

Thanks for the inspiration all... :O) now... what to do with the remaining £1200???

Post by **pedro100** » 25 Jun 2008, 12:49

£200 to roller....what ya using liquid gold

Post by **Poseidon** » 25 Jun 2008, 13:06

I'm figuring that I'll need to do quite a bit of prep... so setting myself aside some extra... anything left will be a bonus!

Just ordered a 500ml of the rust treatment that was recommended in the wiki...

Just had an idea.... Perhaps we could add some pics to the wiki showing the colours people choose? The paint code samples always look different..

Website · Post by **syncrosimon** » 25 Jun 2008, 17:29

As joloke08 picked up on, I was going to do the difficult to roller parts with the spray cans, and do the big flat panels with the roller. When I got started with the cans, I could not stop, and ended up spraying the whole side. It does give a good finish, but not by any means show room, and it is very difficult to avoid runs, as the paint settles, and needs to be left slightly orangepeely to flattem out to a smooth finish. Plus the spray from the cans is best for the first half of the can, when pressure is high, and not so broad for the second half.

I will experiment with flatting and polishing in the same way, but initially it is a great improvement on what went before. The front passenger door was much easier to get a good finish on because it was laid flat, so no runs, hence very smooth finish.

I have got another 12 cans to play with, and 2.5 litres of liquid.

I noticed that only a small range of combicolors are available on the web site as spray.

You will notice from the photos that the roof is rollered. It will still take a fair amount of time to get a finish as good as a rollered and polished finish, but first result is better.

I have found that you can only spray outside on calm days, the overspray is excessive in even a light breeze. This is much more limiting than rolling. The small spay pattern as the can goes flat makes it difficult to get a consistent thickness and finisn.

Thanks for the positive comments, and for a £70 investment I am confident in getting a van that from 3 meters away is perfect!!!

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 25 Jun 2008, 23:45

I mentioned the issues with spray in the wiki - you lose a lot of paint and its not quite so cool for the environment. As you say, you still end up flatting and it takes the budget way over a £50 job plus theres a lot more masking involved.

That said, Rustoleum will spray very well, if ya want to go that route but more economical to use a compressor and gun. You can get to be quite an expert with the roller though. Will add extra pics to wiki but few have been posted up yet!

Post by **windysurfer** » 26 Jun 2008, 08:05

syncrosimon wrote:. Plus the spray from the cans is best for the first half of the can, when pressure is high, and not so broad for the second half.

I put my cans in a jug of hot water (not boiling)which helps with this problem

Post by **corleone** » 26 Jun 2008, 11:46

I'm going to be rollering mine fairly soon, my current paint is standard two tone cream on roof and red on lower body - anybody know if two one litre pots will do if I'm staying with the same colour?

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 26 Jun 2008, 13:23

Hmmm. One big tin JUST does a whole van. Glean from that what you will. You might just do it but if any areas take more to cover than you think, you'll be stuck. Its cutting it close I'd say. Better to have slightly more than you need than less, besides its handy for any later damage repair.

Post by **ermie571** » 27 Jun 2008, 10:45

Can a girlie do it too????

I've bitten the bullet and ordered my orange paint.

Will be with me by end of next week!

This really is a shoe-string job - been collecting the pads etc from poundland etc. But some pretty nasty bodywork type stuff, and I am still only learning with filler and rust......still, it will look better than it does now!

Will get photos done as I go along.

Wish me luck,
Em
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