Paint Your Wagon - with a roller!

[xpress]

i see rustoleum as a protector of metal and a rust inhibitor, i wanted some practise before going on the van with the roller, and secondly, the inside of the panels needed doing because i don't like the access to them when they're on the van and with certain skin panels, there's hardly any access. in a week the lower inside arches and all round the van is going to get seam sealer. the panels will need touching up here and there after putting on but i prefer doing it this way. it's like a big airfix kit!

the panels will be safe enough to hold in a couple of days. after a week or two, i can safely cut into the paint and polish out any imperfections and finish it all off.

[weldore]

are you gonna rivet it on then?

[xpress]

with a 25,000 amp spot welder loll

[weldore]

with a 25,000 amp spot welder loll

can you video the first spot weld for me

[xpress]

lolll you bet!

[CovKid]

I'd never spray again Xpress. Yes you can get a nice finish in a good bodyshop with 2-pack but jeesh its expensive and in two years it'll need a retouch due to the seams going rusty again. At least with rollering a repaint is half an hour and good to go.

[Cruz]

Hasn't been much activity here lately. I suppose people are waiting for better weather.

Yep. Come the end of march the old wet and dry and tub of elbow grease will be out again

[folkers]

Can't wait to get another coat on mine, but it's just too cold!!

[jake1953]

Was out krimbo shopping today. If you have a JTF warehouse near you they now sell a pack of 10 foam brushes
for 70p+vat. They're in the craft/hobby section, not the paintbrush bit. I bought 2 packs ready for the 2nd coat in the spring.

[zippster]

has anyone used the colour RAL3000 the bright red, just wanted to see how it comes out first, before buy some

[dugcati]

have indeed! - I got RAL 3000 and RAL 1015 on my wagon


pictures always lie! I would say it looks like an old red colour - not really in yer face red but still very red - kind of pillar box red

[CovKid]

My youngest wanted me to paint mine that colour red Dugcati. Great to see what it looks like

[onc onc]

Roll on march so i can get some more paint my van, put two coats on last summer and have now got a few bubbly rust spots occuring, now is this me own dam fault for not using vactan and just going for a rust killer that i had in the shed, some geezer sold me this at vanfest the year before last, think it was called (corrision stop) of something like that it came as two items one was like a wd40 spray and the other was supposed to be a rust killer, not to sure about that now though... Looks like i will have to invest in some Vactan and give that a go

[dugcati]

[quote]Roll on march so i can get some more paint my van[/quote

HERE HERE

[CovKid]

have now got a few bubbly rust spots occuring

Yes but this works in your favour I found. Its only when you have a coat of fresh paint that you can pinpoint areas that genuinely need more intensive work rather than areas that you think are a bit ropey.

I still see rollering as a winter prep measure, shaking off the ravages of the weather in the same way that narrowboat owners look after theirs. Rustoleum will often eradicate some areas (in terms of corrosion) but those where it won't clearly have issues. Seams are always a source of heartache but with repeated attempts to treat corrosion followed by repaints can bring it to an end - case of treating both sides and making sure you've really dug in deep with the vactan etc. And don't forget the magic of the 'filler fairy'

For the record, i'll often put a fresh coat around the sills prior to winter - helps protect against stone chips and salt spray. Its a lot easier doing all that with a roller as you can just do certain areas without the need for major masking as you do with spraying. 20 mins and you've done the sills.