Paint Your Wagon - with a roller!

[CovKid]

Won't vary that much and even if it does, if you're doing a whole coat or one whole panel, you won't see it. Has good anti-fade properties though never used red (generally the worst for fading) so can't vouch for that.

[pierce]

Won't vary that much and even if it does, if you're doing a whole coat or one whole panel, you won't see it. Has good anti-fade properties though never used red (generally the worst for fading) so can't vouch for that.

Thanks CovKid,

For info, Avenue coating said they can supply Pastel White L90D mixed and because it had been mixed before there was no extra charge. I think it was £31.80 for 3 1/2 litres, but don't quote me on that.

[zippster]

gave my roof a second coat yesterday and its dryed milky in places, would the frost do that? ill have sand down again, the fisrt coat went really well, and was inpressed,

[CovKid]

Yes frost will do that.

[MattyG]

Please could someone help with a RAL colour? ive checked they're charts on the site but cant find a similar colour to the cream on the top of my van!
pic below

cheers
matt

[CovKid]

Thats snow surely

They do a few 'whites' - 9010?



Other possibility is to stir in a small pot of mucky Humbrol to straight white although you'd be there a week mixing it

[MattyG]

cheers covkid - must have been blind not to see that!!
when i looked on the main RAL chart i couldnt see that colour?

ive ripped out everything in the van and going to give the whole of the floor a lick of rustoleume before putting new the flooring back in - I presume method is still the same?
i thought i could get away with just 1 coat and no flatting its getting covered. but the rear hatch i was gonna treat as external and flat it back and re-coat and polish?

what do you think? or should i 2 coat the lot for extra protection?

cheers
matt

[CovKid]

Pretty much the same as exterior although other than bits that really show (ie edge of tailgate) you don't need to be quite so fussy. The biggest problem inside is avoiding picking up dust/sand in your paint. I can't emphasise enough just HOW clean it needs to be when doing interior - repeated goes at washing and going everywhere with the vacuum to make sure theres not one bit of dirt anywhere - particularly nooks, crannies and edges. I put three coats on tailgate edge and two for rest but if its an area thats being covered over anyway, one coat will be more than enough in my view.

[MattyG]

thanks - will make sure its medical clean then!!

cheers
matt

[xpress]

i will want to eat my dinner off it. hiya it's me again. i am busy with the o/s lower seam rash. just been wire brushing the lower rust variety below the stickerflex sealant. dug most of that old stuff out now, and derusted, but insdie this seam, there's this black shiny stuff. anyone know what this is> what this some kind of OEM non setting sealant? also, would you apply sealant before primer into the seams or after primer? i have done it both ways seems fine either way but just checking .. can't wait until she's all done.

[dugcati]

Please could someone help with a RAL colour? ive checked they're charts on the site but cant find a similar colour to the cream on the top of my van!
pic below

cheers
matt

neither could I Matt so I ended up going for RAL 3000 and RAL 1015 (postbox read and a basic cream)

[MattyG]

dugcati - did the cream come out as dark as it looks on screen?
i was gonna go darker on the red to more of a maroon colour so may get away with a slightly darker cream

cheers
matt

[ninja.turtle007]

There is also RAL 1014 - Ivory for Ambulance's. It looks quite good.

[dugcati]

dugcati - did the cream come out as dark as it looks on screen?
i was gonna go darker on the red to more of a maroon colour so may get away with a slightly darker cream

cheers
matt

hmm difficult too say - I'd say it looks much like the cream on your pics - is your red/cream original? Mine wasnt so it ended up much lighter than the old paint which I am still in two minds about, when the bus is clean it looks ace but in winter shocking! hehe

[MattyG]

the cream is original but the red is later.
think im just gonna go for it - if the colour isnt what im after then i could always paint the fridge

cheers
matt