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meggles wrote:Foam brushes? When I did last van I used the roller all over and used an artist brush for the small areas. (Might have been p!$$ artist though).

I hope you don't mix that "spirit" in with the paint ... ..it would be a terrible waste

I know! All that Rustoleum wasted!

meggles wrote:Cracking job! Well done. Fancy doing mine for me?

keith mate,i tried that with armyphil...TBH i think were floggin a dead horse

leave that horse alone

its dead..guess there no harm done

Im actually looking forward to doing mine myself. it must be so satisfying.

MrsCampcharlie wrote:leave that horse alone

Are we talking about Shergar now? I hope so 'cos if it's Red Rum it doesn't match my curtains

Tatty Chap wrote:Im actually looking forward to doing mine myself. it must be so satisfying.

Satisfying ..but knackering, but looking out the window this morning I felt real chuffed at the transformation so far. Tomorrow I'll be having a new windscreen fitted as the old one has a crack in it . Autoglass are doing it on the insurance... Mark

Whilst letting the paint harden before I do another coat, I thought I'd paint the handles while there off. A light sand then one coat of undiluted Rustoleum using the foam brushes. Then left to dry using my patented barbecue and washing line system..

good thread enjoyus muchas.

Since I'm giving the first coat time to harden, I thought I'd give attention to the bumpers and radiator grill. The bumpers are the fibreglass "Big" bumpers and i want to colour code these in with the body. Rust oleum being the great panacea for old vans can be painted on almost anything and plastics and fibreglass are no exception. So today I rollered the bumpers too...very nice. I was in two minds about the rad grill and decided to keep it black ,but freshen it up with black plastic bumper paint. All in all its starting to look very smart. This week I'll give attention to the top half of the camper and start to prep that for paint. Hopefully that will be simpler as there is only a couple of manky spots.... Mark

Today I refitted the front and rear bumpers and indicators and rear lights(so I can drive the van) The second coat can be done with the bumpers in situ. I'll refit the grills after I've done the second coat.. Mark

Great job, that looks really nice.

I suppose prep is the important part.

Hmmmm..........not sure if I like the handles and bumpers white I shall be spraying my grills black soon aswell - makes a big difference

1664 wrote:Hmmmm..........not sure if I like the handles and bumpers white I shall be spraying my grills black soon aswell - makes a big difference

You need new glasses mate ......the handles and Bumpers are Blue... Mark