Club 80-90 Forums

hi
i.ve been scouring wiki and the masses on rustoleum paint jobs. but my problem is that my van has an existing rustoleum paint job from few owners back
I can spot a few bits starting to bubble where obviously issues with the seams hasn't been sorted.
has anyone tryed blending in a previous rustoleum job or will i have to do whole panels again???
this will be after i.ve got underneath and treated the seams
i.m not worried about looks at the mo just wanna stop the rot!

The only reason to worry about blending the paint in is to keep the shade differences to a minimum, to compensate for fading of the original paint or differences between batches.

If you're

de_foz wrote:not worried about looks

that's not an issue, right...?

Rustoleum does state that fading isn't a problem but you may see differences between batches. Providing you feather the edges in, you should be able to patch ok though.

fantastic thats the news i wanted to hear, first job fix the source of the probs then ill go for it. thanks for advice