I'm an ex-commercial painter and can confirm from experience that the close cell foam rollers he's talking about can produce a finish that is very close to a good spray job -- and better than a bad spray job :-) So I think it's possible to do a decent job on a van --- a heck of a lot of work though......... Cheers, Doug
On 4/25/06, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I know this sounfs reak flakey but ... > > So as I finish the rusted body work on the rear arch // appliance panels > my thoughts turn to getting the 85 Van painted > I get the usual nonsense quotes 5K plus then 2K, then 800 ... > > So i start reading about paint & come across the story on samba > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=159142&postdays=0&postorder > =asc&start=0 > > longer story here > > http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=QuestionAnswer& > Number=2331682&fpart=&PHPSESSID=6cb393ce49bcfaa688cd75826c302d09 > > about a Cdn guy from To that has painted a number of vehicles with > tremclad > rust paint & foam rollers > and much labour ..... > > I was just wondering if any body else has ever tried this technique on > there > Vanagon, > what I like about this is that > I dont what a realy perfect job because I'll want to take the van to the > 4x4 > road, the forestry service areas > and I dont want to worry about normal off road camping scratches ... and I > know this tremcladis very much an industrial paint of have used it for > years > on metal rails, outdoor gear & left it out & never had to worry about it > .. > > > thoughts ? > |
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