If you look thru the archives here, a series of posts by Alistair Bell, describes him using a roller to paint his luggage rack, with a beautiful result. I think he used a marine paint, but not sure about that. I'll be painting the center of the top on my Titian Red Westy, white, using a roller and marine paint (solar reflection). Bob On Jan 3, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Finn Runyon wrote: > One of the issues I need to address on this new/old bus is that the red pop > top is badly faded. When I had my 87 repainted some years back, I had the > top sprayed at the same time and clear coated. It has held up beautifully. > The paint on the 89 is generally pretty good, and there are other areas > that I would prefer to throw $ at. Has anyone painted their roofs with > Interlux marine fiberglass paint by roller? I am curious how the results > have been. The other pop top issue is the flocking material on the inside > of the roof. Becouse of the intense sun this bus has seen, that fuzzy > material has discolored and really needs to be replaced. I know that Go > Westy has glued foam backed headliner material to the roof, have any of you > and what were the results? > > Thanks, > Finn 87 & 89 Westys |
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