This helps for sure! Thank you. I won’t be doing the painting so will count on the professional advise I get from the painter but this is something I hadn’t considered. I was thinking I would start to order gaskets, trim etc in advance as I don’t know that I would expect the painter to do that. I see that body panels are also available and wondering if I should replace them as much as possible. Or am I replacing somewhat rusty panels with new junk?? When the van was younger it was driven all year in Canadian winters.
Thanks again! Jeff Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 31, 2022, at 4:33 PM, Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > > Jeff, > > I assume you are going to media blast before paint? If so, I will caution you to COVER everything! > I had blast media make it into the bell housing, then to my rear main seal... > > Also, I did what you are planning, replaced nearly all the bad metal I could get panels for. > > We pulled ALL the window glass as well, and despite that effort, 10 years later I did have a few spots of rust come through around the window above the sink-cabinet (outside of course) > > Lastly, make sure the painter uses a good epoxy enamel primer, to seal the metal, before base coat and top coat. > For the base coat we used PPG Deltron 2000/DBC. > > Hope this helps! > > Jack > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Palmer > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2022 6:25 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Getting ready to paint > > Hi everyone. Sometime soon I will hopefully be painting my 85 Westfalia. Does anyone have a list of parts I would need - trim, gaskets, etc. > > Also wondering if I should order every sheet metal panel I can find … things get rusty up here. > > Thanks > Jeff > > Sent from my iPhone= |
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