Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:18:35 -0700
Reply-To: Jennifer Rabbitt <yoursocialconcierge@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jennifer Rabbitt <yoursocialconcierge@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Paint colors
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Veuve-Orange has been my tintop color of choice since 1999 it makes even cranky people smile and kids wave.
Jenny Rabbitt
90 Vanagon
On Sep 13, 2022, at 11:08 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
Hi Bruce,
With regard to vW bus, when has practical or conservative colors been important. You go for that green.
At The West River Westies event there are a group of green busses that ended up camping together. They call the area Green Acres.
If I could pick a color I’d likely go orange but my wife would not be happy.
One good thing about white is I can decorate with colorful flower magnets, and I do!
Eric Caron
> On Sep 13, 2022, at 1:48 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Interesting - thanks for your points.
>
> BT
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 8:30 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> 2 issues to consider with Your choice of Hunter Green >
>>
>> Your Van will be Less Visible to Others on the road &
>>
>> Hunter Green is one of the best Solar Collectors in the visible spectrum ~
>>
>> But if You leave the Roof White it will then look like a Gigantic Retro
>> Coleman IceChest ~
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 12 Sep , 2022, at 3:35 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>> Absolutely Gil - the darker the better. It would be nice to know what
>> the
>>> fabric is - I guessed it was a blend of synthetic and cotton and so went
>>> the route of hot water dying as you can't dye synthetics properly
>> otherwise
>>> - according to the instructions. More cotton than I thought in the
>> fabric,
>>> as I had to heat the iron to a fairly high setting in order to iron all
>> the
>>> wrinkles out. You may have noticed that I dried them in the sun and
>> didn't
>>> use a clothes dryer. Only some colours have the dye for synthetics so
>> keep
>>> an eye on that when and if you purchase the dye.
>>>
>>> Lastly I used a stabilizer at the end to prevent the dye from running -
>> and
>>> it seemed to work fairly well. You need at minimum a 5 gallon or 20
>> litre
>>> pot and have to get the temp up to just below boiling. I roughly weighed
>>> the curtains and they were about 5 lbs or 2 kgs overall . You need
>>> about 16 to 18 litres per pound of cloth and I ended up using a whole
>>> bottle for each batch - and another whole bottle of stabilizer for each
>>> batch. This site has lots of good info.
>>>
>>> https://www.ritdye.com/
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 2:18 PM Gil Ngai <gil@dayonemedia.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Very inspiring, thank you Bruce.
>>>> I have the same curtains and would love to go to a darker color.
>>>> Do you think it's possible to make them a very dark color? Like
>> charcoal?
>>>>
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>>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 1:01 PM Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well this is a different kind of repair which I had been putting off
>> for a
>>>>> while. I think some of you know I am having my van restored and as a
>>>>> result have been living a very boring life without a Vanagon since late
>>>>> January. Really missed driving it this past summer - no camping, no
>> oil
>>>>> temp readings to share, no last minute mechanical heroics from the
>> side of
>>>>> a highway or driveway and no beer chilled from the deep depths of my
>>>>> Dometic.
>>>>>
>>>>> Given the van has been such a money pit (in a good way) and all the
>>>>> discussions recently about white elephants, I decided to change the
>> paint
>>>>> colour to hunter green - which will match the tan interior quite
>> nicely.
>>>>> I
>>>>> liked the original white the van was painted, however I wanted to give
>> the
>>>>> van a more distinct and original look. Anyway, over the past few
>> years I
>>>>> have noticed my tan curtain set starting to fade - primarily on the
>> side
>>>>> exposed to the window - rear window curtains being the worst, and so I
>>>>> decided to dye the curtains a darker colour - from tan to chocolate
>> brown.
>>>>> To do so I used Rit dye for synthetics and cooked the curtains in two
>>>>> batches, in a large 5 gallon pot on the stove for about 40 minutes. a
>>>>> pretty good result overall - still there are some fade marks but they
>> are
>>>>> not as prevalent as before.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway here are some photos which also include the new colour I have
>>>>> selected - ( it is the lighter version of the two greens).
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/t/8EkUiIGAfJOqqUmd [dropbox.com]
>>>>> <
>>>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dropbox.com/l/AABeedorab2kDCWN91Gma1fR9BDDS36QRWQ__;!!G4oVokrRG-Im!4fWJ-Z7LaupsuJQPP9ZV7Li4bEYe_JRtXQ9ttW4IPLOLBw8t3AF86uFVGsJ-NteNkZe5nA$
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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