A mini roller rustoleum redecoration

I've been thinking about doing this for a while. If it works I'll be able to work round the whole van panel by panel at my leisure and eventually wind up with a repainted van for about £50.
I'm also hoping that if a panel gets scratched in the future I'll be able to patch and repaint it much easier than having to get it all resprayed.
The experiment begins with the front panel. I painted this about six years ago and it's showing its age now with a few marks and scratches.









I've had this particular wound under a couple of plasters for about 4 months now but it doesn't seem to be healing.



A quick 10 minutes work takes Skippy's face off.



Lots of sandpapering next.

 

What colour is that - are you keeping it the same?

 

Yes, still red/white, It's not proper VW colours I just chose them from a local paint shop colour charts. It's sprayed on but I also got a standard tin of red from rustoleum and it's almost the same colour so if that's close enough I'll gradually repaint the whole bottom half. If I don't like the colour I may just change the colour completely and go green or blue or possibly that nice mouse grey.
I deliberately didn't reflect the outside colour when doing the inside of the van because I know I get bored and wanted the option to change the outside colour if I felt like it.

 

You needed to put some germolene under the plasters, it's no wonder it never healed...

 

Honestly it was hard enough getting my "friend" to even get the plasters after (s)he committed the unprovoked attack on my van in the first place.

 

Amazingly (to me) the plasters did work though - no rust!

 

Did mine in rustoleum roof an all looked OK. Got a bit of orange peel effect in places but can wet n dry and buff out. Gave mine 3 or 4 coats. Only took about an hour per coat once all ready.

 

look on the club8090 forum for T25's. lots of stuff on there about using Rustoleum. Somebody on there even did a dvd.

my son and I painted his T25 using the Rustoleum combicolor and the results were very good indeed and cost only around £100 in total. did 2 colours on his devon, bamboo yellow and ivory. Painted the grp high top as well as the metal. All good.

 

lot of micro blisters uner your paint trapped moisture , you need to flat it out first tuesday_wildchild:baggy:

 

Ahh, I wondered what had caused them. I've just come in for a warm up but I've started flatting it with 240 grit.

 

Be interested to see how this turns out. I bought a tin of standard orange rustoleum, also standard white, for doing some local paint repairs, they're not going to be a great match but am also thinking about changing colour altogether (with a roller). I've got a tin of red here too so be interested to see what that looks like!

 

get some serious heat in the garage Bob...otherwise you'll be getting the same problem as before...

 

I did my interior with a roller and colour matched rustoleum ( if you have the paint code they'll match it mail order).

Some excellent videos on YouTube about roller techniques, search boat hull painting.

Thinning it consistently is a challenge.

 

I'll be doing my whole vamn in rustoleum, some of its already done. Look forward to seeing your results

 

Yeah, I've got a couple of electric heaters to use when I paint. Obviously it would be easier doing it when it's warmer, but when it's warmer we're out camping in it.
I'm thinking, if I do a coat on a Monday it'll be dry enough to use the van by Friday and then a quick sand and another coat again the next Monday.

 

Oh!, I was just going to put it on good and thick and then sand it flat afterwards.

 

When I helped my son paint his T25, we had good fun and we are pleased with the results. Ok its not as good as a professional spray job, but we couldn't justify spending a large sum on the T25 just for paint. We spent about £100 for paint and materials and spent the rest of the budget on the important stuff like brakes, suspension, new tyres and electricals.

Another big benefit of doing a Rustoleum paint job is not being too worried if it gets dinged or scratched or some rust bubbles appear as its easy enough to touch them up or do another paint job.

I liked Rustoleum so much I brush painted the entire under body of my van and the engine bay with it and it works well and looks great too.

 

Who does this? I phoned Avenue coatings and they had never heard of Mexico Beige, where did you get your paint from @sANDYbAY?

 

I'm hoping that with a bit of time and effort (once I've learned how to cut and buff paintwork) I'll be able to get it as smooth and shiny as a 'proper' paint job.

 

For the rustoleum I think I just picked a colour and ordered it online, but I've no idea who from.