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Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:28 pm

75VWkombi wrote:

how many spray cans did it take to cover the whole bus?

When I did mine (just the lower colored part, not the white upper) it took 13 16oz cans. I still got compliments ten years after doing the job, though by then I had repainted the front panel one additional time.

I bought 16 can at $1 each from a hardware store going out of business, so I had 3 can left over for touch up.

Do buy the trigger attachment has your finger will scream if you don't.

Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:32 pm

don't forget the windows :)

Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:17 am

SGKent wrote: don't forget the windows :)

Dang is that why I have so much problem staying in my lane? :lol:

Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:51 pm

No real need to paint the windows with Rustoleum. It's not as if you're preventing the glass from rusting. Any old cheap paint from the dollar store will do just as good.

Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:29 pm

75VWkombi wrote: how many spray cans did it take to cover the whole bus?
I think I used about 18 cans on the lower half and 8 or 9 on the roof. Still have a little of each color left for touchups.

Sounds like a lot of spray cans, but if you buy them right it's not bad. I had right at $30 total into finish paint.

Had a guy just this past weekend who knows the story say as he was walking past, "I still can't believe you did that yourself with spray paint . . . Looks awsome! What's it been - about five years, now?"

-Klauss

Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:47 pm

I recently painted the windshield lip with Rustoleum "Canvas White" and it was almost a perfect match to the original VW "Pastel White". The metal part of the dash I sprayed with the standard Flat Black and that actually was a perfect match

Before:

After: (In the sun you can't tell the difference)

Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:38 pm

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/body/hrdp_0707_1962_ford_falcon_budget_paint_job/index.html

i still have this issue somewhere

Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:34 pm

For all of you interested in Rustoleum/Tremclad/Brightside roll or spray on techniques, here is a site where no one will tell you how wrong you are to try this method of painting.www.rolledon.forummotion.com

Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:01 pm

I saw an article from a guy who did his corvair with rustoleum
And he used a foam roller to apply it, he talked about alot of cutting paste
After and wax but man it looked factory

Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:58 pm

78Kombi wrote: I saw an article from a guy who did his corvair with rustoleum
And he used a foam roller to apply it, he talked about alot of cutting paste
After and wax but man it looked factory

Once done right, I belive it does look closer to old paint "factory" the way it used to be. New paints dont look the same as the old stuff.