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Tue May 10, 2011 8:25 am

Anyone have any experience with going to a light color over a darker color?

My bus currently has a coat of black rustoleum on the lower half, and i am thinking of going to the Almond white.

Not sure if there would be any benefit to doing a layer of primer first, or if I should just start laying on coats of the white.

Tue May 10, 2011 8:57 am

YES to primer, especially if you're usin' different paint than previously or just aren't sure what the previous paint is... even still, I'd primer over the black...

Tue May 10, 2011 9:05 am

PopeSutek wrote: Looks really good.

and California seems to make it really hard to own an antique car.

It's getting like that here in BC too. Can't even buy lacquer car paint anymore. It's all urethane now. I think even the newer acrylic enamal car paints are now phased out by the gov.

Quote: "The Government of Canada is serious about cleaning up the air to protect the environment and health of Canadians, “said Canada’s Environment Minister, Jim Prentice. “This is one of a series of regulations we are putting in place to reduce VOC emissions from everyday consumer and commercial products.”

Ya right. Just making it very difficult for the diyers.

I think after seeing how good rustoleum works that I will go this route when I paint mine.

Very cool thanks for the show.

Jeff

Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:24 pm

With all the welding I recently did on the body of my '79 panel I had to do a bit of painting when I was done. I had some of the paint left over from when I first painted it back in 2008. I started painting and noticed it was a lot darker than what was on the bus. I thought the paint was going bad or picking up rust from the can it was in. I said to hell with it and decided to just paint the whole bus again as I had plenty of paint. When I removed the license plate I realized the Tremclad had faded.... a lot...

I think next year I'll paint it red.

Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:38 pm

I learned a way to transfer Rustoleum paint from a spray can to a glass jar.

Get a drinking straw that are the ones that are flexible and can bend. Then get the paint can nozzle and temporarily tape the straw to the opening on the nozzle. Once secure, get a hot glue gun and cover the nozzle with the glue so that you dont see any exposed tape.

Then get a glass jar and put plastic cling wrap over the top and then poke a hole thru the cling wrap and let the straw go inside the jar about an inch. Press the nozzle of the can and the paint will transfer into the jar with no leaks or mess. Plus, the paint is already thinned and is ready to apply.

The reason I did this was due to the fact that Rustoleum made my color, Harbor Blue, only in the spray form. Around 9-10 cans makes about one gallon of paint.

Here is my '67 Bug that I did yesterday with only one coat. The doors and quarter panels are going to be off-white. This is the first coat and it has not been wetsanded and buffed yet. Look at the gloss. I am very happy! 8)