Rolling on the Tremclad

[Mack8743]

are you guys spraying this on ?
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66 beetle and 67 baja both projects

[pheall]

[Crawdadman]

Lots of people seem to be doing 8 coats and wetsanding every 2 so i figured I would do that mix it 50/50 with mineral spirits... Then I got a little farther and some people were disagreeing with the 8 coats and some were doing 2 coats and some people were just all over the board.. So before I start my quest for a new paint job I just had a few questions..

1. What would be the optimum amount of coats since there seems to be much debate?

2. I am planning on just sanding down the old paint a bit and bondoing up the rust holes, but I was curious as to what grit sand paper to use to do that? 400-600 was what i was thinking but i may be wrong.

3. HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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73 Rusty Beige Microbus
72 White Westy

Check out my resto thread.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=447940&highlight=

[Joey]

I think a 50/50 with mineral spirits may make it too thin. The amount of coats will be determined by the mix of mineral spirits with the paint - the more mineral spirits the more coats it will take to cover the old paint.

400 grit sand paper will do fine for the old paint. 600 or even 800 for the in between coats. Be careful around the edges of the doors and such as the paint will be very thin and you will sand through the color easily.
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Joey

‘60 Kombi - '74 Bus - '79 Panel - '65 Beetle

[1978Westy]

I did four coats on mine. I used rustoleum (tremclad) gloss almond. I diluted about 65% paint 35% mineral spirits. Laid down incredibly smoothly. After two coats I did some sanding with 600. Then once the last two coats were on, I waited 1 week and did a light sand w/ a wet sand sponge before polishing and then waxing. When mine was done it looked just like pheall's.

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[EZ Gruv]

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[Brionp]

I am amazed by this post because I know that hard work has its rewards, and I've taken some easy jobs and turned them into ordeals. But painting a car, let alone a Bay, with a roller, sounds like a project that a speed freak might dream up. Way too much mind numbing sanding. Anyways, Pip, Pip.... Cheerio....Keep up the good work.....

[magnus0328]

Here is an update of my '73 that I painted with Rustoleum. Ill agree that it was a long process to paint a huge Bus with Rustoleum, but I wanted to challenge myself to see if it would work. The end results is that it looks good. The touchup is easy to do and the paint is very durable. Here is my Bus at a few local car shows. You will see the old couple in the back of the Bus. I was going to put them in there just for Halloween, but I decided to leave them in there year round. Their bodies are made of super hero stuffed animals that I dressed up into an old couple.

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(The black spots on the roof and body are Love Bugs, not rust)

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[brotha bran]

Dude. What's with the creepy old geezers sitting in your back seat?? So bizarre.
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1976 Transporter "Betsy" [Reef Blue, Rebuilt 2L w/ Raby CS heads, 010 Auto. ]
1968 Single Cab "Neptune" [Neptune Blue, stock, stock, stock]

[magnus0328]

Thats my passengers, Herbert and Edith. I was going to put them in there for just Halloween but decided to keep them in there for good. They are also a good burglar deterent when in a parking lot

[skid]

You should pose them in a make-out pose sometime. I bet it would really make people look twice!
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'71 Westfalia

[magnus0328]

[lawrnk]

Exactly how meticulous must one be when prepping for a paint job? I've been spending dozens and dozens out hours fixing tiny little things like these. Tiny little imperfections. I'm just trying to determine if this is 100% necessary when rolling the paint, opposed to the spray method. Am I wasting my time?

[skid]

Depends on what you are expecting as your end result.
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'71 Westfalia

[EZ Gruv]

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