What kind of preparation on the pop top did you do
before painting- wash,scrub, sand?

Steve

--- Daniel Schmitz <djs@gene.com> wrote:
> After much deliberation (attempt factory color or
> just go with white), I
> painted the poptop on my '87 Westfalia. I found a
> color that closely
> approximates the factory blue that went with my
> metallic blue body. For
> others out there with the metallic blue of '86 -
> '89?, you can try
> Pettit brand "EasyPoxy" in "Slate Blue". It's
> actually a topside
> fiberglass paint for boats, and I got it at West
> Marine. This is a
> single part polyurethane gloss. It goes on really
> nicely with a brush,
> and is self-leveling, although you have to allow a
> lot of time to let it
> dry before you apply a second coat. It tends to go
> on lighter than the
> final shade, and then darkens a bit as it dries.
> It's not an exact
> match, but it's really close. I think it looks
> pretty good. One quart
> will cover about 150 square feet, and I used less
> than half a quart for
> a first coat on the poptop and two coats on the
> luggage rack. I will be
> applying a second coat to the poptop as well. Now
> all I need is a set of
> new, gray "Westfalia" decals.
>
> I also purchased new seals (bulb type for the
> poptop, non-bulb type for
> the luggage rack) and will be installing them soon.
> They seem to be
> really nice seals, in that they are of a simpler
> design than the factory
> ones, yet grip the top very tightly. I am hoping for
> no noise from the
> luggage rack with the bulbless seal, but if there is
> some, I can simply
> order the alternative bulb-type seal to close up any
> gap between the
> rack and the roof. At less than $20, I think it's
> worth the
> experimentation.
>
> The van is currently parked as I don't want to drive
> it without the
> luggage rack in place. See my other post about
> possible lifter noise
> experienced when I started it up last weekend.
>
> --
> Dan
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> djs@gene.com (650) 225-6119
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>
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> Redeeming time when men least think I will"
>
> W. Shakespeare
> Henry IV, Part 1

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