I'm an ex-commercial painter and can confirm from experience that the close
cell foam rollers he's talking about can produce a finish that is very close
to a good spray job -- and better than a bad spray job :-) So I think it's
possible to do a decent job on a van --- a heck of a lot of work
though.........

Cheers,
Doug

On 4/25/06, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> I know this sounfs reak flakey but ...
>
> So as I finish the rusted body work on the rear arch // appliance panels
> my thoughts turn to getting the 85 Van painted
> I get the usual nonsense quotes 5K plus then 2K, then  800 ...
>
> So i start reading about paint & come across the story on samba
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=159142&postdays=0&postorder
> =asc&start=0
>
> longer story here
>
> http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=QuestionAnswer&
> Number=2331682&fpart=&PHPSESSID=6cb393ce49bcfaa688cd75826c302d09
>
> about a Cdn guy from To that has painted a number of vehicles with
> tremclad
> rust paint & foam rollers
> and much labour .....
>
> I was just wondering if any body else has ever tried this technique on
> there
> Vanagon,
> what I like about this is that
> I dont what a realy perfect job because I'll want to take the van to the
> 4x4
> road, the forestry service areas
> and I dont want to worry about normal off road camping scratches ... and I
> know this tremcladis very much an industrial paint of have used it for
> years
> on metal rails, outdoor gear & left it out & never had to worry about it
> ..
>
>
> thoughts ?
>