I stand on a medium tall stool to work on the roofs of vanagons.
I always at least polish and wax my  non-westy roofs.
Not hard to reach the middle of the roof from either side that way.

you could remove the wheels/tires and put it on short jackstands or blocks
to get it closer to the ground too.
those are after all, 'variable altitude'  removable parts - the wheels and
tires.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: Painting done, now see the movie....

>  In other words - prepping and painting the top is going to be  a royal
> PITA!
>
> John
>
>> John Rodgers
>> Clayartist and Moldmaker
>> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
>> Chelsea, AL
>> Http://www.moldhaus.comRent or build some scaffold.
>> no, seriously.
>>
>>    Don Hanson
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:52 PM, John Rodgers<inua@charter.net>  wrote:
>>
>>>   Yes, good job!! Paint and Video.
>>>
>>> My question - Has anyone done the top of a straight Vanagon. My Burgundy
>>> '88 needs paint bad, and the top is particularly in rough shape. That
>>> big surface with all the corregations looks to be a tough challenge.
>>> Hard to get at on top to do the prep and the paint.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for that?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>> John Rodgers
>>>> Clayartist and Moldmaker
>>>> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
>>>> Chelsea, AL
>>>> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>>>>
>>