Thanks for the tip. This is what I am about to do to mine, paint it a
section at a time. I am gathering the bits and pieces that I need, including
a door or two and all the rubber. I'd appreciate any other information, like
what kind of tapes DO work (not that I will be bothering with masking rubber
very much). I wet-sanded an enameled MGA one time and I would not want to do
it again, especially on a van. But a few years ago when I did just one door
that had been damaged, the one-step paint came out nice and shiny.
Everything else I have done has been two-step, which seems to make a nice
finish and of course is imperative if you're painting metallic.

Was the paint a two-step paint? How much did you have to buy to cover the
van?

Jim

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:56 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:

> FYI for you DYI'ers out there, if you are doing any painting that involves
> masking off windows, DO NOT get the green "Frog Tape" IT WILL NOT STICK TO
> RUBBER! I have now painted my entire '85 Weekender with the original Bronze
> Beige metallic a section at a time. Well, all except the rear hatch. I have
> spent less than $200.00 on paint (Dupont Acrylic Centari enamel) and
> materials. Is it perfect? No, but it looks a whole lot better than it did.
> It will/would look even better if I ever find the time to wet sand it with
> 1200 grit paper and polish it out-don't know if/when that will happen. I did
> do some of this backwards as well, as I also have new window seals, but I
> ended up masking off the windows, and I will replace the seals later. This
> van, for some reason continues to get more attention & comments than any
> other VW van I have owned, which includes 6 Bays and 3 Vanagons. Jeff
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> Jeff Stewart
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