Hi Bruce,

My second bus was yell, an Adventure wagon.  Yellow and white.  I did some work on it and then a friend helped me paint it.  It should have come out terrible but somehow it came out pretty darn nice.  But the color choice was unusual.  I keep hoping to meet that Bay window again.

We painted the bottom glossy black and around the windows metalic silver.  We made the top match, silver with a black middle. 

I recently found a picture and folks say it looked really good. 

So, just follow your instincts.

And, let me know if you see my black bay adventure wagon.

Eric Caron 

> On Sep 13, 2022, at 2:27 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Eric,
> 
> All my vans have been white - the 63 family Beetle, my uncle's 74 Panel, my 77 Westy, my 79 Panel and my 86 Syncro Westy - nothing but white including my own skin colour!  I am sick of white and I am ready for some colour, some diversity - whether others are green with envy or just pointing out some of the plain facts.
> 
> BT
> 
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:09 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net <mailto:ericcaron96@comcast.net>> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> With regard to vW bus, when has practical or conservative colors been important.  You go for that green.
> 
> At The West River Westies event there are a group of green busses that ended up camping together.  They call the area Green Acres. 
> 
> If I could pick a color I’d likely go orange but my wife would not be happy.
> 
> One good thing about white is I can decorate with colorful flower magnets, and I do!
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 
> > On Sep 13, 2022, at 1:48 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM <mailto:beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
> > 
> > Interesting - thanks for your points.
> > 
> > BT
> > 
> > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 8:30 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net <mailto:OlRivrRat@comcast.net>> wrote:
> > 
> >>        2 issues to consider with Your choice of Hunter Green >
> >> 
> >> Your Van will be Less Visible to Others on the road &
> >> 
> >> Hunter Green is one of the best Solar Collectors in the visible spectrum ~
> >> 
> >> But if You leave the Roof White it will then look like a Gigantic Retro
> >> Coleman IceChest ~
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On 12 Sep , 2022, at 3:35 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@GMAIL.COM <mailto:beeceetee@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Absolutely Gil - the darker the better.  It would be nice to know what
> >> the
> >>> fabric is - I guessed it was a blend of synthetic and cotton and so went
> >>> the route of hot water dying as you can't dye synthetics properly
> >> otherwise
> >>> - according to the instructions.  More cotton than I thought in the
> >> fabric,
> >>> as I had to heat the iron to a fairly high setting in order to iron all
> >> the
> >>> wrinkles out.  You may have noticed that I dried them in the sun and
> >> didn't
> >>> use a clothes dryer.  Only some colours have the dye for synthetics so
> >> keep
> >>> an eye on that when and if you purchase the dye.
> >>> 
> >>> Lastly I used a stabilizer at the end to prevent the dye from running -
> >> and
> >>> it seemed to work fairly well.  You need at minimum a 5 gallon or 20
> >> litre
> >>> pot and have to get the temp up to just below boiling.  I roughly weighed
> >>> the curtains and they were about 5 lbs or 2 kgs overall .  You need
> >>> about 16 to 18 litres per pound of cloth and I ended up using a whole
> >>> bottle for each batch - and another whole bottle of stabilizer for each
> >>> batch.  This site has lots of good info.
> >>> 
> >>> https://www.ritdye.com/ <https://www.ritdye.com/>
> >>> 
> >>> Bruce
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 2:18 PM Gil Ngai <gil@dayonemedia.ca <mailto:gil@dayonemedia.ca>> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Very inspiring, thank you Bruce.
> >>>> I have the same curtains and would love to go to a darker color.
> >>>> Do you think it's possible to make them a very dark color? Like
> >> charcoal?
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> >>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 1:01 PM Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com <mailto:beeceetee@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Well this is a different kind of repair which I had been putting off
> >> for a
> >>>>> while.  I think some of you know I am having my van restored and as a
> >>>>> result have been living a very boring life without a Vanagon since late
> >>>>> January.  Really missed driving it this past summer - no camping, no
> >> oil
> >>>>> temp readings to share, no last minute mechanical heroics from the
> >> side of
> >>>>> a highway or driveway and no beer chilled from the deep depths of my
> >>>>> Dometic.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Given the van has been such a money pit (in a good way) and all the
> >>>>> discussions recently about white elephants, I decided to change the
> >> paint
> >>>>> colour to hunter green - which will match the tan interior quite
> >> nicely.
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> liked the original white the van was painted, however I wanted to give
> >> the
> >>>>> van a more distinct and original look.  Anyway, over the past few
> >> years I
> >>>>> have noticed my tan curtain set starting to fade - primarily on the
> >> side
> >>>>> exposed to the window - rear window curtains being the worst, and so I
> >>>>> decided to dye the curtains a darker colour - from tan to chocolate
> >> brown.
> >>>>> To do so I used Rit dye for synthetics and cooked the curtains in two
> >>>>> batches, in a large 5 gallon pot on the stove for about 40 minutes.  a
> >>>>> pretty good result overall - still there are some fade marks but they
> >> are
> >>>>> not as prevalent as before.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Anyway here are some photos which also include the new colour I have
> >>>>> selected - ( it is the lighter version of the two greens).
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/t/8EkUiIGAfJOqqUmd <https://www.dropbox.com/t/8EkUiIGAfJOqqUmd> [dropbox.com <http://dropbox.com/>]
> >>>>> <
> >>>>> 
> >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dropbox.com/l/AABeedorab2kDCWN91Gma1fR9BDDS36QRWQ__;!!G4oVokrRG-Im!4fWJ-Z7LaupsuJQPP9ZV7Li4bEYe_JRtXQ9ttW4IPLOLBw8t3AF86uFVGsJ-NteNkZe5nA$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.dropbox.com/l/AABeedorab2kDCWN91Gma1fR9BDDS36QRWQ__;!!G4oVokrRG-Im!4fWJ-Z7LaupsuJQPP9ZV7Li4bEYe_JRtXQ9ttW4IPLOLBw8t3AF86uFVGsJ-NteNkZe5nA$>
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Bruce
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >> 
> >> 
>