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Re: my budget camper van

Postby madbri » Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:47 pm

downster32 wrote:How'd you get the paint done for 60 squids? It looks really good!

as above i went to me local tractor acruculture place and brought the paint . they do a good plain range nothing fancy! spent a couple of days wet and flatning by hand yeh the filler could b better but hey i wasnt after a show winner :roll: just a tidy van . then mixed the paint up to there ratio then tessted on a bit of ply and ajusted mix then blew it over with me hobby compressior and gravity fed gun for a £10 er simple realy and the way i look at it i just patch up paintwork with whats left :wink:
at the end of the day what it cost me isnt even the price of all the cleening materials would av cost ie cutting back compound ect and probly a 3rd of the price of a detail valet wich wasnt worth it on a tatty van
cheers for ure coments if u want the paint name and suppler i can let u no :wink:
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Re: my budget camper van

Postby dirtydiesel » Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:54 pm

What paint did you use on the wheels, I need to do mine,
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Re: my budget camper van

Postby madbri » Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:39 am

dirtydiesel wrote:What paint did you use on the wheels, I need to do mine,

only the cheep £1 shop small tins took 2 :lol: :lol: put the wire brush on the angle grinder then painted it straight on ex pecting it to peel but it hasn,t :wink:
my grandad always said wheels r ment 2 b black as henry ford alwas had black wheels :mrgreen:
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Re: my budget camper van

Postby redcube » Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:49 am

Nice van like the inside can't wait to see more pictures

I use outdoor house paint on my wheels haven't peeled of yet and i did mine in June still black but blacker at the front for some odd reason :?
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