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Post by benrogers on Apr 14, 2015 8:56:14 GMT -8
How do you keep the trailer dry while the rails are off for painting. No garage here.
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Post by RinTin on Apr 14, 2015 9:59:04 GMT -8
How do you keep the trailer dry while the rails are off for painting. No garage here. Good quality tarp. Doesn't have to be huge, just enough to provide the temporary protection you'll need. Pad any sharp edges on the trailer that might put a hole in the tarp with some cheap foam and tape. Tie the tarp off well, but not too tight. Bungees work great. Doesn't have to look pretty, it's just to get you by. Before painting, have the rails ready to re-install then choose a good weather window to paint and re-apply the railing. Be patient. Yes, it's inconvenient, so what. Take your time, do it right and you'll be happy. Try taking shortcuts and you'll be sorry.
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Post by benrogers on Apr 14, 2015 12:58:52 GMT -8
Greg, how did you paint yours? I'm thinking rattle cans for me.
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Post by RinTin on Apr 14, 2015 16:49:46 GMT -8
Greg, how did you paint yours? I'm thinking rattle cans for me. I am set up with a conventional air spray system so that is how I will be doing it. Have not yet painted a trailer but have done a lot of other spray finishing. However, my experience doesn't really apply to your situation. I know there are people who have been satisfied using rattle cans, there are a few videos out there on it. Also, consider a technique called rolling and tipping, done a lot in boatyards. YouTube is your friend.
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Post by turbodaddy on Apr 14, 2015 19:09:48 GMT -8
Rattle cans will be expensive and your index finger will never recover from holding the spay button down for hours on end. If you do not have experience or equipment to spray, consider foam rollers. I used tractor paint(with hardener) from Tractor Supply (soy bean oil base). It is easy to use, great color selection, I was very pleased with results. RinTin is right, just take your time to figure out what needs to be done (or not). Perfection is a great ideal, but not always attainable.
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Post by benrogers on Apr 17, 2015 6:51:28 GMT -8
Well it looks like this project is a big GO. Just posted over in the restoration board some photos of the outside. Now it's prepping the yard and what equipment I do have to go ahead and do the restore!
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Post by SusieQ on Apr 17, 2015 12:03:28 GMT -8
Rattle can does not have to be expensive or hurt your fingers. I have a trigger for my rattle cans; cost a dollar at the dollar store. A professionally sprayed job would be ideal but I would take rattle can over rollers. Just MHO. There are several discussions here and elsewhere on alternative painting methods. Pirateslife rattle canned his trailer too and the pics look really good. Here's a video posted by someone from the old Shasta forum. Looked good to me. Since I'm hoping to get new skins in a couple of years, I thought rattle would be a good choice for me and the 62. It does take some rattle can skill and choose your paint carefully. Rustoleum does spray really well. (I didn't use Rustoleum.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXC01JHjOFIMy neighbor owns a very successful professional painting company and he could not believe I rattled mine. He kept saying, "How'd you do that? It's so shiny."
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Post by John Palmer on Apr 17, 2015 17:43:51 GMT -8
My neighbor owns a very successful professional painting company and he could not believe I rattled mine. He kept saying, "How'd you do that? It's so shiny." What he was thinking was.............Susie, I have lost all the respect I had for you. I always though you were a "green person"? LOL
Strip it, Sand it, Prep it, Tape the Graphics, and tow it to an Earl Schreib, or Macco Paint shop. They have some of their shops set up to paint truck vans, a small camper trailer would not be a problem. Unless your stealing spray cans from the store, it would not cost any more to have it just sprayed.
I bought a quart of gloss black Rust-o-leum this week at HD for only $8.00, and spray painted my entire 13' trailer steel frame, and the plywood subfloor.
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Post by SusieQ on Apr 17, 2015 18:53:44 GMT -8
I admit it is not very "green" and was not my original plan but it was cheaper than having a professional do it and my hail-dented, buckshot-filled skins weren't worth a pro job. I plan on re-skinning it in the future, possibly when we move to a warmer climate in a few years. I even have my paint picked out. It's a Jeep color. My '65 will not be rattled, either. I'll either shoot it myself or get my son to do it (he owes me and is very good with car paint). Btw, it takes 16 cans if you're conservative and don't screw up and that doesn't include the roof. Yes, I had to redo some sections that had not cured when rain ran down the side and left water marks. I used self-etching primer on the bare metal spots (where I sanded the filled bullet holes). My paint was Valspar and cost $5 a can. I have extras, too for any scratches that it incurs. I have about $150 in paint.
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