Painting our coach this weekend

Scott & Heather · August 10, 2016, 07:24:11 AM

Yes it is metallic graphite. And the accent color is the Woodland brown metallic. With the clearcoat on it pops really nicely. I just have not had a chance to take any photos yet

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luvrbus · August 10, 2016, 07:55:20 AM

Are those vinyl graphics ?

eagle19952 · August 10, 2016, 09:18:09 AM

Quote from: luvrbus on August 10, 2016, 07:55:20 AM
Are those vinyl graphics ?

inquiring minds need to know...

DoubleEagle · August 10, 2016, 11:12:27 AM

And, are you putting clear coat over them?

luvrbus · August 10, 2016, 11:48:03 AM

I say they are vinyl it would take a guy a week to lay those out and 50 rolls of tape, when Mike Wilson did Matt's Eagle he painted the graphics first then he painted the rest and did the clear coat you could not tell where the graphics started and stopped

gg04 · August 10, 2016, 12:02:41 PM

Look at the picture.. yellow is masking tape over actual striping color ... normal paint job..looks great ...rdw

luvrbus · August 10, 2016, 01:14:14 PM

Quote from: gg04 on August 10, 2016, 12:02:41 PM
Look at the picture.. yellow is masking tape over actual striping color ... normal paint job..looks great ...rdw

Wrong they do look fantastic but I read on F/B just a few minutes ago they are vinyl lol people tell all on F/B,The 1st thing thing that tipped me off was there was no over-spray

you are looking real good Scott

gg04 · August 10, 2016, 02:24:37 PM

Why tape over them if vinyl, then paint black? Trying to get same depth? Lot easier ways to do it...rdw

B_K · August 10, 2016, 02:38:56 PM

Quote from: gg04 on August 10, 2016, 02:24:37 PM
Why tape over them if vinyl, then paint black? Trying to get same depth? Lot easier ways to do it...rdw

They are not taping over them!
Scott had a sign shop make him vinyl templates to put on and paint over!
Then peel them off and the graphics are there!
SO much EASIER than taping off all those graphic lines!

GREAT JOB Scott!

BK

gg04 · August 10, 2016, 02:49:40 PM

What I thought..not painting over vinyl... based masked..then grey shot..how we've always painted...rdw

lvmci · August 10, 2016, 06:20:27 PM

Scott when you were sanding the front over the headlights, was it fiberglass or metal under the paint? lvmci...

Scott & Heather · August 10, 2016, 10:27:08 PM

Lol. Ok so cliff and gg are correct. Actually you all kinda are correct. The yellow large center graphic is indeed a vinyl transfer that I had made for us. We then used fine line tape to free hand the large stripe swoops from the front drivers window to the graphic and from the rear cap to the graphic. We used yellow masking tape to fill inside the free handed swoops. The vinyl graphic happens to also be yellow. We shot the accent/graphic color in the general vicinity of where we wanted the graphics. We let it flash off and then applied the vinyl transfer graphic and free handed the swoops. We then applied the body color (graphite) and then peeled off the masking leaving behind the brown graphics. We then clear coated everything

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Scott & Heather · August 11, 2016, 02:50:05 PM

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luvrbus · August 11, 2016, 03:04:55 PM

Looks great ,when you install the lights and drip rails it will look even better

good luck

DoubleEagle · August 12, 2016, 05:12:49 AM

If it's not being too nosey, was the paint urethane base coat/clear coat? What brand or brands? How many coats of each? How much mix was used for each coat? That would really help others figure what is involved material wise to cover the whole coach.